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(verb.communiation)

{ [ communicate, adj.all:communicative,+ adj.all:communicatory,+ noun.communication:communication1,+ noun.Tops:communication,+ noun.person:communicator,+ noun.communication:communicating,+ ] [ intercommunicate, noun.communication:intercommunication,+ ] verb.social:interact,@ frames: 2,15,8 (transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist") }
{ yak, gab, intercommunicate,@ frames: 2 (talk profusely; "she was yakking away about her grandchildren")}
{ [ fingerspell, noun.communication:fingerspelling,+ ] finger-spell, communicate,@ frames: 2 (communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language; "The Deaf often fingerspell")}
{ [ aphorize, noun.communication:aphorism,+ ] [ aphorise, noun.communication:aphorism,+ ] communicate,@ frames: 2 (speak or write in aphorisms)}
{ [ riddle, noun.communication:riddle,+ ] communicate,@ frames: 2 (speak in riddles) }
{ shrug_off, dismiss,@ frames: 8 (minimize the importance of, brush aside; "Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points") }
{ [ communicate1, adj.pert:communicative,+ adj.all:communicative,+ adj.all:communicatory,+ noun.relation:communication,+ noun.communication:communication1,+ noun.Tops:communication,+ noun.person:communicator,+ noun.communication:communicating,+ ] pass_on, pass1, pass_along, put_across, verb.possession:transmit10,@ frames: 8,15 (transmit information; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news") }
{ send_a_message, communicate1,@ frames: 1,2 (give or constitute a signal, not necessarily verbally; "The lack of good teachers sends a strong message to all parents in the community")}
{ [ relay, noun.act:relay,+ ] pass_on,@ frames: 8,15 (pass along; "Please relay the news to the villagers") }
{ project, communicate,@ frames: 2,8 (communicate vividly; "He projected his feelings") }
{ reach, [get_through, frames: 2] get_hold_of, [ contact, noun.communication:contact,+ noun.act:contact2,+ ] communicate,@ frames: 9,10 (be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia") }
{ ping, contact,@ noun.cognition:computing,;c frames: 8,9,11 (send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active; "ping your machine in the office")}
{ ping1, contact,@ frames: 9 (contact, usually in order to remind of something; "I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing" )}
{ raise14, reach,@ noun.communication:radio,;c frames: 8,9 (establish radio communications with; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night") }
{ [ diphthongize, noun.communication:diphthong,+ ] diphthongise, verb.change:switch2,@ frames: 1 (change from a simple vowel to a diphthong; "This vowel diphthongized in Germanic") }
{ break7, diphthongize,@ frames: 1 (undergo breaking; "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages") }
{ reach_out, verb.social:interact,@ frames: 2,22 (attempt to communicate; "I try to reach out to my daughter but she doesn't want to have anything to do with me")}
{ draw_out, reach_out,@ frames: 9 (cause to speak; "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet") }
{ get_across, put_over, communicate1,@ frames: 8 (communicate successfully; "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well") }
{ [ twang, noun.attribute:twang,+ ] articulate,@ frames: 8 (pronounce with a nasal twang) }
{ [ vocalize4, adj.pert:vocal,+ noun.communication:vocalization1,+ noun.person:vocalizer1,+ ] vocalise5, [ phonate, noun.communication:phone,+ noun.communication:phonation,+ ] utter,@ frames: 2 (utter speech sounds) }
{ troll2, speak,@ frames: 2,8 (speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice) }
{ [ order, noun.communication:order1,+ noun.act:order,+ noun.communication:order4,+ noun.person:orderer1,+ ] request1,@ frames: 8,16 (make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage") }
{ reorder, order,@ frames: 8 (make a new request to be supplied with; "The store had to reorder the popular CD several times")}
{ place1, order,@ frames: 8 (to arrange for; "place a phone call"; "place a bet") }
{ [ ordain, noun.communication:ordinance1,+ ] decree,@ frames: 26,8 (issue an order) }
{ [ predestine, noun.event:predestination,+ ] ordain,@ frames: 8,26 (decree or determine beforehand) }
{ will, ordain,@ frames: 8,26 (decree or ordain; "God wills our existence") }
{ [ destine, noun.location:destination,+ noun.cognition:destination,+ ] [ fate, noun.person:fate,+ noun.event:fate,+ ] doom1, designate1, ordain,@ frames: 24 (decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist") }
{ [ order1, noun.communication:order,+ noun.communication:order3,+ ] tell2, [ enjoin, noun.communication:injunction,+ ] say4, request2,@ frames: 24,26 (give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed") }
{ [ order2, noun.communication:order,+ noun.communication:order3,+ ] [ prescribe, adj.all:prescriptive,+ noun.communication:prescription,+ ] [ dictate, noun.person:dictator1,+ noun.cognition:dictate,+ noun.communication:dictate,+ noun.communication:dictation1,+ frames: 27] impose,@ frames: 8 (issue commands or orders for) }
{ [ force, noun.attribute:force1,+ noun.person:force,+ ] thrust, verb.social:compel,@ frames: 19,30,24 (impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him") }
{ begin3, utter,@ frames: 2 (begin to speak or say; "`Now listen, friends', he began") }
{ [ intrude, adj.all:intrusive1,+ ] obtrude, impose,@ frames: 4,22 (thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude on the viewer") }
{ clamp, inflict,@ frames: 19 (impose or inflict forcefully; "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital") }
{ stick, sting, force,@ frames: 17 (saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill") }
{ [ inflict, noun.act:infliction1,+ ] bring_down, [ visit1, noun.event:visitation,+ ] [ impose, noun.cognition:imposition,+ noun.act:imposition2,+ ] communicate,@ frames: 19 (impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students") }
{ give10, verb.possession:give13,$ inflict,@ frames: 15 (inflict as a punishment; "She gave the boy a good spanking"; "The judge gave me 10 years")}
{ [ furlough, noun.time:furlough,+ ] permit,@ frames: 9 (grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children")}
{ give7, permit,@ frames: 15 (allow to have or take; "I give you two minutes to respond") }
{ foist, impose,@ frames: 19 (to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me")}
{ [ direct, noun.communication:directive,+ ] order1,@ frames: 24 (command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework") }
{ direct1, instruct2,@ frames: 9,20 (give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall") }
{ talk_down2, direct1,@ frames: 9,10 (direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio; "the control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill")}
{ point_the_way, direct1,@ frames: 2,1,4,22 (indicate the right path or direction; "The sign pointed the way to London") }
{ instruct1, order1,@ frames: 24 (give instructions or directions for some task; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation") }
{ [ charge11, noun.act:charge3,+ ] instruct1,@ frames: 24 (instruct or command with authority; "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem") }
{ [ charge12, noun.communication:charge1,+ ] instruct1,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 8,9 (instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence) }
{ [ charge1, noun.act:charge3,+ frames: 24] saddle, [ burden, noun.cognition:burden1,+ ] command,@ frames: 17 (impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend") }
{ [ overburden, noun.artifact:overburden,+ ] charge1,@ frames: 9,17 (burden with too much work or responsibility) }
{ bear_down1, burden,@ frames: 4 (exert a force or cause a strain upon; "This tax bears down on the lower middle class") }
{ overwhelm, [ deluge, noun.quantity:deluge,+ ] flood_out, charge1,@ frames: 9,17 (charge someone with too many tasks) }
{ [ mandate, noun.person:mandator,+ frames: 15] verb.social:delegate,@ frames: 9 (assign authority to) }
{ [ mandate2, adj.all:obligatory^mandatory,+ noun.communication:mandate,+ ] order2,@ frames: 8 (make mandatory; "the new director of the school board mandated regular tests")}
{ [ command, noun.communication:commandment,+ noun.communication:command,+ ] [ require, noun.communication:requisition,+ ] order1,@ frames: 24 (make someone do something) }
{ featherbed, verb.social:hire,@ frames: 2,1 (hire more workers than are necessary) }
{ [ command1, noun.state:command,+ noun.group:command,+ noun.attribute:command,+ noun.person:commandant,+ noun.person:commander3,+ noun.person:commander2,+ noun.person:commander1,+ noun.person:commander,+ ] verb.social:dominate,@ frames: 8,9 (be in command of; "The general commanded a huge army") }
{ [ general, noun.person:general,+ ] command1,@ frames: 9 (command as a general; "We are generaled by an incompetent!") }
{ [ officer, noun.person:officer4,+ noun.person:officer1,+ noun.person:officer3,+ ] command1,@ frames: 8,9 (direct or command as an officer) }
{ [ask1, verb.contact:ask_in,^ verb.social:ask_over,^ verb.social:ask_round,^ verb.social:ask_out,^ frames: 28 ] request1,@ frames: 16,24,26 (make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She asked him for a loan") }
{ [ request1, noun.communication:request,+ ] ask_for, bespeak, call_for4, quest1, invite1,$ communicate1,@ frames: 8,9 (express the need or desire for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"; "when you call, always ask for Mary") }
{ [ request2, noun.communication:request1,+ noun.communication:request,+ ] ask1,@ frames: 26,24,25 (ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript") }
{ solicit5, ask1,@ frames: 2 (make a solicitation or petition for something desired; "She is too shy to solicit")}
{ [ call14, noun.cognition:call,+ noun.act:calling,+ ] call5,$ request2,@ frames: 9 (order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role; "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty") }
{ call15, order,@ frames: 8,11 (order or request or give a command for; "The unions called a general strike for Sunday") }
{ [ encore, noun.act:encore,+ ] request1,@ frames: 9 (request an encore, from a performer) }
{ [ requisition, noun.communication:requisition1,+ ] require,@ frames: 24 (make a formal request for official services) }
{ [ page, noun.artifact:pager,+ noun.communication:paging,+ ] summon5,@ frames: 9 (contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system) }
{ [ petition, noun.communication:petition,+ noun.person:petitioner1,+ ] request1,@ frames: 9,26,24 (write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing) }
{ [ demand, noun.act:demand,+ noun.communication:demand,+ noun.person:demander,+ ] request1,@ frames: 8,28,26 (request urgently and forcefully; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager") }
{ [ adjure, adj.all:imperative^adjuratory1,+ noun.communication:adjuration,+ ] charge1,@ frames: 24 (command solemnly) }
