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What is the name given to organisation that hosts other organisations?
There are many businesses that hosts other related or unrelated business as part of their service. Example a plaza/shopping mall will have various stores, owned and operated by others, a university ...
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Does “to differ” have an antonym? [closed]
The antonym of different is similar. What is the antonym of to differ? I would love it if to similate were a word.
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One word for “any way around it”
Let us say I frame a sentence as follows:
Is there any way around this problem?
I want to convey the feeling that bypass, or trick without actually using the problem, without actually dealing ...
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Concise phrase for “former employees' tasks” [closed]
I'm looking for a short, snappy alternative word/phrase meaning "person who has left the company".
I have very limited space available (20 characters) for a label that conveys (in prose):
List ...
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Synonym for “godchild” without religious connotation
In English is there a synonym for "godchild" (or the gender-specific versions) without a religious connotation but without necessarily having other specific connotations?
All the words I'm coming up ...
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Is there such a thing as an idiom thesaurus that delivers synonym phrases? [closed]
Is there a resource that anyone knows of that is the equivalent of a number of phrases that mean the same thing? Perhaps called a "phrase thesaurus" or "idiom thesaurus" or "phrase synonyms" for ...
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Better word for choices/options [closed]
I provide some services on my website, and users can opt for one or more services, as per their wish. I am looking for a term that describes the selection of choice(s)'user made.
Are there some ...
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What is student discussion place called? [closed]
Is there any English (or in other languages) word for a place where students of different colleges discuss about activities (events, reputation) of their colleges/universities
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A close synonym thesaurus [closed]
I'm looking for a thesaurus (for a programming project) that only offers close synonyms. For instance, I'm not really interested in:
Phone (verb) -> Give a Jingle
But I am interested in:
Phone ...
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One word for “any time after this moment”
I was just wondering if there is some sweet and apt word for the phrase "any time after this moment".
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Good online thesaurus? [closed]
Does anyone know of a good online thesaurus? I've used http://thesaurus.com/ and http://www.merriam-webster.com/. Especially something that's good with phrases, figures of speech or idioms.
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Word for cheap manufactured art
There's a word for cheap manufactured art but I can't remember it and it's almost impossible to search for a word like that. Does anyone know what it is off the top of their head?
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What public domain thesauruses are available? [duplicate]
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English synonym online database?
I am working on a project which needs access to the database of a English synonyms, preferably as a raw text file. Are there any public ...
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What is a good alternative to “the film is set in”?
I'm writing a paper about a movie.
I would like to start like this:
Monsters is a 2010 independent science-fiction film directed by Gareth Edwards and set in the Mexico-U.S. border region. It ...
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Difference between “spicy” and “hot”
I make a distinction between "hot" and "spicy" food ("hot" not referring to temperature). I consider "hot" food the kind that "burns" and "spicy" food that has lots of flavor, but that may or may not ...
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Word that means “Something only a philosopher would argue with”
I remember reading (apparently not on the internet) a lighthearted definition of the word I want to use. This noun means a kind of quibble that is so trivial that only a metaphysician or similar ...
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Adjective for thing you do for others
I sometimes write university projects for students and fix friends' computers, sometimes for money. I call things I do for myself personal projects, personal work, personal act, etc.
What adjective ...
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Is there a thesaurus which indicates the language of origin of each word? [closed]
I would be interested in using a sort of etymological thesaurus. Imagine a normal thesaurus, but with each word in an entry somehow marked to indicate whether it comes ultimately from Latin, German, ...
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Is there a reference book that lists words by usage or theme?
Similar to how a Thesaurus lists synonyms, is there a book that groups words (or phrases) together by conceptual usage?
For example, this question is looking for words that describe a person's ...
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Alternative more-to-the-point words for “hot” (as in temperature)?
What word other than hot can I use to make the distinction between hot as in temperature and hot as in very spicy food?
Especially in connection with food, the word hot is very ambiguous (well, ...
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Word that means “healing” or “spiritually healing”?
I know there is a word that means 'healing' as in. "The therapy session was very __", blank meaning it was healing (possibly of emotional wounds from the past)
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A Word that means “to adapt or improve, to conform to a higher standard”?
I need to find or invent a word that suggests a system might be "adapted or improved to conform to a higher standard". A verb, noun, adjective or even adverb would be acceptable, but so far I haven't ...
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Which thesaurus best describes the differences between several similar words? [closed]
Which thesaurus (online or paper) best describes the differences between several similar words? As a non-native English speaker, it is often difficult for me to distinguish the slightly different ...
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English synonym online database?
Is there a good english synonym database available in the Internet? I imagine that it should work like a translator: you enter a word and synonyms for this word are displayed.
The reason for asking ...
