Related Words:
- epoch
collapse - a unit of geological time
- (astronomy) the precise date that is the point of reference for which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is referred related words >
- ahead,
- ahead of time,
- ante,
- before,
- beforehand,
- beforetime,
- betimes,
- early,
- first,
- fore,
- foremost,
- foresightedly,
- forward,
- headmost,
- in advance of,
- in anticipation,
- in anticipation of,
- in front,
- in preparation for,
- in the forefront,
- in the foreground,
- in the front,
- in the lead,
- on loan,
- on security,
- precociously,
- previous,
- previous to,
- prior to,
- to the fore,
- to the front,
- up ahead
- abide,
- bathe,
- be still,
- coast,
- dive,
- float,
- freeze,
- go in swimming,
- go in wading,
- keep quiet,
- lie still,
- mark time,
- not breathe,
- not stir,
- remain,
- remain motionless,
- repose,
- rest,
- skinny-dip,
- stand,
- stand fast,
- stand firm,
- stand still,
- stay,
- stay put,
- stick,
- stick fast,
- swim,
- tarry,
- wade
- instrument
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- the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"
- a device that requires skill for proper use
- a person used by another to gain an end
- address a legal document to
- write an instrumental score for
- equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling related words >
- Bourdon tube,
- Charlie McCarthy,
- Danish balance,
- Federal,
- Gramophone,
- Gyropilot,
- Mach meter,
- Roman balance,
- Teletype,
- Weightometer,
- X-ray machine,
- absolute altimeter,
- accelerometer,
- adapt,
- aerial reconnaissance camera,
- aerometer,
- aeroscope,
- agency,
- agent,
- air log,
- alloy balance,
- altigraph,
- altimeter,
- amanuensis,
- ammeter,
- analytical balance,
- ancilla,
- anemograph,
- anemometer,
- anemoscope,
- aneroid,
- antler,
- apparatus,
- apple-polisher,
- appliance,
- arrange,
- aspirator,
- ass-licker,
- assay balance,
- autograph,
- automatic pilot,
- autosyn,
- awl,
- backslapper,
- baggage agent,
- balance,
- balance of precision,
- barb,
- barbed wire,
- barblet,
- barbule,
- barbwire,
- barometer,
- barrel scale,
- beam,
- bedpan,
- blank,
- bodkin,
- bombing locator,
- bombsight,
- bootlick,
- bootlicker,
- bradawl,
- brown-nose,
- brownie,
- bullion balance,
- business agent,
- calorimeter,
- caltrop,
- card compass,
- carpet tack,
- cash register,
- catalyst,
- catheter,
- channel,
- cheval-de-frise,
- chirograph,
- chromatoscope,
- chronograph,
- chronometer,
- chuck,
- claim agent,
- clamp,
- clasp,
- clawback,
- clerk,
- clinch,
- clinical thermometer,
- clip,
- cockspur,
- commercial agent,
- commission agent,
- compact,
- compass,
- compose,
- consignee,
- contract,
- contraption,
- contrivance,
- control rod,
- counter scale,
- courtier,
- cramp,
- creature,
- cringer,
- customer agent,
- cylinder scale,
- device,
- diathermy machine,
- dibble,
- direction finder,
- docket,
- document,
- dog,
- dossier,
- drain,
- drum scale,
- dummy,
- dupe,
- electrocardiograph,
- electroencephalograph,
- electrograph,
- equipment,
- evaporimeter,
- facsimile telegraph,
- factor,
- fan scale,
- fawner,
- fed,
- federal agent,
- fid,
- file,
- fishhook,
- flatterer,
- flexure plate scale,
- flight recorder,
- flunky,
- footlicker,
- forceps,
- fork,
- form,
- freight agent,
- functionary,
- gadget,
- gaff,
- galvanometer,
- gauge,
- gauger,
- gear,
- general agent,
- gimcrack,
- gimlet,
- gimmick,
- gizmo,
- go-between,
- goad,
- goniometer,
- gosport,
- gosport tube,
- grab,
- grapnel,
- grapple,
- grappler,
- grappling iron,
- grip,
- groveler,
- gyrocompass,
- hand tool,
- handmaid,
- handmaiden,
- handshaker,
- harmonize,
- harpoon,
- hat pin,
- heat lamp,
- helot,
- hemostat,
- holdfast,
- holograph,
- hook,
- horn,
- hub dynamometer,
- hygrograph,
- hygrometer,
- hypo,
- hypodermic,
- hypodermic needle,
- hypsometer,
- icepick,
- implement,
- inclinometer,
- induction compass,
- instrumentality,
- instrumentate,
- instrumentation,
- insurance agent,
- interagent,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermedium,
- jackal,
- jaws,
- joy stick,
- kaleidoscope,
- kowtower,
- kymograph,
- lackey,
- lance,
- lancet,
- land agent,
- laser,
- law agent,
- led captain,
- legal document,
- legal instrument,
- legal paper,
- lever,
- lever scales,
- lickspit,
- lickspittle,
- literary agent,
- loan agent,
- long-arm balance,
- machine,
