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Objects & Location
Objects & Location > Alignment
Objects & Location > Alignment > How People Align Things
position, reposition, level, align, right, straighten, center, layer, add (items to an online cart), line up, match up, realign
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Objects & Location > Alignment > How Things Line Up With One AnotherStub
hug, parallel, mirror, match, stratify, line up, match up, run parallel/straight
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Objects & Location > Bouncing & Bouncing Back
knock back, ricochet, carom, bounce, recoil, shoot, bob, hop, leap, jump, skip, bound, spring, reflect, backfire, return, spring back, bounce back, come back, circle back, jounce, rebound, boomerang, skip off, fly back
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Objects & Location > Congealing & Hardening
Objects & Location > Congealing & Hardening > Congealing
jam, choke, freeze, stiffen, seal, glue, cure, fuse, set, stick, paste, gel, bond, jell, jellify, wax, cake, coalesce, clog, toughen, firm up, harden, thicken, coagulate, solidify, glom onto, fill in, clot, close up, encrust
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Objects & Location > Congealing & Hardening > Hardening
freeze, stiffen, seal, cure, fuse, set, gel, dry, bond, wax, cake, coalesce, toughen, firm up, harden, thicken, petrify, coagulate, solidify, ossify, calcify, crystallize, clot, encrust, inspissate
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Objects & Location > Curving, Twisting & Coming Loose
Objects & Location > Curving, Twisting & Coming Loose > Lurching
bounce, jar, jolt, jerk, roll, pitch, rock, lurch, deviate, skew, reel, list, zigzag, bounce back, swerve, veer, sheer, wrench loose, wrest loose (from its moorings), jounce, rebound
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Objects & Location > Curving, Twisting & Coming Loose > Releasing & Coming Loose
break off, bounce, separate, dislodge, loosen, unhook, crack open, pop, break free, untie, lurch, disengage, detach, let go, release, uncouple, unyoke, set free, rebound, set adrift, work its way loose, come loose, work its way out
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Objects & Location > Curving, Twisting & Coming Loose > Rotation & Curving
twist, crimp, screw, roll, arc, bend, curl, arch, encircle, twirl, wind, swivel, rotate, torque, cycle, snake, gyrate, whirl, curve, spiral, weave, vine, angle, swirl, circle, spin, crook, revolve, loop, orbit, reel, wheel, bow, pirouette, eddy, swerve, serpentine, pivot, curve around, turn (in one's hand)
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Objects & Location > Curving, Twisting & Coming Loose > Twisting
wring, squeeze, cramp, strangle, twist, crimp, pinch, screw, tighten, roll, bend, wind, coil, torque, vine, buckle, tangle, wrinkle, crease, warp, snag, twine, knot, contort, enmesh, bunch, kink, skein (yarn), ruck up
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Objects & Location > Expanding Into
Objects & Location > Expanding Into > Encroaching
litter, fill, migrate, invade, overtake, breach, riddle, leak, flood, overlap, contaminate, insinuate, intrude, overwhelm, disturb, swamp, consume, yawn, crowd, infest, encroach, overflow, colonize, impinge on, teem, bleed into/through, trespass on/upon, flow into, run into, spread into, stretch into, extend into, sprawl into, populate, people
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Objects & Location > Expanding Into > Fanning Out
scatter, sprawl, roll out, invade, overrun, widen, disperse, increase, take over, extend, broaden, encroach, impinge, branch out, fan out, open out, stretch into
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Objects & Location > Falling & Collapse
Objects & Location > Falling & Collapse > Gradual Collapse
sag, slump, fold, shake off, flop, slope, buckle, crumple, weaken, collapse, implode, sink, fall apart, tumble, fail, cave in, plop, fall down, ease down
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Objects & Location > Falling & Collapse > Overturning & Inverting
turn over, knock over, upend, flip, roll over, invert, tip over, go belly up, capsize, overturn, turn upside down, reverse, turn inside out, topple over, turn turtle
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Objects & Location > Falling & Collapse > Sudden Falling
bang, thunk, crash, fly, drop, splutter, topple, tear down, thwak, tip over, plummet, fall apart, tumble, fall, take down, plunge, nosedive, hurtle, fall down, flutter (to the ground), keel over, fall over
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Objects & Location > Hanging, Spilling Over & Sticking Out
Objects & Location > Hanging, Spilling Over & Sticking Out > Hanging & Spilling Over
sling, hang, droop, loll, drop, swing, lower, float, dangle, string, leak, drip, flood, spill, drain, cascade, suspend, wilt, hook, overflow, brim, overhang
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Objects & Location > Hanging, Spilling Over & Sticking Out > Sticking Out
disgorge, perch, surface, emerge, project, define, reach into, expose, intrude, penetrate, bulge, stick out, reveal, overhang, protrude, jut out, poke out, emboss (with a raised design), extend (beyond a limit)
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Objects & Location > How Objects Accumulate
Objects & Location > How Objects Accumulate > Accumulation & Hoarding
jam, cram, stuff, fit, pad, fill, pile up, indulge, hoard, fixate, weigh down, hog, heap, accrue, obsess, amass, glom onto, brim, mound, stockpile, mass, collect (items), keep (belongings), store (belongings), save (keepsakes)
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Objects & Location > How Objects Accumulate > Describing a Pile
