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Main Entry:	distinguish
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	tell the difference
Synonyms:	analyze, ascertain, categorize, characterize, classify, collate, decide, demarcate, determine, diagnose, differentiate, discriminate, divide, estimate, extricate, finger*, identify, judge, know, label, make out, mark, name, part, pinpoint, place, qualify, recognize, select, separate, sift, specify, spot, tag, determinate, diagnosticate, figure out, individualize, individuate, mark off, set apart, set off, signalize, single out, singularize, sort out, tell apart, tell between, tell from

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Main Entry:	distinguish
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	discern, identify
Synonyms:	beam, catch, descry, detect, dig, discover, discriminate, eye, flash, focus, know, make out, mark, note, notice, observe, perceive, read, recognize, remark, see, spot, spy, take in, tell, view, eyeball, get a load of, get an eyeful, pick out, pick up on

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Main Entry:	distinguish
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make famous
Synonyms:	acknowledge, admire, celebrate, dignify, honor, immortalize, praise, pay tribute to, signalize

Main Entry:	aggrandize
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	cause something to seem or be greater, bigger
Synonyms:	acclaim, applaud, augment, beef up*, boost, commend, dignify, distinguish, enlarge, ennoble, expand, extend, glorify, heighten, hike, honor, hype, increase, intensify, jump, magnify, multiply, parlay, praise, hike up, jack up
Antonyms:	belittle, debase, degrade, depress, disgrace, humble, lower

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Main Entry:	behold
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	regard; look at
Synonyms:	catch, consider, contemplate, descry, discern, distinguish, earmark, eye, eyeball, feast one's eyes, flash*, lay eyes on, note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, scan, see, spot, spy, survey, view, watch, witness

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Main Entry:	classify
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	categorize
Synonyms:	allocate, allot, alphabetize, analyze, arrange, assort, brand, break down, button down, catalogue, class, codify, collocate, coordinate, correlate, dispose, distinguish, distribute, divide, docket, embody, file, grade, group, incorporate, index, label, match, name, number, order, organize, peg, pigeonhole, put away, put down as, put down for, range, rank, rank out, rate, regiment, segregate, size, size up, sort, systematize, tab, tabulate, tag, take one's measure, ticket, type, typecast

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Main Entry:	contrast
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	compare, differ
Synonyms:	balance, bracket, collate, conflict, contradict, depart, deviate, differentiate, disagree, distinguish, diverge, hang, mismatch, oppose, separate, stand out, vary, weigh, be a foil to, be contrary to, be dissimilar, be diverse, be unlike, be variable, hold a candle to, match up, set in opposition, set off, stack up against
Notes:	compare emphasizes the similarities between or among things, though not losing sight of the differences; contrast emphasizes the differences
Antonyms:	accord, agree, coincide, concur, conform, be alike, be equal, be similar

Main Entry:	describe
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	explain in speech, writing
Synonyms:	call, characterize, chronicle, communicate, construe, define, delineate, depict, detail, distinguish, draw, elucidate, epitomize, exemplify, explicate, expound, express, illuminate, illustrate, image, impart, interpret, label, limn, name, narrate, outline, paint, picture, portray, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, represent, sketch, specify, state, tell, term, trace, transmit, convey image, make apparent, make clear, make sense of, make vivid, mark out, particularize, write up
Antonyms:	confuse, misrepresent, mix up

Main Entry:	detect
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	discover
Synonyms:	ascertain, catch, descry, disclose, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, find, identify, meet, note, notice, observe, recognize, reveal, scent, see, spot, turn up, uncover, unmask, dig up, hit on, hit upon, meet with, nose out, smell out, smoke out, stumble on, track down, tumble into, wise up to
Antonyms:	miss, overlook, pass by, not see

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Main Entry:	diagnose
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	identify problem, disease
Synonyms:	analyze, determine, distinguish, interpret, investigate, pinpoint, place, pronounce, recognize, spot, determinate, diagnosticate
Antonyms:	misdiagnose

Main Entry:	dignify
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make honorable; glorify
Synonyms:	adorn, advance, aggrandize, distinguish, elevate, ennoble, erect, exalt, grace, honor, magnify, prefer, promote, raise, sublime, uprear
Antonyms:	belittle, condemn, degrade, demote, detract, disgrace, humiliate, insult, shame