- machinery,
- magnetic compass,
- make an adaptation,
- manometer,
- marlinespike,
- mealymouth,
- mean,
- means,
- measure,
- measurer,
- mechanical device,
- mechanical heart,
- mechanism,
- mechanize,
- mediator,
- medium,
- melodize,
- meteorograph,
- meter,
- microfilm reader,
- micrometer,
- microscope,
- midwife,
- mill,
- minion,
- ministry,
- motorize,
- musicalize,
- nail,
- needle,
- news agent,
- nippers,
- octant,
- official,
- official document,
- optical altimeter,
- orchestrate,
- organ,
- oscillograph,
- otoscope,
- oxgoad,
- ozonometer,
- pact,
- pair of scales,
- paper,
- paper clip,
- papers,
- paraphernalia,
- parchment,
- pari-mutuel,
- pari-mutuel machine,
- parliamentary agent,
- passenger agent,
- pawn,
- peon,
- personal file,
- photometer,
- pike,
- pin,
- pincers,
- pitchfork,
- pitot-static tube,
- plate fulcrum scale,
- platform scale,
- plaything,
- pliers,
- pluviograph,
- pluviometer,
- pneumatograph,
- pneumatometer,
- potentiometer,
- power tool,
- precision balance,
- precision scale,
- precision tool,
- press agent,
- prime mover,
- prism,
- probe,
- prong,
- punch,
- puppet,
- purchasing agent,
- pus basin,
- put to music,
- pyrometer,
- quadrant,
- quill,
- radar,
- radio,
- radio compass,
- radio direction finder,
- radiogoniometer,
- range finder,
- rate-of-climb indicator,
- real estate agent,
- recording barometer,
- recording hygrometer,
- register,
- retool,
- robot pilot,
- roll,
- rowel,
- sales agent,
- scale,
- scales,
- scalpel,
- score,
- scrip,
- script,
- scroll,
- secretary,
- seismograph,
- seismoscope,
- serf,
- servant,
- set,
- set to music,
- sextant,
- sharpen,
- short-arm balance,
- skewer,
- slave,
- sound,
- sound recorder,
- spaniel,
- spearhead,
- special agent,
- spectrograph,
- spectrohelioscope,
- spectroscope,
- speculum,
- speed tool,
- spicule,
- spiculum,
- spike,
- spine,
- spiral balance,
- spirit level,
- spirometer,
- spit,
- splint,
- spur,
- staple,
- static tube,
- station agent,
- stereopticon,
- stethoscope,
- steward,
- sting,
- stooge,
- strike radar scanner,
- suck,
- sun compass,
- suture,
- swab,
- sycophant,
- syringe,
- tachometer,
- tack,
- tackle,
- tang,
- tape recorder,
- teletypewriter,
- telltale,
- theatrical agent,
- thermograph,
- thermometer,
- thermometrograph,
- thermostat,
- thingumabob,
- thingumajig,
- thingummy,
- throttle,
- thumbtack,
- ticker,
- ticket agent,
- timeserver,
- tine,
- toad,
- toady,
- tongs,
- tool,
- toy,
- transcribe,
- transit instrument,
- transpose,
- travel agent,
- trepan,
- trephine,
- truckler,
- tufthunter,
- turnstile,
- tweezers,
- utensil,
- variometer,
- vehicle,
- venturi tube,
- viewer,
- viscosimeter,
- vise,
- voting machine,
- walking delegate,
- way,
- weigh scales,
- weighbridge,
- weighing machine,
- weight voltameter,
- whatnot,
- wherewithal,
- wrench,
- writ,
- write,
- writing,
- yes-man,
- yoke
- brevity
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- the attribute of being brief or fleeting
- the use of brief expressions related words >
- brachylogy,
- briefness,
- brusqueness,
- compactness,
- compendiousness,
- conciseness,
- concision,
- crispness,
- curtness,
- dumbness,
- economy,
- economy of words,
- instantaneousness,
- laconicalness,
- laconicism,
- laconism,
- littleness,
- lowness,
- muteness,
- obmutescence,
- pauciloquy,
- pithiness,
- pointedness,
- quietness,
- quietude,
- reserve,
- sententiousness,
- short time,
- shortness,
- silence,
- sparingness of words,
- speechlessness,
- succinctness,
- summariness,
- swiftness,
- taciturnity,
- terseness,
- transience,
- unloquaciousness,
- untalkativeness,
- wordlessness
- prevail
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- use persuasion successfully; "He prevailed upon her to visit his parents"
- prove superior; "The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight"
- continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
- be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds" related words >
- abide,
- affect,
- argue into,
- be,
- be blooded,
- be extant,
- be found,
- be in,
- be in existence,
- be in force,
- be met with,
- be present,
- be successful,
- be the case,
- be the rage,
- be the rule,
- be the thing,
- be there,
- be victorious,
- beat,
- best,
- bestride,
- better,
- bide,
- break the record,
- breathe,
- bring around,
- bring round,
- cap,
- carry on,
- catch on,