stand, mount, nest, bear, pile up, bear down, grow, tilt, burden, overload, heap, bulge, buttress, stack up, top, loom, lean, mound, pile, arch over, rest atop, stack, amass (bulk), accumulate (mass), make (a mountain)
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Objects & Location > How Things Interact With One Another in Limited Space
Objects & Location > How Things Interact With One Another in Limited Space > Crowding
squeeze, jam, strangle, sandwich, choke, suffocate, press, compress, wedge, cram, stuff, envelop, fit, plug, fill, nest, overrun, hide, trap, converge, tangle, drift, flood, engulf, clog, jumble, swamp, crowd out, congest, encroach, infringe, impinge, jam together, clutter, knot, trespass, bunch
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Objects & Location > How Things Interact With One Another in Limited Space > Grouping Things Together
bundle, nestle, huddle, position, reposition, order, connect, assemble, organize, gather, collect, cluster, aggregate, cobble together, consolidate, relegate, pool, sort, line up, combine, bring together, link, arrange, group, amass, bunch, clump, array, reorder, mass, squeeze together, squash together, lay, lump together
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Objects & Location > How Things Interact With One Another in Limited Space > How Objects Lean & Tilt
pitch, bend, tip, incline, cock, grade, slope, angle, tilt, bank, list, orient, lean, slant, cant (at weird angles)
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Objects & Location > How Things Overpower
stuff, sweep, cover, blanket, blot out, enlarge, eclipse, flood, spill, take in, spiral out of control, outgrow, consume, crowd out, mushroom, crest, brim, loom over, exceed (a limit), outsize
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects
Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Balancing Objects
level, steady, stabilize, perch, balance, equalize, offset, counterbalance, counterpoise, poise, lean up against
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Fluttering
rustle, fly, wave, twitch, ripple, quiver, stir, dance, float, ruffle, flap, flutter, blow, tremble, undulate, drift, flicker, waver, swirl, glimmer, sway, billow, vibrate, waft
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Shaking
tug, bounce, jingle, jar, jolt, jerk, rustle, toss, shake, jiggle, bob, rock, shimmy, churn, flap, rattle, agitate, rumble, tremble, sputter, oscillate, wobble, diddle, jumble, excite, jostle, electrify, vibrate, shiver, shudder, quake, throb, writhe, pulsate, reverberate, jangle, jounce, rock (back and forth), knock together, twang
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Swinging
fly, arc, curl, arch, wave, swivel, swing, flap, flutter, blow, wag, curve, weave, oscillate, rise and fall, bounce back, rebound, rock (from side to side), seesaw
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Teetering & Wavering
shake, twitch, shimmy, flounder, falter, hesitate, quiver, float, totter, flutter, stumble, tremble, drift, flicker, fluctuate, waver, oscillate, pulse, wobble, vacillate, teeter, shiver, quake, pivot, rock (from side to side), yaw (around an axis), wonkle
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Tilting & Leaning
pitch, bend, tip, shift, incline, cock, grade, slope, angle, tilt, tip over, reel, bank, list, orient, lean, roll (aircraft), pitch (aircraft), yaw (aircraft), slant, cant (at weird angles)
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Vibrating
jingle, rattle, flutter, tremble, oscillate, wobble, electrify, vibrate, shiver, shudder, throb, pulsate, reverberate, twang
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Objects & Location > Locating Something in its Physical Surroundings
Objects & Location > Locating Something in its Physical Surroundings > Crossing, Intersecting or Bisecting
cut, cut across, crisscross, section, span, divide, cross, merge, subdivide, bridge, pass over, halve, bisect, meet, traverse, feed into, intersect, pass under
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Objects & Location > Locating Something in its Physical Surroundings > Describing the Distance Between Things
separate, part, split, clear, space, lengthen, section, narrow, widen, span, divide, cut off, withdraw, extend, subdivide, isolate, partition, stand apart, gape apart, screen off, widen (a gap), distance (a thing), put at a distance
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Objects & Location > Locating Something in its Physical Surroundings > How Things Flank or Demarcate One Another
separate, straddle, split, measure, flank, edge, bound, section off, juxtapose, delineate, front, demarcate, divide, subdivide, border on, bracket, cordon off, partition, circumscribe, patrol, stand sentry, bookend, border, establish (a boundary), mark out/off, mark (the edge)
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Objects & Location > Locating Something in its Physical Surroundings > How Things Occupy a Spot
lie, sprawl, stand, slouch, slump, sit, straddle, turn toward, drop, fit, fill, land, roost, rest on, mark, face, occupy, claim, thrive, stay, sleep, anchor, encamp, reside, lean, loom over, patrol, doze, lounge (in the corner), orient (toward mecca), stand sentry, slope toward, niche, live, exist, take up
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Objects & Location > Locating Something in its Physical Surroundings > How Things Touch
cling, bump up against, touch, enfold, nestle, contact, coil, connect, hook up, nuzzle, snarl, edge, bound, converge, interlace, imbricate, tangle, rim, join, front, overlap, jumble, reach, buttress, shore up, bridge, border on, intertwine, knot, enmesh, meet, conjoin, push up against, rub against, abut, butt up against, fringe, snug up against, nest into, interfold
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Objects & Location > Locating Something in its Physical Surroundings > Situating Or Orienting Something in a Space
