| advance | | |
| n. (event) | 1. advance, progress, progression | a movement forward.; "he listened for the progress of the troops" |
| ~ change of location, travel | a movement through space that changes the location of something. |
| ~ headway, head | forward movement.; "the ship made little headway against the gale" |
| n. (event) | 2. advance, betterment, improvement | a change for the better; progress in development. |
| ~ resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification | bringing again into activity and prominence.; "the revival of trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the Gothic revival in architecture" |
| ~ elaboration, refinement | the result of improving something.; "he described a refinement of this technique" |
| ~ transformation, shift, transmutation | a qualitative change. |
| ~ accommodation, adjustment, fitting | making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances. |
| ~ conservation, preservation | an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change. |
| ~ recovery | return to an original state.; "the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid" |
| n. (communication) | 3. advance, approach, feeler, overture | a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others.; "she rejected his advances" |
| ~ proffer, proposition, suggestion | a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection.; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse" |
| n. (act) | 4. advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression | the act of moving forward (as toward a goal). |
| ~ movement, move, motion | the act of changing location from one place to another.; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" |
| ~ push | an effort to advance.; "the army made a push toward the sea" |
| ~ career, life history | the general progression of your working or professional life.; "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law" |
| ~ march | a steady advance.; "the march of science"; "the march of time" |
| ~ clear sailing, easy going, plain sailing | easy unobstructed progress.; "after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing" |
| ~ leapfrog | advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors.; "the company still believes the chip is a leapfrog in integration and will pay huge dividends" |
| n. (possession) | 5. advance, cash advance | an amount paid before it is earned. |
| ~ amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money | a quantity of money.; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" |
| n. (act) | 6. advance, rise | increase in price or value.; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market" |
| ~ step-up, increase | the act of increasing something.; "he gave me an increase in salary" |
| v. (motion) | 7. advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense.; "Time marches on" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ forge | move ahead steadily.; "He forged ahead" |
| ~ penetrate | make one's way deeper into or through.; "The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest" |
| ~ creep up, sneak up | advance stealthily or unnoticed.; "Age creeps up on you" |
| ~ encroach, impinge, infringe | advance beyond the usual limit. |
| ~ plough on, press on, push on | continue moving forward. |
| ~ string along, string | move or come along. |
| ~ overhaul, overtake, pass | travel past.; "The sports car passed all the trucks" |
| ~ close in, draw in | advance or converge on.; "The police were closing in on him" |
| ~ edge, inch | advance slowly, as if by inches.; "He edged towards the car" |
| ~ rachet up, ratchet, ratchet down | move by degrees in one direction only.; "a ratcheting lopping tool" |
| ~ elapse, glide by, go by, slide by, slip by, slip away, go along, pass, lapse | pass by.; "three years elapsed" |
| v. (communication) | 8. advance, throw out | bring forward for consideration or acceptance.; "advance an argument" |
| ~ propose, suggest, advise | make a proposal, declare a plan for something.; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" |
| v. (change) | 9. advance, boost, supercharge | increase or raise.; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit" |
| ~ increase | make bigger or more.; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" |
| v. (social) | 10. advance, boost, encourage, further, promote | contribute to the progress or growth of.; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom" |
| ~ connive at, wink at | give one's silent approval to. |
| ~ foster, further | promote the growth of.; "Foster our children's well-being and education" |
| ~ spur | incite or stimulate.; "The Academy was formed to spur research" |
| ~ help | contribute to the furtherance of.; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries" |
| ~ carry | take further or advance.; "carry a cause" |
| ~ feed | support or promote.; "His admiration fed her vanity" |
| ~ conduce, contribute, lead | be conducive to.; "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing" |
| ~ back up, support | give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to.; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up" |
| v. (motion) | 11. advance, bring forward | cause to move forward.; "Can you move the car seat forward?" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ nose | advance the forward part of with caution.; "She nosed the car into the left lane" |
| v. (competition) | 12. advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win | obtain advantages, such as points, etc..; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" |
| ~ steal | steal a base. |
| ~ rack up, score, tally, hit | gain points in a game.; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" |
| v. (change) | 13. advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up | develop in a positive way.; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" |
| ~ climb | improve one's social status.; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder" |
| ~ leapfrog | progress by large jumps instead of small increments. |
| ~ develop | grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment.; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time" |
| v. (change) | 14. advance | develop further.; "We are advancing technology every day" |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better | to make better.; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" |
| v. (social) | 15. advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade | give a promotion to or assign to a higher position.; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" |
| ~ assign, delegate, designate, depute | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). |
| ~ tenure | give life-time employment to.; "She was tenured after she published her book" |
| ~ bring up | promote from a lower position or rank.; "This player was brought up to the major league" |
| ~ spot promote | promote on the spot.; "Supreme Bishop Digby had been spot-promoted to Archangel" |
| ~ ennoble, gentle, entitle | give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility. |
| ~ favor, favour, prefer | promote over another.; "he favors his second daughter" |
| ~ brevet | promote somebody by brevet, in the military. |
| v. (possession) | 16. advance | pay in advance.; "Can you advance me some money?" |
| ~ loan, lend | give temporarily; let have for a limited time.; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money" |
| v. (motion) | 17. advance, set ahead | move forward.; "we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward" |
