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This tag is for questions about choosing the best word FROM A GIVEN SELECTION for a particular context or meaning. The selection to choose from must appear in the question. If you do not know the word already, use single-word-requests.
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Generic terms for people on opposite sides of a transaction
From a programmer's point of view, I would choose the words requester and requestee. I remember I saw it in Mozilla and perhaps Drupal realms. (Googling "inurl:mozilla requestee" would yield a lot of …
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Looking for a word to describe someone who has high achievements in a particular field
I believe he is your role model.
According to Wikipedia, A role model is a person who serves as an example, or whose behavior is emulated by others.
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Which one is better, "natural things" or "natural objects"?
Depending on what you intend to include in those "natural things", the following words could convey fine shades of meaning:
All living creatures (usually excludes trees and plants)
All life (as sugge …
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"Same to" or "same as"
I would rather say, "Is there any language similar to F#?" or perhaps "What are the languages similar to F#?".
But English is my second language. So you might want more opinions from others.
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If "yet" means "and despite that", then what word means "and partially owing to that"?
To be parallel to "The child is only 4 years old, yet it can already talk," I would like to suggest naturally as a hint that at least the consequence is partially owing to the mentioned fact. Thus, fo …
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What's the word in English for something that could have attachments to it?
I will answer this by assuming that the words will be used in a computer game context. Hoping that it is not off by much.
Based on the game Battlefield 4 (I don't play the game myself), which I found …
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Antonym for "exceed"
In my opinion, the opposite of "You exceeded the speed limit," would simply be,
"You respected the speed limit."
Similar single words that can be used in this context are obeyed and followed.
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What word or phrase describes the quality of an assertion to be inbetween a fact and an opin...
From your question,
"If one scientist claims that it does, should this be referred to as his opinion since there are other scientists and studies done that show that it does not?"
I would say if …
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