stand, settle, position, install, fix, establish, stake out, locate, put, place, pinpoint, find, station, situate, site, orient (to the east)
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Objects & Location > Locating Something in its Physical Surroundings > When Things Stand Near One Another
stand, nestle, huddle, hover, turn toward, stand together, nest, overlook, juxtapose, face, front, bridge, approach, verge on, come close, adjoin, back on to/up to, close in on, give onto
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Objects & Location > Pressing
squeeze, smash, mash, squash, crunch, flatten, press, compress, crush, push down, squinch, scrunch, depress, weigh down, overload, overwhelm, hold down, condense, overburden, weight
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Objects & Location > Random Placement
toss, strew, scatter, litter, spread, speckle, alternate, intersperse, dot, sprinkle, disperse, interrupt, break up, interchange, randomize, pepper, stagger (items), punctuate, disaggregate
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Objects & Location > Securing Something in Place
Objects & Location > Securing Something in Place > Immobilizing
lash, bind, settle, snap, brace, freeze, hold in place, stabilize, plug in, tack, stitch, secure, fuse, fix, interlock, attach, mount, confine, paralyze, bear down, stick, buckle, pin, meld, rivet, tie up/down, restrict, immobilize, toggle, strap, hold together, fasten, cement, embed, lodge, peg, screw down/on, nail down, strengthen (with rebar), snap down, inactivate, deactivate, bring to a standstill, undergird
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Objects & Location > Securing Something in Place > Locking & Securing
chain, bar, bolt, cage, close off, blockade, keep out, padlock, lock out, barricade (an entrance), secure (a door), turn (a key), fasten (a chain), slide (the latch), deadbolt, double lock, latch, seal up, lock in/up, seal off/in
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Objects & Location > Securing Something in Place > Propping Up
elevate, shimmy, brace, reinforce, prop up, hold up, shoulder, support, bolster, buttress, shore up, bracket, underpin, lean, lay (a foundation)
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Objects & Location > Sucking
hollow out, extract, siphon, suck, bleed, swallow, gulp, suck in, absorb, drain, extrude, gravitate, magnetize, suck out, draw in, consume, leach, devour, swig, guzzle, tease out, draw off/out
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Objects & Location > Surrounding & Enclosing
Objects & Location > Surrounding & Enclosing > Containment
jam, stuff, cup, fit, plug, seal, bottle, contain, tie up, enclose, confine, house, trap, sheathe, block, pin down, shut up/in, hold down, hold in, cork, keep, safeguard, keep under wraps, seal off, wall off, entomb, seal up, stop up, lock up/in, wall in, encase, seal in, keep safe
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Objects & Location > Surrounding & Enclosing > Covering Things
smother, envelop, enclose, hide, conceal, veil, cover, blanket, cloak, overlay, superimpose, consume, cap, clothe, shelter, carpet, encrust, swathe
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Objects & Location > Surrounding & Enclosing > How Something Surrounds Something Else
envelop, encircle, enclose, corral, bound, edge with, bracelet, circle, ring, engulf, fence, consume, encompass, encapsulate, circumscribe, surround, edge in, fringe, band
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Objects & Location > Surrounding & Enclosing > How Things are Confined
sandwich, wedge, rope off, contain, enclose, hem in, confine, house, section off, cut off, hold down, impound, isolate, cordon off, hold in, rack, safeguard, tie down, wrap up, seal off, box, wall off, cram in, nail down, wall in, fence in, pack in, close (windows and doors), immure, partition off, screen in/off
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Objects & Location > Wear & Tear
Objects & Location > Wear & Tear > Crumbling
break apart, chip, shed, slough off, fleck, scuff, fragment, flake, disintegrate, come apart, fall apart, crumble, corrode, molder, erode, splinter, decompose, rot, peel, fall down, break into (pieces), come off, sliver
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Objects & Location > Wear & Tear > Denting & Scratching
shave, scrape, chip, score, nick, graze, notch, jab, swipe, ding, sideswipe, abrade, grate, scratch, cut, catch, pock, pockmark, dent, pit, strip away, mark, scuff, key (a car)
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Objects & Location > Wear & Tear > How Fabric & Clothing Wear Out
pull, tear, rip, stretch out, shred, stain, break, catch, run, shrink, bleach, thin, fade, wash out, disintegrate, snag, dissolve, tatter, wear out, lose (elasticity/buttons), come apart (at the seams), fray, loosen (threads), stretch (fabric), pill
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Objects & Location > Wear & Tear > How Machines Malfunction
jam, clog, rust, act up, come loose, stop working, conk out, lose (a screw), bend out of shape
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Objects & Location > Wear & Tear > How Solid Objects Deteriorate
tear, rip, chip, crack, contract, scratch, bend, curl, snap, split, break down, break, scar, buckle, fade, crumple, yellow, blacken, dull, tarnish, weaken, discolor, oxidize, warp, fall apart, deteriorate, crumble, depreciate, rust, corrode, burn out, wear down, splinter, bow, contort, dry out, kink, wear out, fissure, fray, come apart/loose, degrade (in sunlight)
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Objects & Location > Widening, Elongating & Opening
Objects & Location > Widening, Elongating & Opening > ElongatingStub
sprawl, stretch out, pull out, stretch, lengthen, reach, extend, elongate, get longer, elasticize
