Example sentences for: synonyms

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  • Synonyms:

  • Similarly, Duncan was unable to retain exclusive rights to the name yo-yo because the toy is called that in the Philippines, where it originated, and because it has no synonyms.

  • The entry for golden-syrup give a cross-reference to syrup, where it is not mentioned; as I understand the style, this means that the two are to be construed as synonyms, which is not the case.

  • Also, if you enter jump , you get the synonyms for that; but if you enter jumped , you get the (same) synonyms but inflected—including the variants leapt, leaped for leap . All in all, for a relatively primitive system, it is not too bad; but you would have to be in love with your computer to use it in preference to a far more complete books of synonyms available (especially The Synonym Finder , Rodale in the U.S. and Canada, Longman elsewhere, which offers more than 800,000 synonyms, more than three times the number listed in any other synonym book).

  • synonyms: neigh/whinny, allow/ permit, change/alter, transform/metamorphose , or to a word that has two accepted spellings which are somewhat different in pronunciation, as negotiate/ negociate, dived/dove, wold/weald, strap/strop .


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