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"kicking over", "turning over", "charging", "electrifying", "energizing", "firing", "fueling", "fuelling", "generating", "powering", "pushing", "discharging", "launching", "releasing", "switching", "tripping", "reactivating", "recharging", "arousing", "exciting", "jump-starting", "kick-starting", "stimulating", "vitalizing", "igniting", "inciting", "instigating", "provoking", "quickening", "stirring up", "accelerating", "catalyzing", "speeding (up)", "stepping up" ], "near antonyms":[ "arresting", "braking", "checking", "cutting off", "drawing up", "halting", "jamming", "stalling", "sticking", "stopping", "decelerating", "repressing", "slowing", "stunting", "suppressing" ], "antonyms":[ "cutting", "cutting out", "deactivating", "killing", "shutting off", "turning off" ] }, "to set or keep in motion":{ "examples":[ "hearing depends on sound vibrations that actuate the complex mechanism of that sensory organ, the ear" ], "synonyms":[ "driving", "impelling", "moving", "propelling", 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"true believer", "zealot", "demonstrator", "marcher", "objector", "picketer", "protester", "protestor", "dreamer", "idealist", "visionary" ], "near antonyms":[ "dabbler", "dilettante", "nonmilitant" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "actuality":{ "the fact of being or of being real":{ "examples":[ "the actuality of the Abominable Snowman is not taken seriously by scientists" ], "synonyms":[ "corporality", "corporeality", "existence", "reality", "subsistence", "thingness" ], "near synonyms":[ "genuineness", "realness", "activity", "animation", "life", "currency", "presence", "prevalence" ], "near antonyms":[ "absence", "dearth", "lack", "want", "potentiality", "virtuality" ], "antonyms":[ "inexistence", "nonbeing", "nonexistence", "nothingness", "unreality" ] }, "the quality of being actual":{ "examples":[ "the actuality of equal opportunity depends on more than just having laws that supposedly ensure it" ], "synonyms":[ "fact", "factuality", "materiality", "reality" ], "near 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"being", "breathing", "existing", "living", "subsisting", "arriving", "coming on", "emerging", "coalescing", "cohering", "shaping (up)", "continuing", "enduring", "lasting", "persisting", "surviving" ], "near antonyms":[ "concluding", "desisting", "discontinuing", "finishing", "halting", "quitting", "terminating", "disappearing", "dissolving", "evaporating", "vanishing", "departing", "dying", "expiring", "passing away", "perishing" ], "antonyms":[ "ceasing", "ending", "stopping" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "actualizations":{ "the state of being actual or complete":{ "examples":[ "an operatic performance that was the long-promised actualization of her musical potential" ], "synonyms":[ "accomplishments", "achievements", "actualities", "attainments", "consummations", "fruitions", "fulfillments", "fulfilments", "passes", "realizations" ], "near synonyms":[ "successes", "triumphs" ], "near antonyms":[ "defeats", "failures", "fizzles", "nonsuccesses" ], "antonyms":[ "naughts", "nought", 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"activated", "motivated", "provoked", "abetted", "fermented", "fomented", "incited", "raised", "stirred (up)", "whipped (up)", "set off", "triggered", "tripped", "aroused", "excited", "fired (up)", "galvanized", "inflamed", "enflamed", "inspired", "instigated", "roused", "stimulated" ], "near antonyms":[ "bridled", "checked", "constrained", "contained", "controlled", "curbed", "inhibited", "regulated", "reined (in)", "restrained" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "activated":{ "to cause to function":{ "examples":[ "the thermostat is set to activate the heating system only when the temperature drops below 65 degrees" ], "synonyms":[ "actuated", "cranked (up)", "drove", "moved", "ran", "run", "set off", "sparked", "started", "touched off", "triggered", "turned on" ], "near synonyms":[ "kicked over", "turned over", "charged", "electrified", "energized", "fired", "fueled", "fuelled", "generated", "powered", "pushed", "discharged", "launched", "released", "switched", "tripped", 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"inapplicable", "nonpractical", "unusable", "unworkable", "useless" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "actualize":{ "to come into existence":{ "examples":[ "several years passed before any profits from the enterprise actualized" ], "synonyms":[ "appear", "arise", "begin", "break", "commence", "dawn", "engender", "form", "materialize", "originate", "set in", "spring", "start" ], "near synonyms":[ "be", "breathe", "exist", "live", "subsist", "arrive", "come on", "emerge", "coalesce", "cohere", "shape (up)", "continue", "endure", "last", "persist", "survive" ], "near antonyms":[ "conclude", "desist", "discontinue", "finish", "halt", "quit", "terminate", "disappear", "dissolve", "evaporate", "vanish", "depart", "die", "expire", "pass away", "perish" ], "antonyms":[ "cease", "end", "stop" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "activewear":{ "as in sportswear , outerwear":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "loungewear", "outerwear", "playwear", "sportswear", "couture", "pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter", "pret-a-porter", "ready-to-wear", "tailoring", "nightclothes", "sleepwear", "smallclothes", "underclothes", "underwear", "civvies", "civies", "mufti", "haberdashery", "menswear", "costume", "ensemble", "frock", "garb", "getup", "guise", "livery", "outfit", "tatters", "foofaraw", "frippery", "gaudery", "tawdry", "trumpery", "array", "bravery", "caparison", "finery", "gaiety", "gayety", "glad rags", "pretties", "regalia", "trim", "garderobe", "wardrobe" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "act (toward)":{ "to behave toward in a stated way":{ "examples":[ "I would never act toward my boss that way" ], "synonyms":[ "be (to)", "deal (with)", "handle", "serve", "treat", "use" ], "near synonyms":[ "consider", "esteem", "rate", "reckon", "regard", "view", "engage (with)", "react (to)", "respond (to)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "activating":{ "as in energizing , galvanizing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], 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"firing", "fueling", "fuelling", "generating", "powering", "pushing", "discharging", "launching", "releasing", "switching", "tripping", "reactivating", "recharging", "arousing", "exciting", "jump-starting", "kick-starting", "stimulating", "vitalizing", "igniting", "inciting", "instigating", "provoking", "quickening", "stirring up", "accelerating", "catalyzing", "speeding (up)", "stepping up" ], "near antonyms":[ "arresting", "braking", "checking", "cutting off", "drawing up", "halting", "jamming", "stalling", "sticking", "stopping", "decelerating", "repressing", "slowing", "stunting", "suppressing" ], "antonyms":[ "cutting", "cutting out", "deactivating", "killing", "shutting off", "turning off" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "act":{ "a performance regularly presented by an individual or group":{ "examples":[ "in his nightclub act he impersonates a veritable galaxy of movie stars" ], "synonyms":[ "bit", "number", "routine", "shtick", "schtick", "shtik", "turn" ], "near 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"plainspokenness", "sincerity", "straightforwardness", "artlessness", "genuineness", "na\u00efvet\u00e9", "naivete", "naivet\u00e9" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature":{ "examples":[ "the Americans with Disabilities Act requires public buildings to have wheelchair access" ], "synonyms":[ "bill", "constitution", "enactment", "law", "ordinance", "statute" ], "near synonyms":[ "command", "commandment", "decree", "dictate", "directive", "edict", "fiat", "ruling", "bylaw", "ground rule", "regulation", "rule", "amendment", "legislation", "common law", "martial law", "blue law", "prohibition", "proscription", "restriction", "canon", "capitulary", "encyclical" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something done by someone":{ "examples":[ "it's acts such as this\u2014lying about having to work late\u2014that make me feel like I can't trust you" ], "synonyms":[ "action", "deed", "doing", "exploit", "feat", "thing" ], "near synonyms":[ "accomplishment", "achievement", "attainment", "adventure", "experience", "emprise", "enterprise", "initiative", "undertaking", "handiwork", "performance", "work", "stunt", "trick", "activity", "dealing", "maneuver", "measure", "move", "operation", "procedure", "proceeding", "step", "tactic", "coaction" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to present a portrayal or performance of":{ "examples":[ "a local student acted the part of Tiny Tim in our theater company's production of A Christmas Carol" ], "synonyms":[ "do", "impersonate", "interpret", "perform", "play", "portray" ], "near synonyms":[ "depict", "dramatize", "render", "represent", "act out", "enact", "pantomime", "playact", "role-play", "take on", "overact", "overplay", "underplay", "ape", "clown", "ham", "imitate", "masquerade", "mime", "mimic", "pose (as)", "star (in)", "coact", "costar" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to produce a desired effect":{ "examples":[ "the painkiller acted surprisingly quickly" ], "synonyms":[ "operate", "perform", "take", "work" ], "near synonyms":[ "behave", "react", "respond", "affect", "influence", "sway", "pan out", "redound", "result" ], "near antonyms":[ "backfire", "fizzle" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give the impression of being":{ "examples":[ "always acting helpless, just to get attention" ], "synonyms":[ "appear", "come across (as)", "come off (as)", "feel", "look", "make", "seem", "sound" ], "near synonyms":[ "dissemble", "pretend", "recall", "resemble", "suggest", "hint", "imply", "insinuate" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to have a certain purpose":{ "examples":[ "the tail feathers of woodpeckers act as props while the birds excavate tree trunks for insects" ], "synonyms":[ "function", "perform", "serve", "work" ], "near synonyms":[ "operate", "run", "administer", "carry on", "control", "direct", "guide", "handle", "manage", "oversee", "regulate", "supervise" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to present a 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