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Objects & Location > Widening, Elongating & Opening > Emitting & Beaming
thrust, fling, fly, fly off, arc, discharge, broadcast, expel, scatter, flash, rocket, soar, transmit, project, streak, radiate, gleam, emit, emanate, beam, erupt, relay, liberate, free, shower, exude, let fly, shoot out, send forth/out
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Objects & Location > Widening, Elongating & Opening > Gaping Open
separate, part, crack open, pop, gape, yawn, split open, open out, unfurl, roll out (carpet/awning), unroll, unfold, uncurl, unbend, broach (a cask of liquor), swing open, fly open, creak open, burst open
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Objects & Location > Widening, Elongating & Opening > Puffing Out
fatten, dilate, take in, expand, decompress, outgrow, inflate, bulge, mushroom, billow, thicken, swell, engorge, distend, outsize, puff out/up, balloon, fluff up/out, bloat with, plump up, supersize, belly out
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Objects & Location > Widening, Elongating & Opening > Widening
stuff, sprawl, stretch out, spread out, pad, bulk up, fatten, dilate, enlarge, widen, double, expand, decompress, bulge, extend, broaden, branch out, round out, thicken, fan out, swell, bloat, engorge, distend, fill out, splay, plump up, belly out
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Objects & Location > Wrinkling
scrunch, twist, crimp, pucker, rumple, fold, groove, ruffle, gather, furrow, crinkle, wrinkle, crease, ridge, corrugate, contort, purse, bunch, scrunch up, screw up (material/face)
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Search > Finding, Recognizing or Revealing Something > How People, Ideas or Things Reveal Themselves
concede, surface, submit, surrender, emerge, appear, materialize, manifest, arise, crop up, yield, relent, capitulate, bare, step forward, reveal, disclose, throw in the towel, permit, come out, come out (of hiding), give oneself up, turn oneself in, raise one's arms in surrender, rise (to the surface), come to the surface, come to light, spring up, shed (a disguise)
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Search > Finding, Recognizing or Revealing Something > Recognizing & Verifying
turn in one's hand, certify, test, show, spot, detect, identify, authenticate, verify, justify, check out, back up, recognize, distinguish, prove, corroborate, validate, testify to, double-check, attest, pick out (a suspect in a line-up), call by its name, prove accurate, bear out, establish the truth of, check the authenticity of
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Search > Finding, Recognizing or Revealing Something > Revealing Something
unearth, dislodge, strip, pull out, clear, turn up, display, spill, illuminate, expose, divulge, solve, bare, exhibit, reveal, disclose, debunk, find, bring to light, uncover, demystify, make known, make public, ferret out, lay bare, break open, shatter (a facade), smoke out
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Start & Stop > Origins
Start & Stop > Origins > How Something Emerges
surface, follow, turn up, emerge, appear, manifest, grow, grow out of, come forth, originate from, ensue, evolve, come out, come to light, emanate from, spring from, proceed from, issue from, follow from, arise from, derive from, stem from, reveal itself, come next/after, spring forth
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Start & Stop > Origins > How Something Prompts the Next Thing
fly off, prompt, catalyze, elicit, yield, cultivate, foster, enter, sow, actualize, lead to, begin, set off (a chain reaction), cast (a seed)
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Start & Stop > Origins > Identifying How Something Came About
root, follow, turn up, attribute, become known, become apparent, originate, happen, come about, reach back, harken back to, precede, spring from, base something on
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Start & Stop > Origins > Spontaneous Generation
rise, hatch, surface, start, turn up, emerge, appear, materialize, manifest, occur, incarnate, spark, ignite, erupt, happen, transpire, arise, crop up, come about, become, pop up, end up, spring from/into, spring forth, come to pass
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Thought & Learning
Thought & Learning > Clarification & Conclusion
Thought & Learning > Clarification & Conclusion > Clarifying
cast, sharpen, establish, slice through, define, highlight, illumine, illuminate, identify, redefine, take stock of, correct, specify, distinguish, discriminate, pinpoint, reiterate, clear up, tweak (an earlier theory), fine-tune (one's reasoning), hone (one's analysis), spell out (fine points), fill in (details), reorganize (one's priorities), demystify, couch, reach (a conclusion), expand on (particulars), elucidate, shed light on, explicate, make clear
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Thought & Learning > Clarification & Conclusion > Concluding
establish, settle on, define, cinch, close, verify, solve, summarize, realize, sum up, resolve, decide, back up, determine, prove, confirm, corroborate, agree on, conclude, validate, ascertain, encapsulate, disprove, find, clear up, draw (a conclusion), arrive at (a conclusion/solution), come to a decision, finalize, recap, recapitulate
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Thought & Learning > Clarification & Conclusion > Defining & Identifying
settle on, name, define, put into words, pick out, make out, identify, authenticate, dub, locate, designate, recognize, distinguish, isolate, confirm, stack up, narrow (down), diagnose, pinpoint, single out, appoint, commit, make sense of, establish the identity of, fix (an identity), put a name to, verify (a derivation), make clear