{ [ appeal, noun.communication:appeal,+ ] [ invoke4, noun.communication:invocation,+ noun.act:invocation1,+ ] request1,@ frames: 12 (request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble")}
{ ask5, [ require1, noun.cognition:requirement1,+ ] [ expect, noun.cognition:expectation,+ ] demand,@ frames: 16,24 (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") }
{ claim1, take, exact1, verb.stative:need,@ frames: 10,11,8,9 (take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her")}
{ [ claim, noun.communication:claim2,+ disclaim,! ] affirm1,@ frames: 8,26 (assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar") }
{ profess4, pretend6, claim,@ frames: 8,26 (state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine")}
{ [ contend2, noun.communication:contention2,+ ] postulate, claim,@ frames: 26 (maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future") }
{ make_out6, claim,@ frames: 34 (try to establish; "She made out that she know nothing about the crime") }
{ purport, claim,@ frames: 28 (have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming; "The letter purports to express people's opinion") }
{ [ disclaim, noun.communication:disclaimer,+ claim,! ] deny,@ frames: 8,11 (make a disclaimer about; "He disclaimed any responsibility") }
{ disown, [ renounce, noun.communication:renunciation1,+ noun.communication:renouncement,+ ] [ repudiate, noun.communication:repudiation,+ ] verb.cognition:reject,@ frames: 8,9 (cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son") }
{ [ apostatize, noun.person:apostate,+ ] [ apostatise, noun.person:apostate,+ ] [ tergiversate, noun.act:tergiversation1,+ ] renounce,@ frames: 8 (abandon one's beliefs or allegiances) }
{ [ abnegate, noun.communication:abnegation,+ noun.person:abnegator,+ ] deny1,@ frames: 8,9 (deny or renounce; "They abnegated their gods") }
{ [ disclaim1, noun.communication:disclaimer,+ claim3,! ] verb.possession:renounce,@ frames: 8 (renounce a legal claim or title to) }
{ [ claim3, noun.attribute:claim2,+ disclaim1,! ] take9, verb.possession:claim,$ assert,@ frames: 8,9,11 (lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea") }
{ crave, beg,@ frames: 8 (plead or ask for earnestly) }
{ [ supplicate, adj.all:beseeching^supplicatory,+ adj.all:beseeching^supplicant,+ noun.communication:supplication1,+ noun.person:supplicant,+ noun.person:suppliant,+ ] beg,@ frames: 9 (ask humbly (for something); "He supplicated the King for clemency") }
{ [ supplicate1, adj.all:beseeching^supplicatory,+ adj.all:beseeching^supplicant,+ ] supplicate,$ request1,@ frames: 8,33 (ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer; "supplicate God's blessing")}
{ [ supplicate2, adj.all:beseeching^supplicatory,+ adj.all:beseeching^supplicant,+ ] supplicate,$ petition,@ frames: 2 (make a humble, earnest petition; "supplicate for permission")}
{ [ beg, noun.communication:beggary,+ beg_off,^ ] implore, pray1, plead,@ frames: 24, 22 (call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!") }
{ plead, appeal,@ frames: 22 (appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop") }
{ [ bid2, adj.all:obedient^biddable,+ noun.communication:bid3,+ noun.communication:bidding2,+ ] beseech, entreat, [ adjure1, adj.all:beseeching^adjuratory,+ noun.communication:adjuration,+ ] press1, conjure3, plead,@ frames: 24,9 (ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons") }
{ [ pray, noun.person:prayer,+ noun.communication:prayer2,+ noun.communication:prayer1,+ noun.act:prayer,+ ] commune2,@ frames: 2,26,27 (address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer; "pray to the Lord") }
{ [ commune2, noun.communication:communion,+ ] communicate,@ frames: 9 (communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity; "He seemed to commune with nature")}
{ [ commune1, noun.act:communion1,+ ] [ communicate7, noun.Tops:communication,+ ] covenant,@ frames: 2 (receive Communion, in the Catholic church) }
{ [ plead1, noun.communication:pleading,+ ] declare,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 7 (enter a plea, as in courts of law; "She pleaded not guilty")}
{ [ profess3, noun.communication:professing,+ ] declare,@ frames: 8,26 (confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist") }
{ [ intercede, noun.act:intercession,+ ] [ mediate, noun.communication:mediation,+ noun.act:mediation,+ noun.person:mediator,+ ] [ intermediate, noun.act:intermediation,+ noun.person:intermediator,+ ] liaise, [ arbitrate, adj.pert:arbitrative,+ adj.all:arbitrable,+ noun.act:arbitrement,+ noun.act:arbitrament,+ noun.person:arbiter,+ noun.communication:arbitration,+ noun.act:arbitration,+ noun.person:arbitrator,+ ] negotiate,@ frames: 2,22 (act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement") }
{ clear9, [ solve10, adj.all:solvent,+ ] settle,@ frames: 8 (settle, as of a debt; "clear a debt"; "solve an old debt") }
{ concert, settle,@ frames: 8 (settle by agreement; "concert one's differences") }
{ negociate, [ negotiate, adj.all:flexible2^negotiable,+ adj.all:alienable^negotiable,+ noun.communication:negotiation,+ noun.person:negotiant,+ noun.person:negotiator,+ ] talk_terms, discuss,@ frames: 8 (discuss the terms of an arrangement; "They negotiated the sale of the house") }
{ renegociate, renegotiate, negociate,@ noun.communication:contract,;c frames: 8 (revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor; "We renegociated our old mortgage now that the interest rates have come down")}
{ renegociate1, renegotiate1, negociate1,@ frames: 2 (negociate anew; "The two warring parties will have to renegociate")}
{ negociate1, discuss,@ frames: 2 (confer with another in order to come to terms or reach an agreement; "The parties negociated all night")}
{ [ treat3, noun.person:treater,+ ] negociate1,@ frames: 22 (engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement; "they had to treat with the King")}
{ [ horse-trade, noun.communication:horse_trading,+ ] negociate1,@ frames: 2 (negotiate with much give and take)}
{ [ parley, noun.communication:parley,+ ] negociate1,@ frames: 2 (discuss, as between enemies) }
{ [ powwow, noun.communication:powwow,+ ] discuss,@ frames: 2 (hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting) }
{ palaver, parley,@ frames: 2 (have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds) }
{ [ settle, noun.communication:settlement,+ ] square_off, square_up, [ determine5, noun.communication:determiner1,+ noun.cognition:determination,+ noun.act:determination1,+ ] conclude1,@ frames: 8 (settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument") }
{ [ clinch, noun.cognition:clincher,+ ] settle,@ frames: 8 (settle conclusively; "clinch a deal")}
{ close5, verb.change:end1,@ frames: 2,8 (complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement; "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building") }
{ [ settle1, noun.communication:settlement,+ noun.cognition:settlement,+ ] agree,@ frames: 2,22 (end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement; "The two parties finally settled") }
{ [ agree1, adj.all:accordant^agreeable,+ noun.communication:agreement1,+ noun.communication:agreement,+ ] accept,@ frames: 2,28 (consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone") }
{ [plea-bargain, noun.communication:plea_bargain,+ noun.communication:plea_bargaining,+ ]agree1,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 2 (agree to plead guilty in return for a lesser charge; "If he plea-bargains, he will be sent to a medium-security prison for 8 years")}
{ [ bargain, noun.person:bargainer1,+ ] agree1,@ frames: 2 (come to terms; arrive at an agreement)}
{ [ reconcile, noun.act:reconciliation1,+ ] patch_up, make_up, [ conciliate, adj.all:conciliative,+ adj.all:conciliatory4,+ adj.all:conciliatory,+ noun.state:conciliation,+ noun.communication:conciliation,+ ] settle2, agree,@ frames: 2 (come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up") }
{ [ propitiate, adj.all:conciliatory^propitiative,+ adj.all:conciliatory^propitiatory,+ noun.act:propitiation,+ ] [ appease, adj.all:placable^appeasable,+ noun.person:appeaser,+ ] reconcile,@ frames: 9 (make peace with) }
{ [ apply, noun.communication:application,+ noun.person:applicant,+ noun.person:applier,+ ] request1,@ frames: 27,2,22 (ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job") }
{ [ urge, adj.all:imperative^urgent,+ noun.communication:urging,+ ] urge_on, [ press, noun.attribute:pressure,+ ] [ exhort, adj.all:encouraging^exhortatory,+ noun.communication:exhortation1,+ noun.communication:exhortation,+ ] advise,@ frames: 24 (force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies") }
{ [ push1, noun.attribute:push,+ noun.act:push1,+ frames: 2] bear_on, verb.social:push,$ press,@ frames: 8,11,10,9,24 (press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action; "He pushed her to finish her doctorate") }
{ [ nudge, noun.person:nudger,+ ] push1,@ frames: 24 (push into action by pestering or annoying gently)}
{ [ persuade, adj.all:susceptible^persuasible,+ adj.all:persuasive,+ noun.communication:persuasion,+ noun.person:persuader,+ dissuade,! frames: 9,24 ] induce,@ frames: 30 (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!") }
{ hustle, persuade,@ frames: 2 (pressure or urge someone into an action)}
{ bring_round, bring_around, persuade,@ frames: 9,10 (cause to adopt an opinion or course of action; "His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school") }
{ bring3, induce,@ frames: 9,10 (induce or persuade; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well") }
{ badger, persuade,@ frames: 9,24 (persuade through constant efforts) }
{ sell, persuade,@ frames: 14,15,11 (persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers") }
{ chat_up1, persuade,@ frames: 9 (talk to someone with the aim of persuading him) }
{ blaze_away, address2,@ frames: 22 (speak with fire and passion; "He blazed away at his opponents in the Senate") }
{ [ memorialize, noun.event:memorialization,+ ] [ memorialise, noun.event:memorialisation,+ ] address2,@ frames: 8,9 (address in a memorial; "The President memorialized the heroes of the battle")}
{ [ keynote, noun.communication:keynote1,+ ] address2,@ frames: 8 (give the keynote address to (an audience)) }
{ [talk_out_of, talk_into,!] dissuade,@ frames: 30 (persuade someone not to do something) }
{ [talk_into, talk_out_of,!] persuade,@ frames: 30 (persuade somebody to do something) }
{ rope_in, persuade,@ frames: 9,24 (draw in as if with a rope; lure; "The agent had roped in several customers") }
{ [ wheedle, noun.person:wheedler,+ noun.act:wheedling,+ ] [ cajole, noun.communication:cajolery,+ ] [ palaver1, noun.communication:palaver1,+ ] [ blarney, noun.communication:blarney,+ ] [ coax, noun.person:coaxer,+ noun.communication:coaxing,+ noun.artifact:coax,+ ] sweet-talk, inveigle, persuade,@ frames: 30 (influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along") }
{ [ elocute, adj.all:articulate^eloquent,+ noun.communication:elocution,+ ] declaim,@ frames: 2,8 (declaim in an elocutionary manner; "The poet elocuted beautifully")}
