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v. make up; form something She went to the open door, stood in it, and looked out among the tomato vines that would constitute the garden. |
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constrain |
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v. restrain; keep within close bounds; confine His idea is to constrain commercial banks' lending. |
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constrict |
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v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing Freezing temperatures also constrict peripheral blood vessels, further stressing the heart. |
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construct |
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v. form by assembling or combining parts; build; create After all, perhaps there were different ways to construct machines that would have different properties. |
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contaminate |
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v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile Compact fluorescent light bulbs contaminate the environment with 30000 pounds of mercury each year. |
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contemplate |
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v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought He used to contemplate the problem from all sides. |
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contend |
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v. strive in opposition; contest; dispute; struggle for John has to contend with great difficulties in coming IELTS test. |
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contention |
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n. competing as for any profit or prize The teams were in fierce contention for first place. |
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continuity |
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n. property of a continuous and connected period of time I think you need to hire someone to maintain continuity on your blog if you intend to have any longevity. |
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contradict |
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v. confront; state the opposite of what someone has said Now act as you please: write and contradict my assertion--expose my falsehood as soon as you like. |
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contradiction |
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n. the assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement; opposition, whether by argument or conduct A contradiction is the signal of defeat with formal logic, but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward a victory. |
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contrive |
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v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; invent or design Can you contrive to escape here early? |
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convene |
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v. cause to come together formally Six days' public notice must be given when announcing the meeting schedules, meaning the earliest the board can next convene is July 24. |
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converge |
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v. approach; tend to meet; come together African-American men from all over the United States will converge on Washington to participate in the historic Million Men march. |
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converse |
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v. chat; talk informally; engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts Eva is all ears while Lulu and Lola converse. |
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conversely |
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ad. in a converse manner; with change of order or relation; reciprocally. Economies don't get in trouble overnight and, conversely, don't improve overnight. |
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correlate |
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v. relate; associate; bring into a mutual relation I cannot correlate these two pieces of information. |
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correspond |
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v. be compatible, similar or consistent; exchange messages My Russian pen pal and I correspond for several years. |
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correspondence |
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n. similarity or analogy; communication by the exchange of letters For a long time, he had been in correspondence with the chief banks in Shanghai and Macao. |
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correspondent |
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a. one who communicates information, especially, by letter or telegram to newspaper or periodical Our correspondent of Hong Kong compiled the information below. |