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Thought & Learning > Clarification & Conclusion > Disproving
invalidate, negate, contradict, minimize, repudiate, discredit, poke holes in, disprove, refute, explode (a myth), debunk, discount (as nonsense), prove false, shoot down, rebut
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Thought & Learning > Clearing One's Mind
jolt, shake, focus, reboot, take stock of, reason, rein in, snap back, home in on, refresh, refocus, clear one's head/mind, blot out (a thought), shake (an idea), block (negative thoughts), take control, nip in the bud, snap out of it, get a grip, bring one's mind back, marshal one's thoughts, pull it together, get it together
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Thought & Learning > Collaborative Learning
team up, cooperate, standardize, reinforce, organize, assist, gather, adjust, brainstorm, collaborate, report, delegate, designate, pool (resources), summarize, co-create, contribute, assign, confirm, corroborate, home in on, pull in, quiz, structure (a study group), hash out, coordinate (a reading schedule), compare and contrast, combine (findings), mark out for
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Thought & Learning > Comprehension
Thought & Learning > Comprehension > Comprehending Something
grasp, follow, see, take in, identify, appreciate, realize, understand, decode, apprehend, digest, conceptualize, make sense of, catch on, crack the code, comprehend, unravel, wrap one's mind around, know, capture (a concept), recognize (the application of), get one's head around
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Thought & Learning > Comprehension > How an Idea Suddenly Makes Sense
hit, strike, pop, click, get through, set off a chain reaction, seep in, bowl someone over, enter, come across/through, become clear, register (an idea), clear up (confusion), take one's breath away, fall into place, dawn, sink in, make sense
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Thought & Learning > Excitement for Learning
Thought & Learning > Excitement for Learning > Feeling Excited About Learning
probe, hunker down, plumb, dig in, marinate, soak up, read, explore, pique, hole up, dive into, plunge, immerse, preoccupy, wonder, pore over, buckle down, delve into, steep oneself in, engross oneself, occupy oneself, absorb oneself in, bury oneself in, fixate on/upon, lose oneself in, love (to learn), awaken (curiosity), receive (an assignment)
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Thought & Learning > Excitement for Learning > Sparking Someone's Appetite for Learning
galvanize, trigger, kindle, arouse, stimulate, ignite, excite, activate, whet (someone's appetite for knowledge), spark (one's interest in learning), rouse (someone's curiosity), quicken (someone's understanding), stir (curiosity), inspire (someone to learn), fuel (someone's interest in a field of study)
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Thought & Learning > Forgetting or Daydreaming
zone out, imagine, lose focus, abandon, daydream, fantasize, forget, space out, muse, lose concentration, fall into a reverie, roll around in one's mind, stare into space, draw a blank, fail to remember, misremember, disremember, blank out
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Thought & Learning > Forming an Opinion
Thought & Learning > Forming an Opinion > Changing One's Mind
swing, question, adapt, fluctuate, waver, doubt, vacillate, change one's mind, revise, vary, flip-flop, shift (one's perspective), alter (one's view), adjust to (new information), modify (one's views), shilly-shally, lose one's convictions, distrust (one's perspective), warm to the idea
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Thought & Learning > Forming an Opinion > Considering
appraise, heed, examine, regard, mull over, assess, deliberate, consider, contemplate, evaluate, ponder, reflect on, take into account, respect, take into consideration, think (over/about), bear in mind, mind, note, check out/into, ruminate on, meditate on, chew over, look into/at
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Thought & Learning > Forming an Opinion > Holding an Opinion or Conviction
lap up, swallow, view, dub, credit, buy, bank on, declare, believe, trust, take a position, posit, subscribe to, buy into, consider (credible), rest assured, have faith in, cling to, hold to (an opinion), take as gospel, place confidence in
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Thought & Learning > Forming an Opinion > Reflecting
plumb, ruminate, question (one's assumptions/beliefs), allow time (for an opinion to form), absorb, reflect, mull over, turn something over in one's mind, deliberate, consider, contemplate, ponder, come around, muse, pore over, revisit, digest, meditate on, cogitate, look over/at, roll over in one's mind, shape (a perspective)
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Thought & Learning > Guessing & Assuming
Thought & Learning > Guessing & Assuming > Assuming
assume, presume, stereotype, figure, suppose, suspect, infer, speculate, consider, judge, deem, expect, surmise, take for granted, jump to a conclusion
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Thought & Learning > Guessing & Assuming > Guessing
figure, suppose, suspect, guess, conjecture, infer, theorize, concoct, bet, wager, estimate, predict, put forward, feel, hypothesize, narrow down, reckon, hazard a guess, surmise
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Thought & Learning > Guessing & Assuming > Intuition
sense, imagine, anticipate, see, intuit, predict, forecast, prognosticate, daydream, envision, visualize, fantasize, believe, trust, hallucinate, dream, picture, feel, expect, foresee, feel into, presage, foretell, have a hunch, have a suspicion, portend, augur, read into
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Thought & Learning > Individual Efforts to Learn
