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This tag is for questions seeking a single word that fits a meaning. To ensure that your question is not closed as off-topic, please be specific about the intended use of the word. INCLUDE A SAMPLE SENTENCE demonstrating how the word would be used. Click on "Info", or "View Tag" and "Learn more..." for more information. Please use the [phrase-requests] tag if you seek a phrase and the [terminology] tag if you seek a term in a specialized subject also.
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Is there any single word to express `make you understand`?
Not exactly what you're looking for, but, I would tend to use:
Instill
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/instill
to put a feeling, idea, or principle gradually into someon …
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Appropriate synonym for gently reprimand
I think the word you want is:
Chide
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chide
: to voice disapproval to : reproach in a usually mild and constructive manner :
Note, specificially the "m …
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Verb for refusing to share an item
In addition to Bitter dreggs answer, there's a slang version that is not as popular as it once was.
Bogart
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bogart
To selfishly take or keep something; to hog; especi …
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Accepted
Word describing "information authored and presented as if kept current"
I believe what you're looking for is called a Living Document:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_document
A living document, also known as an evergreen document or dynamic document, is a documen …
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Words that indicate the reverse of or the opposite of?
There does not appear to be a single word for this, but there is a phrase for it:
Negative Prefix
I cannot find a great (primary) reference for it, but a google on that will give lots of non prima …
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A single word for "not allowed to be changed" or "must be this way"
Sacrosanct:
From Cambridge:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/sacrosanct
so important that there cannot be any change or question
Based on your description, I think this f …
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