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intend collapse: have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"; design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"

nominate collapse: propose as a candidate for some honor; put forward; nominate for appointment to an office; "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission"

destine collapse: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"

meddle collapse: intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!"

advise collapse: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due"

propose collapse: make a proposal, declare a plan for something; ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"

assert collapse: state categorically; insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!"

ask collapse: make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She asked him for a loan"; consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"; inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"; direct or put; seek an answer to; "ask a question"; address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother"; require or ask for as a price or condition; "He is asking $200 for the table"; "The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage"

prefer collapse: like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"; promote over another; "he favors his second daughter"; give preference to one creditor over another

instruct collapse: give instructions or directions for some task; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation"; make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?"

purport collapse: have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming; "The letter purports to express people's opinion"

recommend collapse: make attractive or acceptable; "Honesty recommends any person"; push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

moot collapse: a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise; "he organized the weekly moot"; of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)

predicate collapse: one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements; (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula; "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"; affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"; make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"

purpose collapse: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs"; reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again"

confer collapse: have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action"; present; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone"

premise collapse: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"; take something as preexisting and given; set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"

introduce collapse: put before (a body); "introduce legislation"; cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community"; bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.; bring in or establish in a new place or environment; "introduce a rule"; "introduce exotic fruits"; bring something new to an environment; "A new word processor was introduced"

think collapse: an instance of deliberate thinking; "I need to give it a good think"; bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"; be capable of conscious thought; "Man is the only creature that thinks"; use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"; have or formulate in the mind; "think good thoughts"; expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"; judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"; dispose the mind in a certain way; "Do you really think so?"; focus one's attention on a certain state; "Think big"; "think thin"; ponder; reflect on, or reason about; "Think the matter through"; "Think how hard life in Russia must be these days"; decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting; "Can you think what to do next?"; imagine or visualize; "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!"

launch collapse: a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck; smoothen the surface of; "launch plaster"; propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship"; get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process"; launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage; "launch a ship"

bring up collapse: cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in shock"; promote from a lower position or rank; "This player was brought up to the major league"

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