Thought & Learning > Individual Efforts to Learn > Analysis
break apart, analyze, gauge, refine, weigh, define, reflect, scrutinize, examine, size up, detect, identify, discern, piece together, assess, redefine, decipher, puzzle out, rethink, calculate, formulate, develop, predict, translate, contextualize, specify, sum up, cite, parse, dissect, conclude, pinpoint, wrestle with, revisit, decode, clarify, crack the code, figure in/out, compare and contrast, sharpen (one's analysis), approach, process (data), interpret (data), evaluate (data)
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Thought & Learning > Individual Efforts to Learn > Memorization
drill, hammer, mirror, repeat, replicate, regurgitate, mimic, echo, imitate, reproduce, train, recall, duplicate, write out, steep, rehearse, review, copy, master, chart, quote, parrot, memorize, quiz, brush up, recite (multiplication tables), test (oneself), commit to memory
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Thought & Learning > Individual Efforts to Learn > Reading to Learn
grasp, inspect, pull out, scan, listen to (a book on tape), absorb, soak up, study, scrutinize, take in, scroll, read, browse, check, peruse, review, comb through, dip into, sift, search, devour, pore over, digest, memorize, skim (the book), leaf through, crack open (a book), dog-ear, speed-read, mark (pages with notes), underline
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Thought & Learning > Individual Efforts to Learn > Recalling Knowledge
concentrate, flash, ruminate, conjure up, evoke, recall, place, remember, reach back to, invoke, recollect, summon up, call up/forth, search (one's notes)
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Thought & Learning > Individual Efforts to Learn > Research
unearth, probe, dig, appraise, theorize, do a web search, study, scrutinize, examine, investigate, vet, review, research, fact-check, verify, evaluate, calculate, comb through, solve, inquire, troll, map, confer, wade through, base, prove, corroborate, validate, google, pore over, hypothesize, delve into, submit (results for scrutiny), back up (one's premise), confirm (a premise), replicate (an earlier study), resolve (discrepancies), consult (archives), brainstorm (with experts), collect (data), devise (a method to investigate a topic), formulate (a hypothesis), design (a methodology), log (findings), chronicle (results of one's research), note (discrepancies), sort through/out, search for (data), cotton on
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Thought & Learning > Individual Efforts to Learn > Studying
dig into, grind, concentrate, cram, highlight, disentangle (fact from assumption), absorb, scrutinize, investigate, notice, focus, review, synthesize, mull over, untangle, solve, incorporate, inquire, cross out, wade through, distinguish, isolate, dissect, glean, pore over, digest, familiarize, quiz, make sense of, unravel, clear up, keep track of, brush up, test (oneself), dog-ear, hone (one's understanding), take in (information), delve, ground (one's understanding), skim (one's notes), type up (notes), underline, scribble (notes), track (details), tear through, progress through (levels of understanding), cotton on
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Thought & Learning > Infrastructure for Learning
Thought & Learning > Infrastructure for Learning > Administering a School
expel, supervise, test, organize, administer ( a school), administrate (a school), schedule, suspend, hire, finance, assign (classrooms), hold (an assembly), staff (a school), standardize (testing), maintain (standards/schools), train (teachers), certify (teachers), introduce (plans/protocols), bring in (consultants), comply with (regulations), tenure (professors), adopt (standards), credential (teachers), ring (bell), counsel (students), evaluate (teachers/students), graduate (students), reprimand (teacher), suspend (a coach), call (meetings), assemble (faculty), detain (misbehaving students)
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Thought & Learning > Infrastructure for Learning > Creating Infrastructure for Classes
retrofit, protect, expand, guard, adopt (standards), condemn (a school), build (a school/pool of qualified teachers), add on (a wing), winterize, block off, set up (wifi), run (cable/wire), install (a security system), inspect (schools), finance (schools)
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Thought & Learning > Inventive Thought Processes
Thought & Learning > Inventive Thought Processes > Connecting Things or Ideas in One's Mind
play with, connect, leap, switch, infer, blend, transition, mix, join, associate, jumble, merge, combine, link, point to, relate, correlate, toggle, tie together, segue, move (an idea), conflate
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Thought & Learning > Inventive Thought Processes > Embellishing Intangible Things
fabricate, lionize, adorn, embellish, embroider, amplify, take off, fake, invent, concoct, inflate, glorify, enhance, pump up, grace, idealize, overstate, puff
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Thought & Learning > Inventive Thought Processes > Imagination
fabricate, generate, hatch, mimic, imitate, materialize, simulate, pretend, impersonate, imagine, take off, invent, brainstorm, concoct, create, daydream, envision, fantasize, narrate, picture, brew, wonder, muse, dream up, make up (tunes/tales), spring forth/up, take shape/form, cook up
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Thought & Learning > Realizing, Remembering or Fixing Something in One's Mind
Thought & Learning > Realizing, Remembering or Fixing Something in One's Mind > Fixing a Thought in One's Mind
press, settle, repeat, install, register, fix, establish, name, root, label, implant, impress, record, write down, plant, embed, note, ingrain, entrench, wrap one's mind around, solidify, lodge
