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| Main Entry: | pertain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be relevant to |
| Synonyms: | affect, appertain, apply, associate, bear on, belong, combine, concern, connect, join, refer, regard, relate, touch, vest, be appropriate, be part of, be pertinent, befit, inhere with |
| Main Entry: | appertain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | belong, be connected |
| Synonyms: | apply, bear, pertain, refer, relate, vest, be characteristic of, be part of, be pertinent, be proper, be relevant, have to do with, touch upon |
| Main Entry: | vest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize, entrust |
| Synonyms: | belong, bestow, confer, consign, empower, endow, furnish, invest, lodge, pertain, place, settle, put in the hands of |
| Antonyms: | disapprove |
| Main Entry: | belong |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be part of, be in proper place |
| Synonyms: | accord, agree, appertain, apply, associate, bear, become, chime, concern, correlate, correspond, exist, fit, go, harmonize, match, permeate, pertain, refer, regard, reside, set, suit, touch, vest, attach to, be a component, be a constituent, be a part, be akin, be an adjunct of, be connected with, be fitting, be linked with, be related, be relevant, bear upon, befit, go with, have relationship to, have respect to, have to do with, inhere |
| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be appropriate, relevant |
| Synonyms: | affect, allude, appertain, concern, connect, fit, involve, pertain, refer, regard, relate, suit, touch, be applicable, be pertinent, bear upon |
| Main Entry: | relate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correlate, pertain |
| Synonyms: | affect, ally, appertain, apply, ascribe, assign, associate, bracket, combine, compare, concern, connect, coordinate, couple, credit, identify with, impute, join, link, orient, pertain, refer, touch, unite, yoke, be joined with, be relevant to, bear upon, conjoin, consociate, correspond to, have reference to, have to do with, interconnect, interdepend, interrelate, orientate, tie in with |
| Notes: | both recount and relate mean 'to tell, to give an account of,' but recount adds the semantic component 'in detail' |
| Antonyms: | dissociate |
| Main Entry: | refer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | concern, apply |
| Synonyms: | answer, appertain, belong, connect, cover, encompass, hold, include, incorporate, involve, pertain, point, regard, relate, take in, touch, be a matter of, be about, be directed to, be relevant, bear upon, correspond with, deal with, have a bearing on, have reference, have relation, have to do with |
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