{ soft-soap, flatter,@ frames: 9 (use flattering talk on somebody) }
{ soft-soap1, cajole,@ frames: 9 (persuade someone through flattery) }
{ convert, win_over, [ convince, adj.all:susceptible^convincible,+ ] persuade,@ frames: 9 (make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product")}
{ [ proselytize, noun.person:proselyte,+ ] proselytise, preach,* verb.change:convert7,@ frames: 2 (convert to another faith or religion) }
{ brainwash, persuade,@ frames: 9 (persuade completely, often through coercion; "The propaganda brainwashed many people") }
{ [ dissuade, adj.all:dissuasive,+ noun.communication:dissuasion1,+ noun.communication:dissuasion,+ persuade,! ] [ deter, adj.all:preventive^deterrent,+ noun.communication:determent,+ noun.communication:deterrence,+ ] advise,@ frames: 9 (turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people") }
{ [ induce, adj.all:causative^inducive,+ noun.motive:inducement,+ noun.act:induction3,+ noun.person:inducer,+ noun.act:inducing,+ frames: 24] [ stimulate1, noun.cognition:stimulation,+ noun.act:stimulation,+ noun.cognition:stimulus,+ frames: 24] [ cause, adj.all:causative,+ noun.act:causation,+ noun.event:cause,+ noun.communication:cause,+ noun.Tops:cause,+ frames: 24] have, [get,frames: 24] make, frames: 25 (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa") }
{ solicit4, induce,@ frames: 9 (incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents")}
{ encourage, induce,@ frames: 9,10,24 (spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife") }
{ let, make,@ frames: 25 (actively cause something to happen; "I let it be known that I was not interested") }
{ [ lead, noun.person:leader,+ ] induce,@ frames: 24 (cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks")}
{ give9, lead,@ frames: 24 (guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion; "You gave me to think that you agreed with me") }
{ [ prompt, noun.communication:prompting,+ ] inspire, [ instigate1, noun.communication:instigation,+ noun.act:instigation,+ noun.person:instigator,+ ] induce,@ frames: 24 (serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives") }
{ [ argue2, adj.all:plausible^arguable,+ noun.communication:argument,+ noun.communication:argumentation,+ noun.cognition:argumentation,+ noun.person:arguer,+ ] [ reason, noun.state:reason,+ noun.cognition:reason,+ noun.person:reasoner,+ ] present,@ frames: 26 (present reasons and arguments) }
{ re-argue, argue2,@ frames: 8 (argue again; "This politician will be forced into re-arguing an old national campaign") }
{ [ argue1, noun.communication:argument2,+ noun.communication:argumentation,+ noun.cognition:argumentation,+ ] [ indicate2, adj.all:revealing^indicative,+ noun.communication:indication3,+ noun.communication:indication,+ noun.cognition:indication,+ noun.communication:indicant1,+ ] present,@ frames: 8,11 (give evidence of; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work")}
{ [ present, noun.communication:presentation,+ ] [ represent11, noun.cognition:representation,+ ] lay_out, state,@ frames: 8,15 (bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason")}
{ [ expostulate, noun.communication:expostulation,+ ] argue2,@ frames: 2,26 (reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion) }
{ [ argue, adj.all:argumentative,+ noun.communication:argument3,+ noun.person:arguer,+ ] [ contend1, noun.communication:contention,+ ] [ debate1, adj.all:controversial^debatable,+ noun.communication:debate1,+ ] fence, converse,@ disagree,* frames: 2,8,22 (have an argument about something) }
{ [ stickle, noun.person:stickler,+ ] argue,@ frames: 2 (dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)) }
{ [ spar, noun.communication:sparring,+ ] argue,@ frames: 2,22 (fight verbally; "They were sparring all night") }
{ [ quibble, noun.person:quibbler,+ ] [ niggle, noun.person:niggler,+ ] [ pettifog, noun.person:pettifogger1,+ noun.communication:pettifoggery,+ ] [ bicker, noun.communication:bicker,+ ] [ squabble, noun.communication:squabble,+ ] brabble, argue,@ frames: 2,22 (argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies") }
{ [ brawl, noun.act:brawl,+ noun.person:brawler,+ ] [ wrangle, noun.communication:wrangle1,+ noun.person:wrangler1,+ noun.communication:wrangling,+ ] quarrel,@ frames: 2,22 (to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street") }
{ [ clamor3, noun.communication:clamoring,+ ] [ clamour3, noun.communication:clamour,+ ] demand,@ frames: 2,22 (make loud demands; "he clamored for justice and tolerance") }
{ [ spat, noun.communication:spat,+ ] quarrel,@ frames: 2 (engage in a brief and petty quarrel) }
{ [ polemize, noun.communication:polemic,+ ] polemise, [ polemicize, noun.communication:polemic,+ ] [ polemicise, noun.communication:polemic,+ ] dispute1,@ frames: 2 (engage in a controversy; "The two historians polemicized for years") }
{ [ quarrel, noun.communication:quarrel,+ noun.person:quarreller,+ noun.person:quarreler,+ ] [ dispute1, adj.all:argumentative^disputative,+ noun.act:dispute,+ noun.communication:dispute,+ noun.communication:disputation1,+ noun.communication:disputation,+ noun.person:disputant,+ ] [ scrap, noun.act:scrap,+ noun.person:scrapper,+ ] argufy, altercate, argue,@ frames: 2,22 (have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something") }
{ fall_out, quarrel,@ frames: 2,22 (have a breach in relations; "We fell out over a trivial question") }
{ [ oppose1, adj.all:hostile1^opponent,+ noun.act:opposition1,+ noun.person:opposer,+ noun.person:opponent,+ ] argue,@ frames: 8,9 (be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on abortion") }
{ [ oppose, adj.all:hostile1^opponent,+ noun.person:opposer,+ ] controvert, contradict1, refute,@ frames: 8 (be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion") }
{ [ assure1, noun.communication:assurance,+ ] persuade,@ frames: 24,18 (assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe")}
{ [ charm, noun.attribute:charm,+ ] [ influence, noun.person:influence,+ noun.phenomenon:influence,+ noun.attribute:influence,+ ] [ tempt, adj.all:susceptible^temptable,+ noun.act:temptation,+ noun.person:tempter,+ ] persuade,@ frames: 30,9 (induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money") }
{ [ gibber1, noun.communication:gibber,+ noun.communication:gibberish,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 2,8 (chatter inarticulately; of monkeys) }
{ [ hex, noun.communication:hex,+ ] [ bewitch1, noun.cognition:bewitchment,+ ] [ glamour, noun.attribute:glamour,+ ] [ witch, noun.person:witch1,+ noun.person:witch,+ noun.cognition:witchery,+ ] [ enchant1, noun.state:enchantment,+ noun.cognition:enchantment,+ noun.person:enchanter,+ ] [ jinx2, noun.communication:jinx,+ ] verb.social:charm,@ frames: 9,8 (cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something) }
{ [ voodoo, noun.cognition:voodoo,+ noun.artifact:voodoo,+ ] hex,@ frames: 9 (bewitch by or as if by a voodoo) }
{ [ magnetize, noun.quantity:magnetization,+ noun.artifact:magnet,+ ] mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, [ spellbind, noun.person:spellbinder,+ ] charm,@ frames: 9,10 (attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks") }
{ prevail2, persuade,@ frames: 22 (use persuasion successfully; "He prevailed upon her to visit his parents") }
{ importune, [ insist3, noun.communication:insisting,+ ] beg,@ frames: 9 (beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them") }
{ besiege, importune,@ frames: 9 (harass, as with questions or requests; "The press photographers besieged the movie star")}
{ [ interrupt, noun.act:interruption,+ noun.artifact:interrupter,+ ] [ disrupt, noun.act:disruption2,+ ] break_up, cut_off, verb.change:break2,@ frames: 9,2,8,10,11 (make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages") }
{ [ break13, noun.artifact:breaker,+ ] interrupt,@ frames: 11,8 (interrupt the flow of current in; "break a circuit") }
{ put_away, put_aside, interrupt,@ frames: 8 (turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily; "it's time for you to put away childish things") }
{ [ pause1, noun.time:pause,+ noun.act:pause,+ ] [ intermit, noun.act:intermission,+ ] [ break4, noun.act:break5,+ ] interrupt,@ frames: 2 (cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch") }
{ [ rest, noun.time:rest,+ noun.person:rester,+ ] [ breathe, noun.time:breather,+ noun.act:breathing,+ ] catch_one's_breath, take_a_breather, pause1,@ frames: 2 (take a short break from one's activities in order to relax) }
{ [ rest1, noun.state:rest,+ noun.time:rest,+ noun.person:rester,+ rest,^ ] frames: 8 (give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment") }
{ blow12, rest1,@ frames: 8 (allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse") }
{ take_five, pause1,@ frames: 2 (take a break for five minutes; "The musicians took five during the rehearsal") }
{ take_ten, pause1,@ frames: 2 (take a ten minute break; "The players took ten during the long rehearsal") }
{ chime_in, cut_in, put_in, butt_in, chisel_in, barge_in, break_in, interrupt,@ frames: 2 (break into a conversation; "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation") }
{ burst_in_on, burst_upon, interrupt,@ frames: 8 (spring suddenly; "He burst upon our conversation") }
{ [ digress, adj.all:indirect2^digressive,+ noun.communication:digression,+ noun.act:digression,+ ] stray, [ divagate, noun.communication:divagation,+ noun.act:divagation,+ ] wander, tell,@ frames: 2,22 (lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture") }
{ [ continue, noun.attribute:continuation,+ noun.act:continuation,+ ] go_on, carry_on, proceed, talk1,@ frames: 2,33,28 (continue talking; "`I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room")}
{ [go_ahead, noun.communication:go-ahead,+ noun.attribute:go-ahead,+] plow_ahead, verb.social:act,@ frames: 1,2 (proceed (with a plan of action); "He went ahead with the project") }
{ segue, proceed,@ frames: 1,2,22 (proceed without interruption; in music or talk; "He segued into another discourse") }
{ hook, [ solicit1, noun.act:solicitation1,+ ] accost, hook9,$ verb.possession:offer2,@ frames: 2, 9 (approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park") }
{ hit12, approach,@ frames: 22 (pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" )}
{ [ solicit, noun.communication:solicitation,+ noun.person:solicitor1,+ ] [ beg1, noun.communication:beggary,+ ] tap, request1,@ frames: 16 (make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities") }
{ quest, solicit,@ frames: 2 (seek alms, as for religious purposes) }
{ [ entice, noun.cognition:enticement,+ noun.attribute:enticement,+ noun.act:enticement,+ ] [ lure, noun.artifact:lure,+ noun.cognition:lure,+ noun.attribute:lure,+ ] [ tempt4, adj.all:susceptible^temptable,+ noun.act:temptation,+ noun.person:tempter,+ ] provoke,@ frames: 9,30 (provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation")}
{ [ hook9, noun.cognition:hook,+ ] [ snare, noun.cognition:snare,+ ] entice,@ frames: 9,10 (entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers")}