Main Entry:	discern
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	catch sight of; recognize and understand
Synonyms:	anticipate, apprehend, ascertain, behold, descry, detect, determine, difference, differentiate, discover, discriminate, distinguish, divine, espy, extricate, find out, focus, foresee, judge, know, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, read, remark, rubberneck*, separate, spot, take in, view, discrepate, figure out, get a load of, get the picture, get wise to, make distinction, pick out, secern, see the light, see through, severalize
Antonyms:	disregard, neglect, overlook

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Main Entry:	discover
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	find, uncover
Synonyms:	ascertain, bring to light, catch, come across, come upon, conceive, contrive, debunk, design, detect, determine, devise, discern, disclose, distinguish, elicit, espy, explore, ferret out, glimpse, hear, identify, invent, learn, locate, look up, notice, observe, originate, perceive, pioneer, realize, recognize, reveal, see, sense, spot, turn up, unearth, dig up, get wind of, get wise to, light upon, nose out, pick up on, smoke out, think of
Antonyms:	lose, miss, pass by

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Main Entry:	exalt
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	promote, praise
Synonyms:	acclaim, advance, aggrandize, applaud, bless, boost, build up*, commend, dignify, distinguish, ennoble, erect, eulogize, extol, glorify, halo, honor, idolize, intensify, laud, magnify, raise, revere, sublime, upgrade, worship, apotheosize, pay homage to, pay tribute to, set on pedestal, transfigure, uprear
Antonyms:	castigate, condemn, criticize, debase, denounce, humiliate

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Main Entry:	grace
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	beautify, embellish
Synonyms:	adorn, bedeck, crown, deck, decorate, dignify, distinguish, elevate, enhance, enrich, favor, garnish, glorify, honor, ornament, laureate, set off
Antonyms:	disgrace, uglify

Main Entry:	honor
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	recognize, treat with respect
Synonyms:	acclaim, admire, adore, aggrandize, appreciate, celebrate, commemorate, commend, compliment, decorate, dignify, distinguish, ennoble, erect, esteem, exalt, glorify, hallow, keep, laud, lionize, magnify, observe, praise, prize, revere, sanctify, sublime, value, venerate, worship, be faithful, be true, give glad hand, give key to city, live up to, look up to, roll out red carpet, uprear
Antonyms:	betray, denounce, disgrace, dishonor, disrespect, reproach, shame

Main Entry:	identify
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	recognize; label
Synonyms:	analyze, button down, card, catalog, classify, describe, determinate, determine, diagnose, diagnosticate, distinguish, establish, find, make out, name, peg, pick out, pinpoint, place, put one's finger on, select, separate, single out, spot, tab, tag*
Antonyms:	confuse, mistake

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Main Entry:	judge
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make decision from evidence; deduce
Synonyms:	act on, adjudge, adjudicate, appraise, appreciate, approximate, arbitrate, arrive, ascertain, assess, check, collect, conclude, condemn, consider, criticize, decide, decree, deduct, derive, determine, discern, distinguish, doom, draw, esteem, estimate, evaluate, examine, find, gather, make, make out, mediate, place, put, rate, reckon, referee, resolve, review, rule, sentence, settle, sit, suppose, test, try, umpire, value, give a hearing, pass sentence, pronounce sentence, size up

Main Entry:	note
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	observe, perceive
Synonyms:	catch, clock, denote, descry, designate, dig, discern, discover, distinguish, document, enter, heed, indicate, mark, mention, notice, put down, record, register, remark, see, spot, take in*, transcribe, view, write, get a load of, get an eyeful, jot down, pick up on, set down, write down
Antonyms:	ignore, neglect

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Main Entry:	notice
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	observe, perceive
Synonyms:	acknowledge, advert, allude, catch, clock, descry, detect, dig, discern, distinguish, espy, heed, make out, mark, mind, note, recognize, refer, regard, remark, see, spot, take in, flash on, get a load of, look at, pick up on
Antonyms:	ignore, miss, neglect, overlook