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Thought & Learning > Realizing, Remembering or Fixing Something in One's Mind > Realizing
figure out, register, process, sense, see, face, make out, notice, perceive, piece together, admit, consider, reflect on, integrate, realize, recognize, interpret, wake up, revisit, know, tie together, learn from
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Thought & Learning > Realizing, Remembering or Fixing Something in One's Mind > Remembering
bear, ruminate, reproduce, conjure up, snap back, obsess, daydream, muse, revisit, reminisce, tie together, call forth, delve (into the past), bring up, reach back to, call up, keep track of, invoke, flash back to, dredge up, memorize (a face), recollect, summon up
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Thought & Learning > Realizing, Remembering or Fixing Something in One's Mind > What Memories Do
hit, stand, reinforce, leap, jump, alight, echo, surface, startle, unleash, evoke, stick, fade, vanish, disappear, lose, sting, evaporate, stick out, send, linger, smart, percolate, come to mind, jog one's memory, bubble up
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Thought & Learning > Realizing, Remembering or Fixing Something in One's Mind > What Realizations Do
jolt, bother, stir, galvanize, strengthen, awaken, pop (into one's mind), destabilize (the status quo), niggle, illuminate, disturb, shock, upset, rankle, sober, provoke, humble, humiliate, linger, rouse, gall, irritate, buoy, rile, irk, jangle, wake someone up, spur
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Thought & Learning > Repressing One's Thoughts
crush, push down, hold in place, suppress, curb, ignore, keep vigil, check, control, stifle, repress, stamp out, nip in the bud, hold down/back, push away, reroute, keep the lid on, keep under control, bottle up, watch for, keep in check
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Thought & Learning > Scholarly Review
theorize, scrutinize, review, claim, verify, evaluate, critique, argue, propose, excerpt, put forward, prove, assert, conference, hypothesize, postulate, posit, submit (results for scrutiny), undergo (review), present (a paper), comment on, pose (questions), defend (a dissertation), replicate (results), state, publish (in a scholarly journal), subject to (criticism), peer-review, corroborate (results), authenticate (results), substantiate (claims)
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Thought & Learning > Teaching & Interning
Thought & Learning > Teaching & Interning > Internship
model, assist, mimic, train, track, study, observe, shadow, copy, report, intern, compete, apprentice, prove, ape, apply (oneself)
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Thought & Learning > Teaching & Interning > Teaching & Mentoring
Thought & Learning > Teaching & Interning > Teaching & Mentoring > Mentoring
model, transmit, strengthen (skills), build on (strengths), build up (self-confidence), share (skills), advise, demonstrate, mentor, enthuse, inspire, interpret, reiterate, reprimand, tutor, impart, kindle (interest), cultivate (intellectual rigor), supply (expertise), correct (a mentee's language), upbraid, arouse in, transfer (skills), examine (the skill set of a mentee), address (weaknesses), coach (a debate team/a sports team), supervise (a playground), provide (outside help)
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Thought & Learning > Teaching & Interning > Teaching & Mentoring > Teaching in a Classroom
drill, hover, distill, test, grade, drone, transmit, define, highlight, mark, examine, illustrate, portray, pass, fail, hold back, advise, demonstrate, address, summarize, enthuse, disseminate, assign, inculcate, flunk, convey, home in on, hold forth, reiterate, instruct, reprimand, lecture, sermonize, explicate, flash (slides on the wall), frame (a concept), field (questions), shape (one's argument), come to the point, tutor, impart, correct (papers), cover (a topic), collect (homework), prepare (a lecture), kindle (interest), arouse (curiosity in one's students), hammer home, transfer (skills/knowledge), cultivate (intellectual rigor), pontificate, supply (expertise), maintain (order), discipline (students), punish (a student), detain (a student), promote (students to the next grade), honor (student), aid, assist (a teacher), prepare (lesson plans), revise (a syllabus), upbraid
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Thought & Learning > Trying to Understand
Thought & Learning > Trying to Understand > Big-Picture Thinking
conjecture, theorize, size up, open, synthesize, consider, systematize, contextualize, integrate, broaden, philosophize, conceptualize, form (a concept), hypothesize, postulate, posit, hold (multiple viewpoints), widen (one's lens), expand (one's frame of reference), zoom out, take into consideration, draw on/from, elaborate on
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Thought & Learning > Trying to Understand > Culling
distill, select, pull out, gather, filter, steep, pick out, collect, sift through, puzzle out, cull, exhaust, weed out, choose, pluck, draw from, base on, narrow down
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Thought & Learning > Trying to Understand > Discerning
dig, analyze, scrutinize, examine, detect, discern, vet, puzzle out, critique, distinguish, discriminate, differentiate, pinpoint, clarify, perceive (small differences), weigh (opposing views), make out (differences), sieve through (content)
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Thought & Learning > Trying to Understand > Grasping an Idea
unlock, absorb, take in, realize, ascertain, come away with, pinpoint, conceptualize, grasp (an idea), make sense of, catch on, crack the code, set something apart, comprehend, get the picture
