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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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A one-word verb meaning to "make use of"
You can't get much more concise than "Use"
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What is the term for taking it out on someone even though you will be harmed by this too?
"Cutting off your nose to spite your face" comes close to what you are describing.
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Is there a single word that means “hitting the target but missing the point”?
It sounds like a solution like Procrustes used to do with his bed. In Greek myth he would take travellers and fit them on his bed. If they were too long, he would hack off their head and feet. If t …
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Is there a single word which means "turned out to be''?
'was' fits in the sentence you give. "Turned out to be" implies a change that never actually happened.
I thought the food was real, but it was plastic.
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Word for taking users/consumers away from another
"win over" or "convert".
3D printing will win over consumers and put the manufacturing into individuals hands.
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Word that means "more accepting of other cultures"?
multicultural is the current mainstream intellectual word for this.
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What is the word for when someone gives you something for free instead of charging you for it?
The shopkeeper gave it to you gratis.
Derived from the Latin "as a kindness".
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A word to mean "To murder your colleague"
In military terms when a unit on your side kills someone on your side it is called fratricide from the Latin word for brother.
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Convoluted Synonym for “Convoluted”
"labyrinthine" and "Byzantine" are personal favorites. Perhaps you could combine them together with a hyphen.
labyrinthine comes from the myth of the Labyrinth of Crete, where Theseus fought the Min …
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What's the word for when a person states something as a fact when it is untrue? Not a lie
Isaac Asimov once said to someone about this distinction: "I will allow you to question the accuracy of my statement but never its veracity"
If a statement lacks veracity the speaker is lying. It it …
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More than "partially", less than "completely"
predominantly fits into the spectrum snugly between partially and completely.
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What is the word meaning "going on and on for miles and miles"?
"unending" is the simplest term for a road without end.
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What would you call size that fits between small and medium?
Personally, I would add the exact sizes to all the buttons and leave the 48 pixel button without a second label.
Small (32 px) -- (48 px) -- Medium (64px) -- Large (96 px)
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Is there a single word or phrase to describe a context-less option for "manual" or "automatic"?
A very general term for this choice would be Mode
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