- click,
- come off,
- connect,
- continue,
- continue the same,
- continue to be,
- convince,
- defeat time,
- defy time,
- dictate,
- dispose,
- dominate,
- domineer,
- drag along,
- drag on,
- draw,
- drone,
- dwell,
- endure,
- exceed,
- excel,
- exist,
- extend,
- farewell,
- get,
- go,
- go great guns,
- go off,
- go on,
- go one better,
- go over,
- go over big,
- go to town,
- graduate,
- happen to be,
- have being,
- have place,
- have the ascendancy,
- hold,
- hold on,
- hold out,
- hum,
- impress,
- improve on,
- incline,
- induce,
- influence,
- keep,
- keep on,
- last,
- last long,
- last out,
- live,
- live on,
- live through,
- maintain,
- make a hit,
- master,
- meet with success,
- obtain,
- occur,
- outweigh,
- overbalance,
- overbear,
- overcome,
- overpass,
- overtop,
- pass,
- perdure,
- perennate,
- perfect,
- persist,
- persuade,
- play first fiddle,
- predominate,
- preponderate,
- prompt,
- prosper,
- qualify,
- reign,
- remain,
- rule,
- rule the roost,
- run,
- run on,
- run through,
- stand,
- stay,
- stay on,
- subsist,
- succeed,
- surpass,
- survive,
- sustain,
- sway,
- take,
- take the lead,
- talk into,
- tarry,
- tide over,
- top,
- tower above,
- tower over,
- transcend,
- triumph,
- trump,
- twist,
- wear,
- wear the pants,
- wear well,
- win,
- win out,
- win over,
- work well,
- work wonders
- measurement
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- the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate" related words >
- accounting,
- acreage,
- amount,
- amplitude,
- analyzing,
- appraisal,
- appraisement,
- appraising,
- appreciation,
- area,
- ascertainment,
- assessing,
- assessment,
- bigness,
- body,
- breadth,
- bulk,
- calculation,
- caliber,
- capacity,
- census,
- computation,
- counting,
- coverage,
- dactylonomy,
- depth,
- determination,
- diameter,
- dimension,
- dimensions,
- enumeration,
- estimate,
- estimation,
- evaluating,
- evaluation,
- evaluative criticism,
- expanse,
- expansion,
- extension,
- extent,
- foliation,
- force,
- gauge,
- gauging,
- girth,
- greatness,
- height,
- inventorying,
- judgement,
- largeness,
- length,
- magnitude,
- mass,
- matter,
- measure,
- measuring,
- mensuration,
- mileage,
- numbering,
- numbers,
- numeration,
- opinion,
- pagination,
- period,
- proportion,
- proportions,
- quantification,
- quantity,
- quantization,
- quantum,
- radius,
- range,
- ranking,
- rating,
- reach,
- reckoning,
- scale,
- scope,
- size,
- spread,
- strength,
- substance,
- sum,
- tallying,
- telling,
- tonnage,
- valuation,
- valuing,
- view,
- volume,
- weighing,
- weight,
- whole,
- width
- shellfire
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- shooting artillery shells related words >
- antiaircraft fire,
- cross fire,
- curtain fire,
- direct fire,
- dry fire,
- file fire,
- fire,
- fire of demolition,
- firepower,
- fireworks,
- firing,
- flack,
- flak,
- ground fire,
- gunfight,
- gunfire,
- gunplay,
- high-angle fire,
- horizontal fire,
- interdiction fire,
- machine-gun fire,
- mortar fire,
- musketry,
- percussion fire,
- pistol fire,
- raking fire,
- rapid fire,
- ricochet fire,
- rifle fire,
- shoot-out,
- shooting,
- time fire,
- vertical fire,
- zone fire
- gunfight
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- a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten related words >
- antiaircraft fire,
- cross fire,
- curtain fire,
- direct fire,
- dry fire,
- file fire,
- fire,
- fire of demolition,
- firepower,
- fireworks,
- firing,
- flack,
- flak,
- ground fire,
- gunfire,
- gunplay,
- high-angle fire,
- horizontal fire,
- interdiction fire,
- machine-gun fire,
- mortar fire,
- musketry,
- percussion fire,
- pistol fire,
- raking fire,
- rapid fire,
- ricochet fire,
- rifle fire,
- shellfire,
- shoot-out,
- shooting,
- time fire,
- vertical fire,
- zone fire
- antiaircraft fire,
- cross fire,
- curtain fire,
- direct fire,
- dry fire,
- file fire,
- fire,
- fire of demolition,
- firepower,
- fireworks,
- firing,
- flack,
- flak,
- ground fire,
- gunfight,
- gunfire,
- gunplay,
- high-angle fire,
- horizontal fire,
- interdiction fire,
- machine-gun fire,
- mortar fire,
- musketry,
- percussion fire,
- pistol fire,
- raking fire,
- rapid fire,
- ricochet fire,
- rifle fire,
- shellfire,
- shooting,
- time fire,
- vertical fire,
- zone fire
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