{ [ seduce, noun.act:seduction,+ noun.person:seducer1,+ ] verb.contact:seduce,$ entice,@ frames: 9,10 (lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct; "She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor")}
{ [ call11, noun.communication:call3,+ ] call3,$ lure,@ frames: 8 (lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal; "Call ducks") }
{ drag, persuade,@ frames: 20 (persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set") }
{ stool, lure,@ frames: 8 (lure with a stool, as of wild fowl) }
{ lead_on, entice,@ frames: 9,10 (entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken) }
{ tweedle, entice,@ frames: 9,30 (entice through the use of music) }
{ [ tempt3, adj.all:susceptible^temptable,+ noun.person:tempter,+ ] persuade,@ frames: 9 (try presumptuously; "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert") }

{ [ ask2, noun.person:asker,+ ] formulate,@ frames: 8 (direct or put; seek an answer to; "ask a question") }
{ [ pry, noun.cognition:prying,+ ] ask4,@ frames: 2,22 (be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!")}
{ [ question, noun.communication:question3,+ noun.communication:question,+ noun.person:questioner,+ noun.communication:questioning,+ ] [ query, noun.person:querier,+ noun.communication:query,+ ] ask4,@ frames: 8,29,9 (pose a question) }
{ [ interpellate, noun.communication:interpellation,+ ] question,@ frames: 9 (question formally about policy or government business) }
{ [ spy, noun.person:spy1,+ noun.person:spy,+ noun.act:spying,+ ] investigate1,@ frames: 2,22 (secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage; "spy for the Russians") }
{ [ spy1, noun.person:spy,+ noun.person:spy1,+ noun.act:spying1,+ ] stag1, [ snoop, noun.person:snooper,+ noun.person:snoop,+ ] [ sleuth, noun.act:sleuthing,+ noun.person:sleuth,+ ] investigate1,* verb.perception:monitor,@ frames: 2,22 (watch, observe, or inquire secretly) }
{ [ investigate1, adj.all:inquiring^investigative,+ adj.all:inquiring^investigatory,+ noun.cognition:investigation,+ noun.act:investigation,+ noun.person:investigator2,+ noun.act:investigating,+ ] [ inquire2, adj.all:inquiring^inquisitive,+ noun.act:inquiry,+ noun.communication:inquiring,+ ] [ enquire2, noun.person:enquirer,+ noun.act:enquiry,+ ] examine1,@ frames: 2,8,9 (conduct an inquiry or investigation of; "The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities"; "inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady") }
{ [ quiz, noun.person:quizzer,+ noun.communication:quiz,+ ] [ test, noun.communication:test,+ noun.act:test3,+ noun.act:test2,+ noun.person:testee,+ noun.person:tester,+ noun.act:testing2,+ ] examine,@ frames: 9,20 (examine someone's knowledge of something; "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs") }
{ [ examine, noun.person:examinee,+ noun.communication:examination1,+ noun.communication:examination,+ noun.act:examination2,+ ] question,@ frames: 9,20 (question closely) }
{ [ cross_examine, noun.communication:cross-examination,+ noun.person:cross-examiner,+ ] [ cross_question, noun.communication:cross-question,+ noun.person:cross-questioner,+ ] examine,@ frames: 9,20 (question closely, or question a witness that has already been questioned by the opposing side; "The witness was cross-examined by the defense") }
{ [ catechize, noun.communication:catechism1,+ ] [ catechise, noun.communication:catechism1,+ ] examine,@ frames: 9 (examine through questioning and answering)}
{ [ catechize1, noun.communication:catechism,+ ] [ catechise1, noun.communication:catechism,+ ] teach,@ frames: 9 (give religious instructions to) }
{ [ reinforce, noun.cognition:reinforcement,+ noun.act:reinforcement,+ noun.cognition:reinforcer,+ ] [ reward, noun.act:reward1,+ ] teach,@ frames: 8 (strengthen and support with rewards; "Let's reinforce good behavior")}
{ [ spoonfeed, noun.act:spoonfeeding1,+ ] teach,@ frames: 9,14,15 (teach without challenging the students; "This professor spoonfeeds his students") }
{ pump, question,@ frames: 9 (question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information") }
{ [ interrogate, adj.all:interrogative,+ adj.all:interrogatory,+ noun.communication:interrogation2,+ noun.communication:interrogation1,+ noun.communication:interrogation,+ noun.person:interrogator,+ ] [ question3, noun.communication:question3,+ noun.communication:question,+ noun.communication:questioning,+ ] ask4,@ frames: 9 (pose a series of questions to; "The suspect was questioned by the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion") }
{ [ probe, noun.cognition:probe,+ ] [ examine1, noun.communication:examination1,+ noun.communication:examination,+ noun.act:examination2,+ ] investigate,@ frames: 2,8,22 (question or examine thoroughly and closely) }
{ grill, examine,@ frames: 9 (examine thoroughly; "the student was grilled for two hours on the subject of phonology")}
{ re-examine, examine1,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 9 (question after cross-examination by opposing counsel; "re-examine one's witness")}
{ [ investigate, noun.act:investigation,+ noun.person:investigator1,+ noun.act:investigating,+ ] look_into, verb.cognition:analyze,@ frames: 8,9,29 (investigate scientifically; "Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese") }
{ [ call1, noun.person:caller1,+ noun.communication:call1,+ ] [ telephone, noun.communication:telephone,+ noun.artifact:telephone,+ noun.person:telephoner,+ ] call_up, [ phone, noun.artifact:phone,+ noun.person:phoner,+ ] [ ring, noun.event:ring,+ ] dial,* telecommunicate,@ noun.communication:telephone,;c frames: 9,2 (get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning")}
{ [cell_phone, noun.artifact:cellphone,+] phone,@ noun.communication:telephone,;c frames: 2,9,8 (call up by using a cellular phone; "If the train is late, I will cell phone you")} 
{ [call_in, noun.communication:call-in,+ ] telephone,@ noun.communication:telephone,;c frames: 2,7 (make a phone call; "call in to a radio station"; "call in sick") }
{ [ dial, noun.artifact:dial1,+ ] verb.contact:operate,@ noun.communication:telephone,;c frames: 2 (operate a dial to select a telephone number; "You must take the receiver off the hook before you dial") }
{ hang_on, hold_the_line, hold_on, telephone,* verb.cognition:wait,@ noun.communication:telephone,;c frames: 2 (hold the phone line open; "Please hang on while I get your folder") }
{ [ telecommunicate, noun.communication:telecommunication,+ ] communicate1,@ frames: 2 (communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail) }
{ [ telex, noun.artifact:telex,+ ] telecommunicate,@ frames: 8,14,15 (communicate by telex; "We telexed the information to our sister company") }
{ summon, [ summons, noun.communication:summons2,+ noun.communication:summons,+ ] [ cite7, noun.communication:citation2,+ ] call5,@ frames: 9,20,8 (call in an official matter, such as to attend court)}
{ [ beep1, noun.event:beep,+ noun.artifact:beeper,+ ] call5,@ frames: 9 (call, summon, or alert with a beeper)}
{ [ recall2, noun.act:recall1,+ ] [call_back8, noun.act:call-back,+ ] call5,@ frames: 9 (summon to return; "The ambassador was recalled to his country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession") }
{ [call_back9, noun.communication:call-back,+ ] respond,@ frames: 2,9,8 (return or repeat a telephone call; "I am busy right now--can you call back in an hour?"; "She left a message but the contractor never called back")}
{ call_in2, verb.contact:call_in,$ call5,@ frames: 9 (summon to a particular activity or employment; "Experts were called in") }
{ [ vouch, noun.person:vouchee,+ ] summon,@ frames: 9 (summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title) }
{ [ buzz, noun.event:buzz,+ noun.artifact:buzzer1,+ noun.artifact:buzzer,+ ] summon5,@ frames: 10,9 (call with a buzzer; "he buzzed the servant") }
{ [ call5, noun.person:caller3,+ verb.creation:call_forth,^ verb.creation:call_forth1,^ verb.competition:call_up,^ ] send_for, verb.social:call4,$ order1,@ frames: 9,20 (order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!")}
{ lift1, call5,@ frames: 8 (call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs) }
{ [ convoke, noun.group:convocation,+ noun.act:convocation,+ ] [ convene, noun.act:convention,+ noun.person:convener,+ noun.act:convening,+ ] summon5,@ frames: 9,20 (call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium") }
{ [ muster, noun.act:muster,+ noun.group:muster,+ ] call5,@ frames: 9 (call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc.) }
{ [ subpoena, noun.communication:subpoena,+ ] verb.contact:serve,@ frames: 9 (serve or summon with a subpoena; "The witness and her records were subpoenaed") }
{ [ invite, noun.communication:invitation,+ ] [ bid, adj.all:obedient^biddable,+ noun.communication:bidding,+ ] request2,@ frames: 25 (ask someone in a friendly way to do something) }
{ [ tempt1, adj.all:susceptible^temptable,+ noun.feeling:temptation,+ noun.person:tempter,+ ] [ allure, noun.attribute:allurement,+ noun.act:allurement,+ noun.attribute:allure,+ ] invite,@ verb.emotion:attract,* frames: 9,10,24 (dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food")}
{ [ provoke, adj.all:provocative,+ noun.motive:provocation,+ noun.communication:provocation,+ ] [ stimulate, adj.all:stimulative^stimulant,+ noun.cognition:stimulus,+ ] challenge,@ frames: 9,10,24 (provide the needed stimulus for) }
{ rejuvenate2, stimulate,@ noun.object:river,;c frames: 11 (cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land)}
{ jog, stimulate,@ frames: 8,10 (stimulate to remember; "jog my memory")}
{ call_on, turn14, appeal,@ frames: 24,9 (have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to; "She called on her Representative to help her"; "She turned to her relatives for help") }
{ book_up, reserve,@ frames: 8 (book all available places or tickets) }
{ [ schedule, noun.communication:schedule,+ noun.cognition:schedule,+ noun.artifact:scheduler,+ noun.act:scheduling,+ ] verb.cognition:plan,@ frames: 8,24,9 (make a schedule; plan the time and place for events; "I scheduled an exam for this afternoon") }
{ [ program, noun.cognition:program,+ noun.act:programing1,+ ] [ programme, noun.cognition:programme,+ noun.act:programming1,+ ] schedule,@ frames: 8 (arrange a program of or for; "program the 80th birthday party") }
{ reschedule, schedule,@ frames: 8 (assign a new time and place for an event; "We had to reschedule the doctor's appointment") }
{ [ reserve, noun.cognition:reservation1,+ noun.act:reservation1,+ ] verb.social:reserve,$ request1,@ frames: 8,14 (obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance; "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's")}
{ [ forbid, noun.communication:forbidding,+ noun.communication:forbiddance,+ noun.act:forbiddance,+ permit,! ] [ prohibit, noun.act:prohibition,+ ] [ interdict, noun.communication:interdict1,+ noun.communication:interdiction1,+ ] [ proscribe, noun.communication:proscription,+ noun.act:proscription,+ ] [ veto, noun.act:veto,+ ] [disallow, allow,!] nix, command,@ frames: 8,24 (command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans") }
