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oewn-00952463-v | consider | You must consider her age | show consideration for; take into account |
oewn-00952463-v | consider | The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient | show consideration for; take into account |
oewn-00952814-v | raise | raise your `o' | pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth |
oewn-00953238-v | nasalize | She nasalizes all her vowels | pronounce with a lowered velum |
oewn-00953431-v | nasalize | In this part of the country, people tend to nasalize | speak nasally or through the nose |
oewn-00953633-v | mispronounce | She mispronounces many Latinate words | pronounce a word incorrectly |
oewn-00953801-v | platitudinize | The candidate platitudinized and bored the audience | utter platitudes |
oewn-00954873-v | talk | If you don't oblige me, I'll talk! | reveal information |
oewn-00954873-v | spill | The former employee spilled all the details | reveal information |
oewn-00955090-v | relate | The witness related the events | give an account of; narrate |
oewn-00955732-v | spin | The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing | twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation |
oewn-00956454-v | tell | he was telling on all his former colleague | give evidence |
oewn-00956640-v | air | She aired her opinions on welfare | make public |
oewn-00957180-v | mean | You never understand what I mean! | mean or intend to express or convey |
oewn-00957180-v | intend | what do his words intend? | mean or intend to express or convey |
oewn-00957504-v | aim | She wanted to aim a pun | direct (a remark) toward an intended goal |
oewn-00957633-v | elaborate | She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation | add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing |
oewn-00958719-v | characterize | You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist | describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of |
oewn-00958719-v | characterize | This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover | describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of |
oewn-00959210-v | disambiguate | Can you disambiguate this statement? | state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from |
oewn-00959711-v | echo | followers echoing the cries of their leaders | to say again or imitate |
oewn-00960206-v | parrot | The students parroted the teacher's words | repeat mindlessly |
oewn-00961059-v | ditto | The next speaker dittoed her argument | repeat an action or statement |
oewn-00961210-v | regurgitate | For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information | repeat after memorization |
oewn-00961399-v | dwell | Don't dwell on the past | come back to |
oewn-00961399-v | harp | She is always harping on the same old things | come back to |
oewn-00961859-v | translate | I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S. | restate (words) from one language into another language |
oewn-00961859-v | interpret | Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries? | restate (words) from one language into another language |
oewn-00961859-v | render | She rendered the French poem into English | restate (words) from one language into another language |
oewn-00961859-v | translate | He translates for the U.N. | restate (words) from one language into another language |
oewn-00962766-v | synchronize | synchronize this film | make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action |
oewn-00963146-v | phrase | phrase a musical passage | divide, combine, or mark into phrases |
oewn-00963361-v | annotate | He annotated on what his teacher had written | provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases |
oewn-00963979-v | translate | Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman? | express, as in simple and less technical language |
oewn-00963979-v | translate | Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks? | express, as in simple and less technical language |
oewn-00964222-v | lexicalize | The concept expressed by German `Gemuetlichkeit' is not lexicalized in English | make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language |
oewn-00964479-v | talk | We often talk business | exchange thoughts; talk with |
oewn-00964479-v | talk | Actions talk louder than words | exchange thoughts; talk with |
oewn-00965602-v | talk | the baby talks already | use language |
oewn-00965602-v | speak | the prisoner won't speak | use language |
oewn-00965602-v | speak | they speak a strange dialect | use language |
oewn-00965993-v | smatter | She smatters Russian | speak with spotty or superficial knowledge |
oewn-00966269-v | level | I have to level with you | talk frankly with; lay it on the line |
oewn-00967422-v | report | One student reported the other to the principal | make known to the authorities |
oewn-00967574-v | report | I reported her to the supervisor | complain about; make a charge against |
oewn-00967903-v | declare | The President declared war | announce publicly or officially |
oewn-00968841-v | report | Dozens of incidents of wife beatings are reported daily in this city | announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding |
oewn-00968841-v | report | The team reported significant advances in their research | announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding |
oewn-00969130-v | report | Snow reported on China in the 1950's | be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism |
oewn-00969130-v | report | The cub reporter covered New York City | be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism |
oewn-00969130-v | cover | The cub reporter covered New York City | be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism |
oewn-00969487-v | cover | The second officer covered the top floor | maintain a check on; especially by patrolling |
oewn-00969657-v | publish | publish a magazine or newspaper | prepare and issue for public distribution or sale |
oewn-00970070-v | edit | The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years | supervise the publication of |
oewn-00970243-v | spread | spread information | cause to become widely known |
oewn-00970243-v | circulate | circulate a rumor | cause to become widely known |
oewn-00970243-v | broadcast | broadcast the news | cause to become widely known |
oewn-00971402-v | sow | sow suspicion or beliefs | introduce into an environment |
oewn-00971538-v | televise | The Royal wedding was televised | broadcast via television |
oewn-00972139-v | bandy about | bandy about an idea | discuss casually |
oewn-00972247-v | popularize | They popularized coffee in Washington State | cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use |
oewn-00972247-v | vulgarize | Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors | cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use |
oewn-00973356-v | misname | These misnamed philanthropists | assign in incorrect name to |
oewn-00973492-v | tout | This product was touted as a revolutionary invention | advertize in strongly positive terms |
oewn-00973682-v | label | They labeled him unfit to work here | pronounce judgment on |
oewn-00974031-v | find | find someone guilty | decide on and make a declaration about |
oewn-00975088-v | air | We cannot air this X-rated song | broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television |
oewn-00975760-v | air | This show will air Saturdays at 2 P.M. | be broadcast |
oewn-00976399-v | denote | She denoted her feelings clearly | make known; make an announcement |
oewn-00976818-v | cry | before we had newspapers, a town crier would cry the news | proclaim or announce in public |
oewn-00977068-v | call | bluejays called to one another | utter a characteristic note or cry |
oewn-00977459-v | announce | He announced the winners of the spelling bee | give the names of |
oewn-00977934-v | advertise | Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS | call attention to |
oewn-00979185-v | bill | He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso | advertise especially by posters or placards |
oewn-00979368-v | exclaim | `I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed | state or announce |
oewn-00979368-v | proclaim | The King will proclaim an amnesty | state or announce |
oewn-00979721-v | declare | His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast | proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against |
oewn-00979903-v | trumpet | Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty | proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet |
oewn-00980205-v | proclaim | He was proclaimed King | declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles |
oewn-00980581-v | pronounce | She pronounces French words in a funny way | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way |
oewn-00980581-v | say | I cannot say `zip wire' | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way |
oewn-00980581-v | sound out | Can the child sound out this complicated word? | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way |
oewn-00981443-v | retroflex | Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants | articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate |
oewn-00981699-v | subvocalize | she was reading to herself and merely subvocalized | articulate without making audible sounds |
oewn-00982020-v | syllabize | The poet syllabized the verses he read | utter with distinct articulation of each syllable |
oewn-00982208-v | drawl | drawl one's vowels | lengthen and slow down or draw out |
oewn-00982485-v | formulate | He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees | put into words or an expression |
oewn-00983308-v | put | I wouldn't put it that way | formulate in a particular style or language |
oewn-00983308-v | cast | She cast her request in very polite language | formulate in a particular style or language |
oewn-00983576-v | falter | The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room | speak haltingly |
oewn-00983976-v | blurt | He blurted out the secret | utter impulsively |
oewn-00983976-v | blunder | He blundered his stupid ideas | utter impulsively |
oewn-00984945-v | decline | in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives | inflect for number, gender, case, etc. |
oewn-00985155-v | conjugate | conjugate the verb | add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc. |
oewn-00985667-v | vowelize | between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized | pronounce as a vowel |
oewn-00987366-v | gurgle | `Help,' the stabbing victim gurgled | utter with a gurgling sound |
oewn-00987496-v | cry | The cat was crying | utter a characteristic sound |
oewn-00987625-v | nasale | `Come here,' he nasaled | speak in a nasal voice |
oewn-00988106-v | lift | He lifted a war whoop | make audible |
oewn-00988343-v | volley | volley a string of curses | utter rapidly |