| Main Entry: | exemplify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | serve as an example |
Synonyms: |
body, cite, clarify, clear up, demonstrate, depict, display, elucidate, emblematize, embody, enlighten, epitomize, evidence, exhibit, illuminate, illustrate, instance, manifest, mirror, personify, quote, represent, show, spell out, symbolize, typify |
| Main Entry: | cite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | note, quote |
Synonyms: |
adduce, advance, allege, allude to, appeal to, enumerate, evidence, excerpt, exemplify, extract, get down to brass tacks, give as example, illustrate with, indicate, instance, lay, mention, name, number, offer, point out, present, recite, recount, refer to, reference, rehearse, remember, reminisce, repeat, specify, spell out, tell |
| Notes: | cite means to make reference to, refer to; sight is the ability to see, the act of looking or seeing or observing, something worth seeing; site is the piece of land on which something is located or is to be located |
| Main Entry: | define |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give description |
Synonyms: |
ascertain, assign, call a spade a spade, characterize, construe, decide, delineate, denominate, denote, describe, designate, detail, determine, dub, elucidate, entitle, etch, exemplify, explain, expound, formalize, illustrate, interpret, label, lay it out, nail it down, name, prescribe, represent, specify, spell out, tag, translate |
Antonyms: |
confuse, distort, tangle, twist |
| Main Entry: | describe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain in speech, writing |
Synonyms: |
call, characterize, chronicle, communicate, construe, convey image, define, delineate, depict, detail, distinguish, draw, elucidate, epitomize, exemplify, explicate, expound, express, illuminate, illustrate, image, impart, interpret, label, limn, make apparent, make clear, make sense of, make vivid, mark out, name, narrate, outline, paint, particularize, picture, portray, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, represent, sketch, specify, state, tell, term, trace, transmit, write up |
Antonyms: |
confuse, misrepresent, mix up |
| Main Entry: | elucidate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain in detail |
Synonyms: |
annotate, clarify, clear, clear up, decode, demonstrate, draw a picture, enlighten, exemplify, explicate, expound, get across, gloss, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, make perfectly clear, make plain, make see daylight, prove, shed light on, spell out, throw light on, unfold |
Antonyms: |
be vague, confuse, distract, make ambiguous, mix up, mystify, obscure |
| Main Entry: | embody |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | represent; materialize |
Synonyms: |
actualize, complete, concretize, demonstrate, emblematize, epitomize, evince, exemplify, exhibit, express, exteriorize, externalize, hypostatize, illustrate, incarnate, incorporate, manifest, mirror, objectify, personalize, personify, realize, reify, show, stand for, substantiate, symbolize, typify |
Antonyms: |
disembody, exclude |
| Main Entry: | epitomize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | typify |
Synonyms: |
characterize, embody, exemplify, illustrate, mean, model, personify, represent, stand for, symbolize |
| Main Entry: | expound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk about in great detail |
Synonyms: |
clarify, comment, construe, delineate, describe, discourse, elucidate, enucleate, exemplify, explain, explicate, express, illustrate, interpret, present, set forth, spell out, state, unfold |
| Main Entry: | instance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | name |
Synonyms: |
adduce, cite, exemplify, illustrate, mention, quote, refer, show, specify |
| Main Entry: | interpret |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make sense of; define |
Synonyms: |
adapt, annotate, clarify, comment, commentate, construe, decipher, decode, delineate, depict, describe, elucidate, enact, exemplify, explain, explicate, expound, gather, gloss, illustrate, image, improvise, limn, make of, mimic, paraphrase, perform, picture, play, portray, read, reenact, render, represent, solve, spell out, take*, throw light on, translate, understand, view |
Antonyms: |
misinterpret, misunderstand |