{ [ ban, noun.communication:ban1,+ noun.communication:ban,+ ] forbid,@ frames: 8,33 (prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building") }
{ [ bar, noun.act:bar,+ ] [ debar, noun.state:debarment,+ ] [ exclude1, adj.all:exclusive,+ noun.state:exclusion,+ ] forbid,@ frames: 8,9,20,21 (prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club") }
{ [ enjoin1, noun.communication:injunction1,+ noun.communication:enjoinment,+ noun.communication:enjoining,+ ] forbid,@ frames:20 (issue an injunction) }
{ [ reject2, adj.all:rejective,+ noun.cognition:reject,+ ] [ spurn, noun.person:spurner,+ ] freeze_off, [ scorn, noun.person:scorner,+ ] pooh-pooh, disdain, [turn_down, noun.act:turndown,+ ] verb.possession:turn_down,$ verb.social:turn_down,$ refuse,@ frames: 8,9 (reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances") }
{ puff, boast,@ frames: 2 (speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man")}
{ [refuse, accept,! ] decline, verb.cognition:react,@ frames: 8,9,28 (show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike") }
{ [ accept, noun.state:acceptation,+ noun.act:acceptation,+ refuse,! ] [ consent, noun.communication:consent,+ ] go_for, verb.cognition:react,@ frames: 8 (give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution") }
{ [ settle4, noun.act:settlement,+ ] accept,@ frames: 22 (accept despite lack of complete satisfaction; "We settled for a lower price") }
{ [contract_in, contract_out,!] consent,@ frames: 2 (consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use) }
{ [contract_out, contract_in,!] refuse,@ frames: 2 (refuse to pay a levy to a union for political use) }
{ [ rebuff, noun.act:rebuff,+ ] [ snub, noun.communication:snub,+ ] repel, reject2,@ frames: 9,8 (reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal") }
{ [ abjure, noun.communication:abjuration,+ noun.person:abjurer,+ ] [ recant, noun.communication:recantation,+ ] [ forswear, noun.act:forswearing,+ ] [ retract, noun.communication:retraction,+ ] resile, renounce,@ frames: 2,8 (formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs") }
{ swallow, take_back, unsay, [ withdraw1, noun.communication:withdrawal,+ ] renounce,@ frames: 8 (take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words")}
{ [ misstate, noun.communication:misstatement,+ ] state,@ frames: 8 (state something incorrectly; "You misstated my position") }
{ retreat, pull_back12, back_out, back_away, crawfish, crawfish_out, pull_in_one's_horns, [ withdraw, noun.person:withdrawer2,+ noun.person:withdrawer1,+ noun.act:withdrawal,+ ] frames: 2 (make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns") }
{ [ revoke, noun.act:revocation,+ ] [ annul, noun.act:annulment1,+ ] lift, [ countermand, noun.communication:countermand,+ ] [ reverse, adj.all:revocable^reversible,+ noun.relation:reverse,+ noun.cognition:reversal,+ ] [ repeal, noun.act:repeal,+ ] overturn, [ rescind, noun.act:recission,+ noun.act:rescission,+ ] [ vacate, noun.act:vacation1,+ ] verb.social:cancel,@ frames: 8,11 (cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence") }
{ [ renege, noun.act:renege,+ frames: 2] renege_on, renegue_on, go_back_on, promise,* revoke,@ frames: 8 (fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise") }
{ cancel1, invalidate, mark,@ frames: 8 (make invalid for use; "cancel cheques or tickets") }
{ [ bracket, noun.communication:bracket1,+ noun.communication:bracket,+ ] bracket_out, verb.change:edit,@ frames: 8 (place into brackets; "Please bracket this remark") }
{ cross_off, cross_out, strike_out, strike_off, mark1, verb.change:take_away,@ frames: 8 (remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list") }
{ [ dismiss, adj.all:uninterested^dismissive,+ ] [ disregard, noun.cognition:disregard,+ noun.act:disregard1,+ ] brush_aside, [brush_off1, noun.act:brush-off,+] discount, push_aside, ignore, verb.cognition:reject,@ frames: 8,9 (bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances") }
{ [ recount2, noun.act:recount,+ ] count,@ frames: 8 (count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made")}
{ pass_off, dismiss,@ frames: 8 (disregard; "She passed off the insult") }
{ [ dismiss2, noun.act:dismissal1,+ ] throw_out1, frames: 8 (cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration; "This case is dismissed!")}
{ [ scoff1, noun.communication:scoff,+ noun.person:scoffer,+ noun.communication:scoffing,+ ] [ flout1, noun.person:flouter,+ ] disregard,@ frames: 8 (treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules") }
{ turn_a_blind_eye2, ignore,@ frames: 2,22 (refuse to acknowledge; "He turns a blind eye to the injustices in his office") }
{ laugh_off, laugh_away, dismiss,@ frames: 8 (deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it; "She laughs away all these problems") }
{ [ permit, adj.all:permissible,+ adj.all:permissive1,+ noun.act:permit,+ noun.communication:permit2,+ noun.act:permission,+ forbid,! ] [ allow, adj.all:admissible^allowable,+ disallow,!] let2, [ countenance, noun.communication:countenance,+ ] verb.possession:allow,$ consent,@ frames: 8,24 (consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam") }
{ [ allow6, noun.attribute:allowance,+ noun.act:allowance,+ ] [ permit6, adj.all:permissive1,+ noun.act:permit,+ noun.communication:permit2,+ ] tolerate1, permit,@ frames: 8,9 (allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting; "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital") }
{ [ authorize, noun.attribute:authorization2,+ noun.person:authorizer,+ ] [ authorise, noun.attribute:authorisation2,+ noun.act:authorisation,+ noun.person:authoriser,+ ] [ pass, noun.communication:pass1,+ ] [ clear1, noun.act:clearance,+ ] permit,@ frames: 8,24 (grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography") }
{ [ approbate, noun.state:approval,+ noun.communication:approval,+ noun.act:approval2,+ noun.feeling:approbation,+ noun.communication:approbation,+ ] authorize,@ frames: 8 (approve or sanction officially) }
{ [ certificate, noun.possession:certificate,+ noun.communication:certificate,+ ] authorize,@ frames: 8,26 (authorize by certificate) }
{ [ assent, adj.all:affirmative^assentient,+ noun.communication:assent,+ dissent,! noun.person:assenter,+ ] [ accede1, noun.communication:accession2,+ ] [ acquiesce, adj.all:obedient^acquiescent,+ noun.state:acquiescence,+ noun.communication:acquiescence,+ ] agree1,@ frames: 2,22 (to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore") }
{ [ yield, noun.communication:yielding1,+ ] give_in1, succumb, knuckle_under, buckle_under, consent,@ frames: 2,27 (consent reluctantly) }
{ [ dissent, adj.all:negative1^dissentient,+ assent,! ] disagree,@ frames: 2 (withhold assent; "Several Republicans dissented") }
{ [ disagree, noun.state:disagreement,+ noun.communication:disagreement,+ agree,! frames: 13] [ differ, noun.communication:difference,+ ] [ dissent1, adj.all:negative1^dissentient,+ noun.communication:dissent3,+ noun.communication:dissent2,+ noun.state:dissension,+ noun.communication:dissension,+ noun.person:dissenter,+ ] take_issue, frames: 2,1 (be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions") }
{ [ clash, noun.state:clash,+ ] disagree,@ frames: 2,13 (disagree violently; "We clashed over the new farm policies")}
{ [ agree, adj.all:accordant^agreeable,+ noun.communication:agreement,+ disagree,! ] hold15, [ concur, noun.communication:concurrence,+ ] [ concord, noun.communication:concord,+ noun.communication:concordance2,+ ] agree4,$ frames: 2,13,28,26 (be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point")}
{ see_eye_to_eye, agree,@ frames: 2,22 (be in agreement; "We never saw eye to eye on this question") }
{ [ concede1, adj.pert:concessive,+ noun.communication:concession2,+ noun.communication:conceding,+ frames: 2] [ yield1, noun.communication:yielding,+ frames: 2] grant, agree,@ frames: 8,14,15,27,26 (be willing to concede; "I grant you this much")}
{ [ subscribe3, noun.person:subscriber2,+ ] [ support, noun.act:support,+ ] approve,* agree,@ frames: 22 (adopt as a belief; "I subscribe to your view on abortion") }
{ [ approve, adj.all:favorable2^approbative,+ noun.communication:approbation,+ noun.person:approver,+ noun.act:approval2,+ disapprove,! ] [ O.K., noun.communication:ok,+ ] [ okay, noun.communication:okay,+ ] [ sanction1, noun.communication:sanction,+ ] authorize,@ frames: 8,22 (give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies") }
{ [ sanction2, noun.act:sanction2,+ ] approve,@ frames: 8,11 (give religious sanction to, such as through on oath; "sanctify the marriage")}
{ visa1, approve,@ frames: 8 (approve officially; "The list of speakers must be visaed") }
{ [ disapprove, noun.act:disapproval,+ approve,! ] [ reject, adj.all:rejective,+ noun.act:rejection,+ ] verb.cognition:judge,@ frames: 22,2 (deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods") }
{ [ object, noun.communication:objection1,+ noun.act:objection1,+ noun.person:objector,+ frames: 2] disapprove,@ frames: 12,22,26 (express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license")}
{ [ demur, noun.communication:demur,+ noun.communication:demurrer1,+ noun.communication:demurrer,+ ] [ except, noun.communication:exception,+ ] object,@ frames: 2,22 (take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday") }
{ [ challenge2, noun.communication:challenge2,+ ] take_exception3, object,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 22 (raise a formal objection in a court of law) }
{ [ challenge3, noun.communication:challenge3,+ ] verb.motion:stop,* request1,@ frames: 9 (ask for identification; "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard") }
{ counterchallenge, challenge,@ frames: 8,11 (challenge in turn; "The authentication was counterchallenged") }
{ [ cavil, noun.person:caviller,+ noun.person:caviler,+ noun.communication:cavil,+ ] [ carp, noun.person:carper,+ ] chicane, object,@ frames: 2,22 (raise trivial objections) }
{ [ interview, noun.communication:interview1,+ noun.person:interviewee,+ noun.person:interviewer,+ ] [ question9, noun.communication:question,+ ] converse,@ frames: 9 (conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting) }
{ check_out1, sound_out, feel_out, question,@ frames: 9 (try to learn someone's opinions and intentions; "I have to sound out the new professor") }
{ [ interview1, noun.communication:interview1,+ noun.person:interviewee,+ ] converse,@ frames: 9 (discuss formally with (somebody) for the purpose of an evaluation; "We interviewed the job candidates") }
{ [ interview2, noun.communication:interview1,+ ] apply,* converse,@ frames: 2,22 (go for an interview in the hope of being hired; "The job candidate interviewed everywhere") }
{ [ hedge, noun.communication:hedge,+ noun.person:hedger2,+ noun.communication:hedging,+ ] fudge, [ evade, noun.act:evasion1,+ ] put_off3, [ circumvent, noun.act:circumvention,+ ] parry, elude, skirt, [ dodge, noun.communication:dodge,+ noun.person:dodger,+ noun.act:dodging1,+ noun.act:dodging,+ ] duck, sidestep, avoid,@ frames: 8 (avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully") }