| ~ set | set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly.; "set clocks or instruments" |
| v. (change) | 18. advance, gain | rise in rate or price.; "The stock market gained 24 points today" |
| ~ mount, wax, climb, rise | go up or advance.; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" |
| adj. | 19. advance, beforehand | being ahead of time or need.; "gave advance warning"; "was beforehand with her report" |
| ~ early | at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time.; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties" |
| adj. | 20. advance, advanced, in advance | situated ahead or going before.; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies" |
| ~ front | relating to or located in the front.; "the front lines"; "the front porch" |
| attack | | |
| n. (act) | 1. attack, onrush, onset, onslaught | (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons).; "the attack began at dawn" |
| ~ military operation, operation | activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign).; "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force" |
| ~ ground attack | an attack by ground troops. |
| ~ assault | close fighting during the culmination of a military attack. |
| ~ charge | an impetuous rush toward someone or something.; "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge" |
| ~ banzai attack, banzai charge | a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai'. |
| ~ diversionary attack, diversion | an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack. |
| ~ penetration, incursion | an attack that penetrates into enemy territory. |
| ~ blitzkrieg, blitz | a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment. |
| ~ strike | an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective.; "the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn" |
| ~ counterattack, countermove | an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.. |
| ~ bombing, bombardment | an attack by dropping bombs. |
| ~ firing, fire | the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy.; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" |
| ~ strafe | an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane.; "the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields" |
| ~ coup de main, surprise attack | an attack without warning. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| n. (act) | 2. attack | an offensive move in a sport or game.; "they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning" |
| ~ turn, play | (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession.; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play" |
| ~ counterplay, counterattack | (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board. |
| n. (communication) | 3. attack, blast, fire, flack, flak | intense adverse criticism.; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" |
| ~ criticism, unfavorable judgment | disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings.; "the senator received severe criticism from his opponent" |
| n. (act) | 4. approach, attack, plan of attack | ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation.; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided" |
| ~ conceptualization, conceptualisation, formulation | inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally. |
| ~ avenue | a line of approach.; "they explored every avenue they could think of"; "it promises to open new avenues to understanding" |
| n. (act) | 5. attack, attempt | the act of attacking.; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life" |
| ~ crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence | (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.; "a long record of crimes" |
| ~ assault | a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped. |
| n. (act) | 6. attack, tone-beginning | a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase. |
| ~ commencement, beginning, start | the act of starting something.; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" |
| n. (state) | 7. attack | a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition.; "an attack of diarrhea" |
| ~ affliction | a cause of great suffering and distress. |
| ~ anxiety attack | a sudden acute episode of intense anxiety and feelings of panic. |
| ~ flare | a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms.; "a colitis flare"; "infection can cause a lupus flare" |
| ~ ictus, raptus, seizure | a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease.; "he suffered an epileptic seizure" |
| ~ touch, spot | a slight attack of illness.; "he has a touch of rheumatism" |
| ~ apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, cva, stroke | a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain. |
| ~ convulsion, paroxysm, fit | a sudden uncontrollable attack.; "a paroxysm of giggling"; "a fit of coughing"; "convulsions of laughter" |
| ~ hysterics | an attack of hysteria. |
| ~ occlusion | closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel). |
| ~ heart attack | a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function. |
| n. (process) | 8. attack | the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent).; "the film was sensitive to attack by acids"; "open to attack by the elements" |
| ~ degeneration, devolution | the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality. |
| n. (act) | 9. attack | strong criticism.; "he published an unexpected attack on my work" |
| ~ aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration, slander | an abusive attack on a person's character or good name. |
| ~ criticism, unfavorable judgment | disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings.; "the senator received severe criticism from his opponent" |
| v. (competition) | 10. assail, attack | launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with.; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" |
| ~ fight, struggle, contend | be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight.; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country" |
| ~ aggress, attack | take the initiative and go on the offensive.; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack" |
| ~ submarine | attack by submarine.; "The Germans submarined the Allies" |
| ~ pelt, pepper | attack and bombard with or as if with missiles.; "pelt the speaker with questions" |
| ~ strike, hit | make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target.; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2" |
| ~ counterattack, counterstrike | make a counterattack. |
| ~ gas | attack with gas; subject to gas fumes.; "The despot gassed the rebellious tribes" |
| ~ surprise, storm | attack by storm; attack suddenly. |
| ~ blitz | attack suddenly and without warning.; "Hitler blitzed Poland" |
| ~ invade, occupy | march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation.; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939" |
| ~ besiege, circumvent, beleaguer, hem in, surround | surround so as to force to give up.; "The Turks besieged Vienna" |
| ~ bomb, bombard | throw bombs at or attack with bombs.; "The Americans bombed Dresden" |
| ~ strafe | attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane.; "civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender" |
| ~ cannonade | attack with cannons or artillery. |
| ~ torpedo | attack or hit with torpedoes. |
| ~ raid, bust | search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on.; "The police raided the crack house" |