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Thought & Learning > Trying to Understand > Interpreting
fit, frame, conceive, attribute, emphasize, size up, dub, synthesize, decipher, reframe, translate, interpret, reinterpret, conceptualize, construe, process (information), form a perspective, chalk up, treat (a challenge as trivial)
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Thought & Learning > Trying to Understand > Parsing
separate, tease apart, probe, analyze, inspect, untangle, parse, dissect, break something down, take something apart, break something apart, unravel, unscramble, sieve through
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Thought & Learning > Trying to Understand > Piecing Together an Understanding
shape, infer, size up, piece together, synthesize, deliberate, consider, puzzle out, contextualize, look into, reorient, postulate, process (information), sort out (impressions), orient (one's approach), figure in/out, think over, put together, put forth (a theory), run through/over, reinterpret (facts/events)
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Thought & Learning > Trying to Understand > Reasoning
analyze, weigh, figure, infer, rule out, assess, deliberate, consider, reason, judge, eliminate, exhaust, interpret, deduce, reinterpret, narrow down, figure in/out, calculate (risk/benefits), think, reckon, allow for (a margin of error)
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Thought & Learning > Unclear or Delusional Thinking
Thought & Learning > Unclear or Delusional Thinking > Confusing Two Things That Seem Similar
misread, misinterpret, muddy, jumble, misconstrue, mix up, interchange, conflate, confuse (two things), muddle something up, mistake (something for something else), take for, get something wrong, confound with, misspell, misname
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Thought & Learning > Unclear or Delusional Thinking > Delusional Thinking
bend, cycle, appear, mistake, spiral, fixate, distort, spin, claim, delude, reel, misunderstand, lapse into, minimize, dismiss, believe, run riot, trip, hallucinate, catastrophize, turn against, ignore (facts), slip into (delusional thinking), hide (the truth from oneself), stew (in delusional thoughts), jump (from thought to thought), glom onto, confuse (hallucinations with reality), deceive oneself, be unable to shake (a thought)
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Thought & Learning > Unclear or Delusional Thinking > Fixating on a Thought
buzz, find something troubling, turn something over in one's mind, obsess, replay, catastrophize, fixate on, keep (vigil), glue (oneself to the screen), run (something through one's mind), overanalyze
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Thought & Learning > Unclear or Delusional Thinking > Foggy Thinking
blindside, twist, scatter, shatter, break, stun, panic, elude, muddy (a situation), flood, blind, distract, muddle, confound, stupefy, befuddle, bewilder, disorient, derail, fog, fluster, muddy the waters, cloud (one's thinking), block (perspective), lose one's train of thought
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Thought & Learning > Unclear or Delusional Thinking > Misunderstanding or Losing Perspective
falter, hesitate, mistake, misread, misinterpret, muddle about, misconstrue, lose sight of, misunderstand, muddle something up, take for, get something wrong, confound with, lose (one's perspective), get the wrong idea, confuse (similar things), misconceive, miss the boat, mix up (with something else), miscalculate, delude oneself
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Thought & Learning > Unclear or Delusional Thinking > Projecting One's Thoughts Onto Someone Else
fabricate, pin, attack (someone unjustly), assign (blame), expect (from others), cast (blame), contrive, assign, counter, fault (someone else), find fault with, place blame on (someone else), project onto (someone else), attribute (one's aggression to others)
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Thought & Learning > What Ideas Do
Thought & Learning > What Ideas Do > How Ideas Engage Someone's Mind
grab, challenge, connote, marinate, stimulate, engross, produce, signify, demand, necessitate, require, cause, hint at, point to, involve, entail, engage with, call for, give rise to, lead (to fresh thinking), hold (one's attention)
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Thought & Learning > What Ideas Do > How Ideas Impact One's Thinking
build, die, earn, demand, fall short, negate, pass muster, matter, refute, deserve, call for, merit (consideration), gain (traction), warrant (attention), plant (seeds/an idea), test (one's assumptions), receive (attention), broaden (one's scope/one's thinking), meet (expectations), conflict (with one's beliefs), challenge (one's assumptions), fail (to), supersede
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Thought & Learning > What Ideas Do > How Ideas Influence What We Know
signal, imply, suggest, connote, insinuate, sway, signify, depend on, include, influence, hint at, point to, mean, denote, convey, give rise to, plant (an idea), intimate, presuppose
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Thought & Learning > What Students Do Apart From Studying
score, test, crib, advance, graduate, skip (ahead/a year), print, photocopy, plagiarize, report, edit, check out, xerox, rewrite, procrastinate, room with, strive, take (exams), register (for classes), sign up (for classes), turn in (assignments), take (notes), meet (deadlines), skip (class), check (one's work), apply (one's intelligence), defend (a thesis), submit (papers/application), attend (seminars), participate (in discussions), write (papers), pass (a class), fail (a class), review (one's schoolwork), make connections, pull an all-nighter, receive (an assignment)
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