{ beg2, evade,@ frames: 8 (dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion")}
{ [ quibble1, noun.communication:quibble,+ noun.person:quibbler,+ ] evade,@ frames: 2 (evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections)}
{ miss, [ escape, noun.act:escape3,+ noun.act:escape1,+ ] avoid,@ frames: 8,9 (fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane")}
{ get_off, get_away, get_by, get_out3, [ escape4, noun.act:escape1,+ ] avoid,@ frames: 2,22 (escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities") }
{ evade3, escape4,@ frames: 2 (use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid; "The con man always evades")}
{ [ bypass, noun.artifact:bypass,+ ] short-circuit, go_around1, get_around1, avoid,@ frames: 8,9 (avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!") }
{ [ avoid, noun.act:avoidance,+ confront,!] frames: 8,9 (stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her") }
{ keep_off, stay_off, avoid,@ frames: 9 (refrain from entering or walking onto; "keep off the grass"; "stay off the premises")}
{ shirk, avoid,@ frames: 8,9 (avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties") }
{ shy_away_from, avoid,@ frames: 8,33 (avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task; "I shy away from this task") }
{ [ shun, noun.act:shunning,+ ] eschew, avoid,@ frames: 9,8 (avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of) }
{ [ confront, avoid,! ] [face_up3, frames: 22] face, verb.social:approach,@ frames: 8,9 (deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes") }
{ [ debate, adj.all:controversial^debatable,+ adj.all:contestable^debatable,+ noun.communication:debate1,+ noun.communication:debate,+ noun.person:debater,+ ] [ deliberate, adj.all:thoughtful^deliberative,+ noun.communication:deliberation,+ noun.cognition:deliberation1,+ noun.attribute:deliberation,+ ] discuss,@ frames: 2,8 (discuss the pros and cons of an issue) }
{ vex4, debate,@ frames: 8 (subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation; "vex the subject of the death penalty")}
{ [ consider2, noun.communication:consideration,+ noun.cognition:consideration,+ ] debate2, moot, [turn_over, frames: 8] [ deliberate1, noun.communication:deliberation,+ noun.cognition:deliberation1,+ noun.attribute:deliberation,+ ] verb.perception:consider,$ discuss,@ frames: 2,26,21,29 (think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind") }
{ wrestle, consider2,@ frames: 22 (engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years") }
{ bandy, kick_around, discuss,@ frames: 8 (discuss lightly; "We bandied around these difficult questions") }
{ [ moderate, noun.person:moderator1,+ ] [ chair, noun.person:chair,+ ] [ lead1, noun.act:lead1,+ ] discuss,@ frames: 2,8 (preside over; "John moderated the discussion") }
{ hash_out, [ discuss, noun.communication:discussion,+ noun.person:discussant,+ ] talk_over, talk_of,@ frames: 2,8,9 (speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget") }
{ [ blaspheme1, noun.person:blasphemer,+ ] blaspheme,$ talk_of,@ frames: 9 (speak of in an irreverent or impious manner; "blaspheme God")}
{ hold_forth, discourse, [ dissertate, noun.communication:dissertation,+ ] talk1,@ frames: 13 (talk at length and formally about a topic; "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England") }
{ [ refute, noun.communication:refutation,+ noun.cognition:refutation,+ noun.person:refuter,+ ] [ rebut, noun.communication:rebutter,+ noun.person:rebutter,+ noun.communication:rebuttal,+ ] renounce,@ frames: 8,9,11 (overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments") }
{ [ answer6, noun.communication:answer3,+ ] refute,@ frames: 8 (give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument); "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution") }
{ [ counter, noun.communication:counter,+ ] answer,@ frames: 2,26 (speak in response; "He countered with some very persuasive arguments") }
{ field, answer,@ frames: 8 (answer adequately or successfully; "The lawyer fielded all questions from the press") }
{ [ answer, noun.communication:answer1,+ noun.communication:answer,+ noun.person:answerer,+ ] [ reply, noun.communication:reply,+ noun.communication:reply1,+ ] [ respond, noun.person:responder,+ noun.person:respondent,+ ] state,@ frames: 2,27,26,9 (react verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation") }
{ [ sass, noun.communication:sassing,+ ] answer,@ frames: 2 (answer back in an impudent or insolent manner; "don't sass me!"; "The teacher punished the students who were sassing all morning")}
{ [ retort, noun.communication:retort,+ ] [come_back1, noun.communication:comeback,+] repay, [ return1, noun.communication:return2,+ ] [ riposte, noun.communication:riposte,+ ] rejoin, answer,@ frames: 2,26 (answer back) }
{ [ deny, noun.person:denier,+ noun.communication:denial1,+ admit,! ] negate,@ frames: 8,26 (declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money") }
{ [ repudiate4, adj.all:rejective^repudiative,+ noun.act:repudiation,+ ] deny,@ frames: 8 (reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations")}
{ [ deny1, noun.person:denier,+ ] renounce,@ frames: 8,26 (refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness") }
{ [ deny4, noun.person:denier,+ ] disavow,@ frames: 8,9 (refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus") }
{ [ admit, noun.communication:admission,+ deny,!] [ acknowledge, adj.all:identifiable^acknowledgeable,+ noun.state:acknowledgment,+ ] declare4,@ frames: 8,26 (declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten") }
{ make_no_bones_about, admit,@ frames: 22 (acknowledge freely and openly; "He makes no bones about the fact that he is gay")}
{ make_a_clean_breast_of, own_up, fess_up, confess1,@ frames: 2 (admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error; "the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting")}
{ [ superannuate, noun.attribute:superannuation,+ ] declare4,@ frames: 8,9 (declare to be obsolete) }
{ [ bastardize, noun.communication:bastardization,+ noun.person:bastard1,+ ] [ bastardise, noun.person:bastard1,+ ] declare4,@ frames: 9 (declare a child to be illegitimate) }
{ [ sustain, adj.pert:sustainable,+ ] admit,@ frames: 8 (admit as valid; "The court sustained the motion") }
{ concede, [ profess2, noun.communication:profession,+ ] [ confess1, noun.communication:confession1,+ noun.communication:confession,+ noun.person:confessor1,+ ] admit,@ frames: 8,26 (admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money") }
{ [ confess3, noun.act:confession,+ noun.person:confessor,+ ] admit,@ frames: 2 (confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith) }
{ [ insist, noun.communication:insistence,+ ] take_a_firm_stand, frames: 13,2 (be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!") }
{ stand_pat, stand_firm, hold_firm, stand_fast, insist,@ frames: 2,13 (refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief) }
{ hunker_down, stand_firm,@ frames: 2 (hold stubbornly to a position; "The wife hunkered down and the husband's resistance began to break down")}
{ [ confess, noun.communication:confession1,+ noun.communication:confession,+ noun.person:confessor1,+ ] [ squeal, noun.person:squealer,+ ] [fink, noun.person:fink,+] admit,@ frames: 2,22 (confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure) }
{ profess, claim,@ frames: 8 (practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry")}
{ [ avow1, noun.person:avower,+ disavow,! ] avouch, admit,@ frames: 8 (admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about) }
{ [ disavow, noun.communication:disavowal,+ avow1,! ] deny,@ frames: 8 (refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children") }
{ [ attest, noun.communication:attestation1,+ noun.person:attestant1,+ noun.person:attester,+ ] attest4,$ affirm,@ frames: 22,8,26 (authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity; "I attest this signature")}
{ [ attest4, noun.communication:attestation1,+ ] attest1,$ show3,@ frames: 11 (establish or verify the usage of; "This word is not attested until 1993") }
{ [ declare1, adj.all:declarative,+ adj.all:declaratory,+ noun.person:declarer1,+ ] affirm,@ frames: 8,26 (state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent") }
{ [ attest1, noun.communication:attestation1,+ ] [ certify, noun.communication:certification,+ ] [ manifest, noun.communication:manifestation1,+ noun.communication:manifestation,+ ] [ demonstrate, adj.all:instructive^demonstrative,+ ] [ evidence, noun.communication:evidence1,+ ] testify2,@ frames: 8,11 (provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness") }
{ reflect, evidence,@ frames: 4 (give evidence of the quality of; "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student")}
{ reflect1, reflect,$ evidence,@ frames: 4 (give evidence of a certain behavior; "His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him")}
{ mirror, reflect,@ frames: 11 (reflect or resemble; "The plane crash in Milan mirrored the attack in the World Trade Center")}
{ [ notarize, noun.person:notary,+ ] notarise, certify,@ frames: 8 (authenticate as a notary; "We had to have the signature notarized")}
{ [ certify1, adj.all:insane^certifiable,+ ] declare4,@ frames: 9 (declare legally insane) }
{ [ declare4, adj.all:declarative,+ ] adjudge, hold11, verb.cognition:judge,@ frames: 5,14 (declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent") }
{ [ call8, noun.act:call,+ ] call6,$ declare4,@ frames: 14 (declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; "call a runner out") }
{ [ beatify, noun.act:beatification,+ ] declare4,@ frames: 9 (declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican") }
{ [ canonize, noun.act:canonization,+ noun.communication:canon3,+ ] [canonise, noun.act:canonisation,+ noun.communication:canon3,+ ] [ saint, noun.person:saint3,+ ] declare4,@ noun.group:religion,;c frames: 9 (declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized")}
{ [ contradict, adj.all:incompatible1^contradictory,+ adj.all:antonymous^contradictory,+ noun.communication:contradiction,+ ] [ negate, adj.all:negative1,+ noun.communication:negation1,+ noun.communication:negation,+ ] contravene, disagree,@ frames: 8 (deny the truth of) }
{ [ reprimand, noun.communication:reprimand,+ ] [ censure, noun.communication:censure,+ ] criminate1, criticize,@ frames: 9 (rebuke formally) }
{ savage, blast2, pillory2, crucify3, criticize,@ frames: 8,9 (criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage") }
{ [ admonish, adj.all:unfavorable2^admonitory,+ noun.communication:admonishment,+ noun.communication:admonition,+ ] [ reprove, noun.person:reprover,+ noun.communication:reproval,+ ] [reproof, noun.communication:reproof,+] criticize,@ frames: 9 (take to task; "He admonished the child for his bad behavior") }