| v. (communication) | 11. assail, assault, attack, lash out, round, snipe | attack in speech or writing.; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" |
| ~ criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock | find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws.; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" |
| ~ blackguard, clapperclaw, abuse, shout | use foul or abusive language towards.; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher" |
| ~ claw | attack as if with claws.; "The politician clawed his rival" |
| ~ vitriol | subject to bitter verbal abuse. |
| ~ rip | criticize or abuse strongly and violently.; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly" |
| ~ whang | attack forcefully.; "whang away at the school reform plan" |
| ~ barrage, bombard | address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage.; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer" |
| ~ scald, blister, whip | subject to harsh criticism.; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community" |
| ~ rubbish | attack strongly. |
| v. (competition) | 12. aggress, attack | take the initiative and go on the offensive.; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack" |
| ~ check | place into check.; "He checked my kings" |
| ~ fork | place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces. |
| ~ attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with.; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" |
| ~ harass | exhaust by attacking repeatedly.; "harass the enemy" |
| ~ pin | immobilize a piece. |
| ~ tackle | seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball. |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (competition) | 13. assail, assault, attack, set on | attack someone physically or emotionally.; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" |
| ~ bait | attack with dogs or set dogs upon. |
| ~ sic, set | urge to attack someone.; "The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders"; "the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits" |
| ~ bulldog | attack viciously and ferociously. |
| ~ rush | attack suddenly. |
| ~ blindside | attack or hit on or from the side where the attacked person's view is obstructed. |
| ~ savage | attack brutally and fiercely. |
| ~ reassail | assail again.; "Her old fears reassailed her" |
| ~ jump | make a sudden physical attack on.; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat" |
| ~ set upon, beset | assail or attack on all sides:.; "The zebra was beset by leopards" |
| ~ rape, ravish, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, violate | force (someone) to have sex against their will.; "The woman was raped on her way home at night" |
| ~ desecrate, outrage, profane, violate | violate the sacred character of a place or language.; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God" |
| ~ molest | harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to. |
| v. (change) | 14. attack | set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task.; "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed" |
| ~ begin, commence, set out, start, start out, set about, get down, get | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" |
| v. (body) | 15. attack | begin to injure.; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal" |
| ~ affect | act physically on; have an effect upon.; "the medicine affects my heart rate" |
| invade | | |
| v. (competition) | 1. invade, occupy | march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation.; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939" |
| ~ attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with.; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" |
| ~ infest, overrun | invade in great numbers.; "the roaches infested our kitchen" |
| v. (motion) | 2. encroach upon, intrude on, invade, obtrude upon | to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate.; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy" |
| ~ come in, enter, get in, go in, go into, move into, get into | to come or go into.; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes" |
| ~ foray into, raid | enter someone else's territory and take spoils.; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly" |
| v. (stative) | 3. infest, invade, overrun | occupy in large numbers or live on a host.; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North" |
| ~ inhabit | be present in.; "sweet memories inhabit this house" |
| v. (contact) | 4. invade | penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way.; "The cancer had invaded her lungs" |
| ~ interpenetrate, permeate | penetrate mutually or be interlocked.; "The territories of two married people interpenetrate a lot" |
| look at | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. consider, deal, look at, take | take into consideration for exemplifying purposes.; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" |
| ~ contemplate | consider as a possibility.; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job" |
| ~ trifle, dally, play | consider not very seriously.; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" |
| ~ think about | have on one's mind, think about actively.; "I'm thinking about my friends abroad"; "She always thinks about her children first" |
| ~ abstract | consider apart from a particular case or instance.; "Let's abstract away from this particular example" |
| ~ warm to | become excited about.; "He warmed to the idea of a trip to Antarctica" |
| v. (perception) | 2. consider, look at, view | look at carefully; study mentally.; "view a problem" |
| ~ analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas | consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" |
| ~ contemplate | look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought.; "contemplate one's navel" |
| ~ groak | look or stare at longingly.; "The dog his master who was eating a sausage" |
| solo | | |
| n. (act) | 1. solo | any activity that is performed alone without assistance. |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| n. (communication) | 2. solo | a musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment). |
| ~ musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece | a musical work that has been created.; "the composition is written in four movements" |
| ~ voluntary | composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a religious service or musical performance. |
| n. (act) | 3. solo | a flight in which the aircraft pilot is unaccompanied. |
| ~ flying, flight | an instance of traveling by air.; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" |
| v. (motion) | 4. solo | fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengers. |
| ~ air travel, aviation, air | travel via aircraft.; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" |
| ~ aviate, pilot, fly | operate an airplane.; "The pilot flew to Cuba" |
| v. (creation) | 5. solo | perform a piece written for a single instrument. |
| ~ perform | give a performance (of something).; "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera" |
| adj. | 6. solo | composed or performed by a single voice or instrument.; "a passage for solo clarinet" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ unaccompanied | playing or singing without accompaniment.; "the soloist sang unaccompanied" |
| adv. | 7. alone, solo, unaccompanied | without anybody else or anything else.; "the child stayed home alone"; "the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing"; "he flew solo" |
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