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| Main Entry: | trace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evidence; small bit |
| Synonyms: | breath, crumb, dab, dash, drop, element, footprint, fragment, hint, indication, intimation, iota, jot, mark, memento, minimum, nuance, particle, pinch, proof, record, relic, remains, remnant, scintilla, shade, shadow, shred, sign, slot, smell, smidgen, snippet, soupçon, speck, spoor, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suggestion, survival, suspicion, taste, tincture, tinge, token, touch, track, trail, tread, trifle, vestige, whiff, whisper, footmark, nib, tittle |
| Antonyms: | lot |
| Main Entry: | trace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seek, follow |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, detect, determine, discern, discover, ferret out, find, hunt, perceive, pursue, run down, shadow, spoor, spot, stalk, track, trail, unearth, search for, smell out |
| Antonyms: | ignore, run away |
| Main Entry: | trace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw around |
| Synonyms: | chart, copy, delineate, depict, duplicate, map, outline, record, reproduce, show, sketch, mark out |
| Main Entry: | atom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smallest part of something |
| Synonyms: | bit, crumb, dot, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minimum, mite, modicum, molecule, morsel, mote, ounce, particle, scintilla, scrap, shred, smidgen, speck, spot, trace, whit, tittle |
| Notes: | atom comes from Greek atomos 'uncut, indivisible' - based on a- 'not' and temneir 'to cut' and it is the smallest unit of matter that retains the characteristics of an element; a molecule is the smallest unit of matter that retains the characteristics of a compound |
| Main Entry: | attribute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ascribe, assign to source |
| Synonyms: | account for, accredit, apply, associate, blame, charge, connect, credit, hang on, impute, lay, refer, reference, trace, fix upon, hold responsible, pin on |
| Main Entry: | clue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hint, evidence |
| Synonyms: | cue, dead giveaway*, indication, inkling, intimation, key, lead, mark, notion, pointer, print, proof, sign, solution, suggestion, suspicion, telltale, tip, trace, track, wind, hot lead, tip-off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delineate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | describe; outline |
| Synonyms: | characterize, chart, define, depict, detail, draft, draw, figure, lay out, limn, mark, plot, portray, represent, trace, sketch out |
| Main Entry: | derive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deduce a conclusion |
| Synonyms: | acquire, arrive, assume, collect, determine, develop, draw, educe, elaborate, elicit, evolve, excogitate, extract, follow, formulate, gain, gather, get, glean, infer, judge, make, make out, obtain, procure, put together, reach, receive, trace, work out |
| Antonyms: | create, invent |
| 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: | duplicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a copy; repeat |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, clone, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, double, dupe, echo, fake, imitate, knock off*, manifold, mirror, multiply, phony, photocopy, pirate*, redo, redouble, reproduce, rework, trace, act like, do a takeoff, do again, do like, dualize, go like, make like, make replica, make twofold, mimeo, photostat, reduplicate, remake, replicate, repro, stat, take off as |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ferret out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | search out |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, bring to light*, chase, determine, disclose, discover, elicit, extract, follow, get at*, hunt, learn, penetrate, pierce, probe, pry, pursue, quest, seek, trace, trail, uncover, unearth, be on to, chase down, dig out, dig up, dig up, drive out, hunt down, nose out*, pick up on, root out, root out*, scout out, search out, smell out, smoke out, smoke out, sniff out, track down, worm out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fossil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organic remains of a previous time |
| Synonyms: | deposit, impression, reconstruction, relic, skeleton, specimen, trace, eolith, neolith, paleolith, petrifaction |
| Main Entry: | glimmer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flash, sparkle |
| Synonyms: | blink, flicker, glance, gleam, glint, glow, grain, hint, inkling, ray, shimmer, suggestion, trace, twinkle, coruscation, scintillation |
| Antonyms: | dullness |
| Main Entry: | glint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sparkle |
| Synonyms: | flash, glance, gleam, glimmer, glitter, look, shine, trace, twinkle |
| Main Entry: | hint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication; suggestion |
| Synonyms: | advice, allusion, announcement, clue, communication, connotation, denotation, evidence, help, idea, implication, impression, inference, information, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, iota, lead, mention, notice, notion, observation, omen, pointer, print, reference, reminder, scent, sign, smattering, suspicion, symptom, taste, telltale, tinge, tip, token, trace, warning, whiff*, whisper, wink*, wrinkle*, adumbration, flea in ear, glimmering, signification, tip-off, word to wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imprint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impression; symbol |
| Synonyms: | banner, dent, design, effect, emblem, heading, impress, indentation, influence, mark, name, print, sign, signature, stamp, trace, trademark |
| Main Entry: | indication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evidence, clue |
| Synonyms: | augury, cue, earnest, explanation, expression, gesture, hint, implication, index, inkling, intimation, manifestation, mark, nod, note, notion, omen, pledge, portent, preamble, proof, reminder, show, sign, signal, significant, suggestion, symptom, telltale, token, trace, vestige, warning, wind*, wink*, adumbration, attestation, auspice, forewarning, indicia, prefiguration, prognostic, prolegomenon, signifier |
| Antonyms: | misinformation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intimation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clue, hint |
| Synonyms: | allusion, announcement, breath, communication, cue, declaration, implication, indication, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, notice, notion, reminder, shade, shadow, strain, streak, suggestion, suspicion, telltale, tinge, tip, trace, warning, wind |
| Main Entry: | iota |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small bit |
| Synonyms: | atom, crumb, grain, hint, infinitesimal, jot, mite, molecule, nucleus, ounce, particle, ray, scintilla, scrap, smidgen, speck, trace, whit |
| Antonyms: | lot |
| Main Entry: | lick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | light touch; little amount |
| Synonyms: | bit, brush, cast, dab, dash, hint, sample, smack, speck, stroke, suggestion, taste, tinge, trace, whiff |
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