{ [ chastise, noun.communication:chastisement,+ noun.act:chastisement,+ ] [ castigate, noun.communication:castigation,+ noun.act:castigation,+ ] [ objurgate1, noun.communication:objurgation,+ ] chasten, [ correct, adj.all:nonindulgent^corrective,+ ] rebuke,@ frames: 9 (censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks") }
{ flame, chastise,@ frames: 9 (criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium; "the person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed") }
{ call_on_the_carpet, take_to_task, [ rebuke, noun.person:rebuker,+ noun.communication:rebuke,+ ] rag, trounce, [ lecture, noun.communication:lecture1,+ ] [ reprimand1, noun.communication:reprimand,+ ] [jaw1, frames: 22] dress_down, call_down, [ scold, noun.person:scolder,+ noun.communication:scolding,+ ] [ chide, noun.communication:chiding,+ ] berate, bawl_out, [remonstrate4, frames: 22] chew_out, chew_up, [have_words, frames: 22] lambaste, lambast, criticize,@ frames: 9 (censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup")}
{ [ represent10, noun.communication:representation2,+ ] point_out2,@ frames: 8 (point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution")}
{ tell_off, brush_down, scold,@ frames: 9 (reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off") }
{ lip_off, shoot_one's_mouth_off, speak,@ frames: 2 (speak spontaneously and without restraint; "She always shoots her mouth off and says things she later regrets") }
{ [ reproach, noun.person:reproacher,+ ] [ upbraid, noun.person:upbraider,+ noun.communication:upbraiding,+ ] accuse,@ frames: 9 (express criticism towards; "The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior") }
{ [ reprehend, adj.all:wrong1^reprehensible,+ noun.communication:reprehension,+ ] criticize,@ frames: 9 (express strong disapproval of) }
{ deplore, criticize,@ frames: 8 (express strong disapproval of; "We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners") }
{ knock2, [ criticize, noun.person:critic2,+ noun.person:critic1,+ noun.person:critic,+ praise,! ] [ criticise, noun.communication:criticism1,+ noun.communication:criticism,+ noun.cognition:criticism,+ ] pick_apart, verb.cognition:judge,* comment,@ frames: 8,9 (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free") }
{ [ animadvert1, noun.communication:animadversion,+ ] censure,@ frames: 2 (express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark)}
{ belabor2, belabour2, criticize,@ frames: 9 (attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students") }
{ come_down12, criticize,@ frames: 22 (criticize or reprimand harshly; "The critics came down hard on the new play") }
{ troll1, praise,@ frames: 8,9 (praise or celebrate in song; "All tongues shall troll you") }
{ [ preach, noun.communication:preaching1,+ ] [ advocate1, noun.person:advocator,+ noun.person:advocate,+ noun.act:advocacy,+ ] urge,@ frames: 27,26,24 (speak, plead, or argue in favor of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house") }
{ [ preach2, noun.communication:preachment,+ noun.person:preacher,+ noun.communication:preaching,+ ] prophesy1, lecture1,@ frames: 2,12,13 (deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday") }
{ [ evangelize, noun.communication:evangelism,+ ] [ evangelise, noun.communication:evangelism,+ ] preach2,@ frames: 2,9 (preach the gospel (to)) }
{ [ sermonize, noun.person:sermonizer,+ noun.communication:sermon1,+ noun.communication:sermon,+ ] [ sermonise, noun.person:sermoniser,+ noun.communication:sermon1,+ noun.communication:sermon,+ ] [ preachify, noun.communication:preachification,+ ] [ moralize, noun.communication:moralization,+ noun.communication:moralizing,+ ] [ moralise, noun.communication:moralisation,+ ] preach,@ frames: 2 (speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements; "This man always sermonizes") }
{ pontificate, talk1,@ frames: 2 (talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner; "The new professor always pontificates") }
{ [ orate, noun.person:orator,+ ] talk1,@ frames: 2 (talk pompously) }
{ bloviate, orate,@ frames: 2 (orate verbosely and windily) }
{ [ teach, adj.all:tractable^teachable,+ noun.person:teacher,+ noun.cognition:teacher,+ noun.act:teaching1,+ frames: 2,14,15] learn, [ instruct, adj.all:instructive,+ noun.act:instruction1,+ noun.person:instructor,+ ] verb.cognition:learn,> inform,@ frames: 9,10,26,24 (impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat") }
{ [ induct, noun.act:induction3,+ noun.act:induction,+ ] teach,@ frames: 9 (introduce or initiate; "The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession")}
{ mentor, teach,@ frames: 2,9 (serve as a teacher or trusted counselor; "The famous professor mentored him during his years in graduate school"; "She is a fine lecturer but she doesn't like mentoring")}
{ [ tutor, noun.act:tutelage,+ ] teach,@ frames: 9 (be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction; "She tutored me in Spanish") }
{ unteach, teach,@ frames: 14 (cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier) }
{ unteach1, verb.cognition:unlearn,> teach,@ frames: 24 (cause to unlearn; "teach somebody to unlearn old habits or methods") }
{ ground, instruct,@ frames: 9 (instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject) }
{ [ lecture1, noun.act:lecture,+ noun.communication:lecture,+ noun.person:lecturer1,+ noun.person:lecturer,+ ] [ talk5, noun.communication:talk2,+ noun.person:talker,+ ] teach,@ frames: 2,12,13 (deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?") }
{ instruct2, apprise1, apprize, inform,@ frames: 9,24 (make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?")}
{ [ brief, noun.communication:brief,+ noun.communication:briefing,+ ] instruct2,@ frames: 9 (give essential information to someone; "The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade") }
{ [ debrief, noun.communication:debriefing,+ ] question,@ frames: 9 (put someone through a debriefing and make him report; "The released hostages were debriefed") }
{ [ inform, adj.all:informative4,+ adj.all:informative2,+ adj.all:informative,+ adj.all:informatory,+ noun.group:information,+ noun.communication:information,+ noun.cognition:information,+ noun.person:informant1,+ noun.person:informant,+ noun.communication:informing,+ ] communicate,@ frames: 22 (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights") }
{ inoculate, inform,@ frames: 9 (introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs")}
{ acquaint2, inform,@ frames: 20 (inform; "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move")}
{ [ warn2, noun.person:warner,+ ] inform,@ frames: 9 (notify, usually in advance; "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions")}
{ warn3, tell2,@ frames: 20 (ask to go away; "The old man warned the children off his property")}
{ [ inform10, noun.person:informer,+ noun.communication:informing1,+ ] inform,@ frames: 2,22 (act as an informer; "She had informed on her own parents for years") }
{ fill_in, inform,@ frames: 9 (supply with information on a specific topic; "He filled me in on the latest developments") }
{ [ update, noun.communication:update,+ noun.act:updating,+ ] inform,@ frames: 9,10 (bring up to date; supply with recent information) }
{ [ coach, noun.person:coach1,+ noun.act:coaching,+ ] [ train, noun.person:trainer,+ noun.act:training,+ ] verb.body:train,$ teach,@ frames: 9,24 (teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports; "He is training our Olympic team"; "She is coaching the crew") }
{ [ misinform, noun.communication:misinformation,+ ] [ mislead, noun.person:misleader,+ ] inform,@ frames: 9,10 (give false or misleading information to) }
{ [ lie, noun.communication:lie,+ noun.person:liar,+ noun.act:lying,+ ] misinform,@ frames: 2,27 (tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29") }
{ [ romance, noun.communication:romance1,+ noun.attribute:romance,+ ] lie,@ frames: 2 (tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country") }
{ [ perjure, noun.person:perjurer,+ noun.act:perjury,+ ] lie,@ swear,* frames: 9 (knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury) }
{ [ suborn, noun.communication:subornation1,+ ] perjure,> induce,@ frames: 9 (induce to commit perjury or give false testimony; "The President tried to suborn false witnesses")}
{ [ suborn1, noun.communication:subornation1,+ ] suborn,$ verb.possession:procure,@ frames: 8 (procure (false testimony or perjury))}
{ [ fib, noun.person:fibber,+ noun.act:fibbing,+ noun.communication:fib,+ ] lie,@ frames: 2 (tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying") }
{ beat_around_the_bush, [ equivocate, noun.communication:equivocation,+ noun.attribute:equivocation,+ noun.act:equivocation,+ noun.person:equivocator,+ ] [ tergiversate1, noun.act:tergiversation,+ ] [ prevaricate, noun.communication:prevarication,+ noun.attribute:prevarication,+ noun.act:prevarication,+ noun.person:prevaricator,+ ] [ palter, noun.act:paltering,+ ] misinform,@ frames: 2,22 (be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information) }
{ [ falsify, noun.act:falsification2,+ noun.state:falsity,+ noun.communication:falsity,+ noun.person:falsifier,+ ] [ distort, noun.phenomenon:distortion1,+ noun.act:distortion1,+ noun.act:distortion,+ ] garble, [ warp, noun.state:warp,+ noun.event:warping,+ ] misrepresent,@ frames: 8 (make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story)}
{ [ typify, noun.act:typification,+ ] [ symbolize, noun.cognition:symbolization,+ noun.person:symbolizer,+ noun.act:symbolizing,+ noun.communication:symbol,+ noun.cognition:symbol,+ ] [ symbolise, noun.cognition:symbolisation,+ noun.person:symboliser,+ noun.communication:symbol,+ noun.cognition:symbol,+ ] stand_for1, [ represent2, adj.all:representative,+ noun.cognition:representation,+ ] mean1,@ frames: 11 (express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?") }
{ [ misrepresent, noun.communication:misrepresentation,+ ] belie, represent,@ frames: 8,11 (represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions")}
{ tinge13, color, colour3, distort1, verb.change:affect,@ frames: 11 (affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life") }
{ color1, colour4, [ gloss2, noun.attribute:gloss1,+ ] excuse1,@ frames: 8 (give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie") }
{ [ pose13, noun.person:poser1,+ frames: 22] [ impersonate, noun.act:impersonation1,+ noun.act:impersonation,+ noun.person:impersonator,+ ] [ personate, noun.act:personation1,+ noun.act:personation,+ ] deceive,@ frames: 9 (pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter") }
{ [ masquerade, noun.act:masquerade,+ ] pose13,@ frames: 22 (pretend to be someone or something that you are not; "he is masquerading as an expert on the internet"; "This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty") }
{ [ bluff, noun.communication:bluff,+ noun.person:bluffer,+ ] verb.emotion:frighten,@ frames: 2,30 (frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is) }
{ [ feign, noun.communication:feigning,+ ] [ sham, noun.artifact:sham,+ noun.person:shammer1,+ noun.person:shammer,+ ] [ pretend, noun.person:pretender,+ noun.communication:pretense,+ noun.act:pretense,+ noun.act:pretending,+ ] affect, [ dissemble, noun.person:dissembler,+ noun.communication:dissembling,+ ] misrepresent,@ frames: 8,28,26 (make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache") }
