| Main Entry: | present |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | introduce; demonstrate |
Synonyms: |
acquaint, adduce, advance, allege, cite, declare, display, do, do the honors, exhibit, expose, expound, extend, fix up, get together, give, give an introduction, hold out, imply, infer, intimate, lay, make a pitch, make known, manifest, mount, offer, open to view, perform, pitch, pose, produce, proffer, proposition, put forward, put on, raise, recount, relate, roll out, show, stage, state, submit, suggest, tender, trot out |
Antonyms: |
refrain, subdue, withhold |
| Main Entry: | present |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, hand over |
Synonyms: |
award, bestow, come up with, confer, devote, donate, entrust, furnish, gift, give away, grant, hand out, kick in, lay on, offer, proffer, put at disposal, put forth |
Antonyms: |
take |
| Main Entry: | presented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bestowed |
Synonyms: |
conferred, given, granted |
| Main Entry: | accord |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give approval, grant |
Synonyms: |
accede, acquiesce, admit, allow, award, bestow, concede, confer, endow, give, present, render, tender, vouchsafe |
| Notes: | something (a quality) is in accord with something else; something acts in accordance with something else (an activity) |
Antonyms: |
argue, challenge, deny, disallow, disapprove, oppose, question, refuse, withhold |
| Main Entry: | acquaint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inform oneself or another about something new |
Synonyms: |
accustom, advise, apprise, bring out, clue, come out with, disclose, divulge, enlighten, familiarize, fill in, fix up, get together*, habituate, inform, intro, introduce, knock down, let know, make familiar, notify, post, present, reveal, tell, warn |
Antonyms: |
conceal, deceive, falsify, hide, hold back, mislead, misrepresent, withhold |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | promote or propose an idea |
Synonyms: |
adduce, allege, ballyhoo, beat the drum for, benefit, boost, cite, encourage, foster, further, get ink for, hype*, introduce, lay forward, make a pitch for, offer, plug*, present, proffer, puff, push, put forward, put on the map, serve, set forth, splash, spot, submit, suggest, throw spotlight on, urge |
Antonyms: |
hesitate, stop, withdraw |
| Main Entry: | allege |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assert; claim |
Synonyms: |
adduce, advance, affirm, asservate, aver, avouch, avow, charge, cite, declare, depose, lay, maintain, offer, plead, present, profess, put forward, recite, recount, state, testify |
Antonyms: |
contradict, deny, disagree, dissent, object, protest, repudiate |
| Main Entry: | appear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into sight |
Synonyms: |
arise, arrive, attend, be present, be within view, blow in, bob up, break through, breeze in, check in, clock in, come, come forth, come into view, come out, come to light, crop up, develop, drop in, emerge, expose, issue, loom, make the scene, materialize, occur, pop in, pop up, present, punch in, punch the clock, recur, ring in, rise, roll in, show, show up, spring, surface, time in, turn out, turn up |
Antonyms: |
disappear, hide |
| Main Entry: | argue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to convince; present support |
Synonyms: |
appeal, assert, attest, claim, contend, controvert, defend, demonstrate, denote, display, elucidate, establish, evince, exhibit, explain, hold, imply, indicate, justify, maintain, manifest, persuade, plead, present, prevail upon, reason, show, suggest, talk into, testify, vindicate, warrant, witness |
Antonyms: |
agree, comply |
| Main Entry: | award |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give prize or reward |
Synonyms: |
accord, adjudge, allocate, allot, apportion, assign, bestow, concede, confer, decree, dish out, distribute, donate, endow, fork out, gift, grant, hand out, present, render, reward, shell out, sweeten the kitty |