| Main Entry: | belonging to |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | owned by |
Synonyms: |
affiliated with, associated with, essential to, held by, inherent in, intrinsic in, native to |
| Main Entry: | accompany |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | occur with something |
Synonyms: |
add, appear with, append, be connected, belong to, characterize, co-occur, coexist, coincide with, come with, complete, follow, go together, happen with, join with, occur with, supplement, take place with |
| Main Entry: | bear on/bear upon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | concern |
Synonyms: |
affect, appertain to, apply, belong to, involve, pertain to, refer to, relate to, touch upon |
| Main Entry: | become |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enhance |
Synonyms: |
accord, adorn, agree, augment, be appropriate, belong to, display, embellish, enrich, fit, flatter, garnish, go together, go with, grace, harmonize, heighten, make handsome, match, ornament, set off, suit |
| Main Entry: | characterize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | typify, distinguish |
Synonyms: |
belong to, brand, button down, constitute, define, delineate, describe, designate, differentiate, discriminate, feature, identify, indicate, individualize, individuate, inform, make up, mark, outline, peculiarize, peg, personalize, pigeonhole, portray, represent, signalize, singularize, stamp, style, symbolize, tab, typecast |
| Main Entry: | compose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be part of construction |
Synonyms: |
be an adjunct, be an element of, be made of, belong to, build, compound, comprise, consist of, constitute, construct, enter in, fashion, form, go into, make, make up, merge in |
| Notes: | compose is preferred when the parts of the whole being assembled are regarded as nonconcrete and more general; when the parts are concrete and specific, then constitute is more appropriate, and then there is comprise, which can mean 'comprehending or encompassing certain parts' |
Antonyms: |
destroy, disarrange, disperse, ruin, scatter |
| Main Entry: | concern |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | relate to, have reference to |
Synonyms: |
answer to, appertain to, apply to, be about, be applicable to, be connected with, be dependent upon, be interdependent with, be pertinent to, be well taken, bear on, bear upon, belong to, deal with, depend upon, have a bearing on, have connections with, have implications for, have relation to, have significance for, have to do with, involve, pertain to, refer to, regard |
Antonyms: |
unconcern |
| Main Entry: | date |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign a time |
Synonyms: |
affix a date to, belong to, carbon-date, chronicle, come from, determine, exist from, fix, fix the date of, isolate, mark, measure, originate in, put in its place, record, register |
| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have to do with; regard |
Synonyms: |
affect, be a party to, be associated with, bear on, bear upon, belong to, center upon, concern, concern oneself with, consume, deal with, drink, eat, get involved in, handle, interest, involve, partake of, pertain to, refer to, use, utilize |
| Main Entry: | bear on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | concern |
Synonyms: |
affect, appertain to, apply, bear upon, belong to, involve, pertain to, refer to, relate to, touch upon |
Antonyms: |
be immaterial, be irrelevant, be of no consequence |