{ [make9, frames: 22] [ pretend1, noun.act:pretend,+ ] [ make_believe1, noun.act:make-believe,+ ] pretend,$ verb.creation:act,@ frames: 26 (represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress") }
{ go_through_the_motions, pretend1,@ frames: 2 (pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it; "She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions")}
{ play_possum, pretend,@ frames: 2 (to pretend to be dead) }
{ take_a_dive, pretend,@ frames: 2 (pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer) }
{ bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull_the_wool_over_someone's_eyes, lead_by_the_nose, play_false, deceive,@ frames: 9 (conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well") }
{ talk_through_one's_hat, [ bullshit, noun.communication:bullshit,+ ] [ bull, noun.communication:bull,+ ] [ fake, noun.artifact:fake,+ noun.person:faker,+ ] pretend,@ frames: 2,13 (speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it") }
{ [ overstate, noun.communication:overstatement,+ understate,! ] [ exaggerate, noun.communication:exaggeration1,+ noun.communication:exaggeration,+ noun.act:exaggeration,+ ] overdraw, [ hyperbolize, noun.communication:hyperbole,+ ] hyperbolise, [ magnify, noun.communication:magnification,+ ] amplify, misinform,@ frames: 8 (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery") }
{ soft-pedal, verb.change:play_down,@ frames: 8,11 (play down or obscure; "His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder") }
{ [ trivialize, adj.all:unimportant^trivial,+ adj.all:insignificant^trivial,+ ] trivialise, understate,@ frames: 8 (make trivial or insignificant; "Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!") }
{ overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress, exaggerate,@ frames: 8,26 (place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book")}
{ re-emphasise, re-emphasize, emphasize,@ frames: 8,26 (emphasize anew; "The director re-emphasized the need for greater productivity")}
{ bear_down12, emphasize,@ frames: 22 (pay special attention to; "The lectures bore down on the political background") }
{ [ understate, noun.communication:understatement,+ overstate,! ] [ minimize1, noun.act:minimization,+ noun.quantity:minimum,+ ] [ minimise1, noun.act:minimisation,+ noun.quantity:minimum,+ ] downplay, inform,@ frames: 8 (represent as less significant or important) }
{ [ sandbag2, noun.person:sandbagger,+ ] understate,* mislead,@ frames: 9 (downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling)}
{ [ denounce, noun.communication:denouncement,+ ] criticize,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (speak out against; "He denounced the Nazis") }
{ [ fulminate, noun.communication:fulmination,+ ] rail4, denounce,@ frames: 22 (criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies") }
{ denounce1, tell_on, [ betray, noun.person:betrayer1,+ ] give_away1, [ rat9, noun.person:rat2,+ noun.person:ratter,+ noun.communication:ratting,+ frames: 22] [grass9, frames: 22] [ shit9, noun.process:shit,+ noun.substance:shit,+ frames: 22] [shop9, frames: 22] [ snitch9, noun.person:snitch,+ noun.person:snitcher,+ frames: 22] [stag9, frames: 22] inform,@ frames: 9 (give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam") }
{ denounce2, announce,@ frames: 8 (announce the termination of, as of treaties) }
{ [ blame, adj.all:guilty^blameable,+ adj.all:guilty^blamable,+ noun.communication:blame1,+ absolve,! ] [ fault, noun.attribute:fault1,+ noun.act:fault,+ ] charge2,@ frames: 8,9,10,11,17 (put or pin the blame on) }
{ [ blame1, noun.communication:blame,+ ] [ find_fault10, noun.person:faultfinder,+ frames: 22] [pick9, frames: 22] criticize,@ frames: 9,8 (harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother")}
{ [ accuse, adj.all:inculpatory^accusive,+ adj.all:inculpatory^accusative,+ adj.all:inculpatory^accusatory,+ noun.communication:accusation,+ noun.person:accuser,+ noun.communication:accusal,+ ] impeach, [ incriminate, noun.communication:incrimination,+ noun.act:crime,+ ] [ criminate, adj.all:inculpatory^criminative,+ adj.all:inculpatory^criminatory,+ noun.act:crime,+ ] charge2,@ frames: 9,18 (bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse") }
{ [ charge2, noun.communication:charge4,+ noun.communication:charge,+ frames: 17] [ accuse1, adj.all:inculpatory^accusive,+ adj.all:inculpatory^accusative,+ adj.all:inculpatory^accusatory,+ noun.communication:accusation1,+ noun.person:accuser,+ noun.communication:accusal,+ ] frames: 9 (blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference") }
{ arraign, accuse,@ frames: 10,9 (accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy) }
{ [ charge3, noun.communication:charge4,+ ] claim,@ frames: 26 (make an accusatory claim; "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased") }
{ tax, charge3,@ frames: 17 (make a charge against or accuse; "They taxed him failure to appear in court")}
{ [ complain1, noun.communication:complaint4,+ noun.communication:complaint3,+ noun.person:complainant,+ ] charge3,@ frames: 26 (make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge; "The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client")}
{ [ recriminate, adj.all:inculpatory^recriminative,+ adj.all:inculpatory^recriminatory,+ ] incriminate,@ frames: 9 (return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return) }
{ [ impeach1, noun.communication:impeachment,+ ] charge,@ frames: 9 (charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office; "The President was impeached") }
{ [ nag, noun.person:nag,+ noun.person:nagger,+ ] peck, hen-peck, complain,@ frames: 2,9 (bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long")}
{ dun, demand,@ frames: 9 (persistently ask for overdue payment; "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone") }
{ [ abuse, adj.all:offensive2^abusive,+ noun.communication:abuse,+ noun.person:abuser,+ ] clapperclaw, blackguard, [shout12, frames: 22] attack,@ frames: 9 (use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher") }
{ [ slang, noun.communication:slang1,+ ] abuse,@ frames: 9 (abuse with coarse language) }
{ claw, attack,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (attack as if with claws; "The politician clawed his rival") }
{ [ disparage, noun.communication:disparagement,+ noun.act:disparagement,+ noun.person:disparager,+ flatter,! ] belittle, pick_at, criticize,@ frames: 8,9 (express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts") }
{ [ nitpick, noun.person:nitpicker,+ ] criticize,@ frames: 2 (be overly critical; criticize minor details) }
{ pan, tear_apart, trash, disparage,@ frames: 8,9 (express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance") }
{ [ defame, adj.all:harmful^defamatory,+ noun.communication:defamation,+ noun.act:defamation1,+ noun.person:defamer,+ ] [ slander, noun.act:slander1,+ noun.communication:slander,+ noun.person:slanderer,+ ] [ smirch, noun.act:smirch,+ ] [ asperse, noun.communication:aspersion,+ noun.act:aspersion,+ ] [ denigrate1, adj.all:harmful^denigratory,+ noun.act:denigration1,+ ] [ calumniate, noun.communication:calumny,+ noun.act:calumny1,+ ] [ smear, noun.communication:smear,+ ] sully, besmirch, charge2,@ frames: 9,10 (charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!"; "The article in the paper sullied my reputation") }
{ [ assassinate, noun.communication:assassination1,+ ] defame,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; "He assassinated his enemy's character")}
{ blackwash, disclose,@ frames: 9,10 (bring (information) out of concealment) }
{ [ discredit, noun.state:discredit,+ ] [ disgrace, noun.state:disgrace,+ ] disparage,@ frames: 9,8,10 (damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians") }
{ [ libel, noun.person:libeler,+ noun.communication:libel,+ ] defame,@ frames: 9,10 (print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him") }
{ [ vilify, noun.communication:vilification1,+ noun.communication:vilification,+ noun.person:vilifier,+ ] [ revile, noun.communication:revilement,+ ] [ vituperate, adj.all:critical1^vituperative,+ noun.communication:vituperation,+ frames: 2] [rail1, frames: 2] abuse,@ frames: 9,8 (spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews")}
{ badmouth, [ malign, noun.communication:malignment,+ noun.person:maligner,+ ] [ traduce, noun.communication:traducement,+ noun.person:traducer,+ ] drag_through_the_mud, slander,@ frames: 8,9 (speak unfavorably about; "She badmouths her husband everywhere") }
{ diss, [ insult, noun.act:insult,+ noun.communication:insult,+ ] [ affront, noun.act:affront,+ ] verb.emotion:offend,@ frames: 9,10 (treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone") }
{ [mind, frames: 2] object,@ frames: 8,26 (be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by; "I don't mind your behavior") }
{ bristle_at, bridle_at, [bridle_up, frames: 2] [bristle_up, frames: 2] mind,@ frames: 8 (show anger or indignation; "She bristled at his insolent remarks") }
{ [ mock, noun.person:mocker,+ noun.communication:mockery,+ ] bemock, verb.social:treat,@ frames: 9,10,8 (treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles") }
{ [ mock1, noun.person:mocker,+ noun.act:mock,+ ] verb.creation:imitate,@ frames: 8,9,11,10 (imitate with mockery and derision; "The children mocked their handicapped classmate") }
{ [ caricature, noun.communication:caricature,+ ] ape, mock1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President") }
{ [ impersonate1, noun.cognition:persona,+ noun.communication:impersonation,+ ] mock1,@ frames: 9 (represent another person with comic intentions) }
{ [ spoof, noun.communication:spoof,+ ] [ burlesque, noun.communication:burlesque,+ noun.communication:burlesque1,+ ] [ parody, noun.person:parodist,+ noun.communication:parody,+ ] mock1,@ frames: 8,9 (make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers") }
{ [ jeer, noun.person:jeerer,+ noun.communication:jeer,+ noun.communication:jeering,+ ] [ scoff, noun.communication:scoff,+ noun.person:scoffer,+ noun.communication:scoffing,+ ] [ flout, noun.person:flouter,+ ] barrack, [ gibe, noun.communication:gibe,+ ] taunt,@ frames: 22 (laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker") }
{ [ tease, noun.act:tease,+ noun.person:tease,+ noun.person:teaser,+ noun.act:teasing,+ ] [ razz, noun.communication:razzing,+ ] rag1, cod, [ tantalize, noun.person:tantalizer,+ noun.person:tantalus,+ noun.act:tantalization,+ ] [ tantalise, noun.person:tantaliser,+ noun.person:tantalus,+ ] bait, [ taunt, noun.act:taunting,+ noun.act:taunt,+ ] [ twit, noun.act:twit,+ ] rally, ride, mock,@ frames: 9 (harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie")}
{ pull_the_leg_of, kid1, fool1,@ frames: 9 (tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my leg?")}
{ [ incite, adj.all:provocative^incitive,+ noun.act:incitement2,+ noun.motive:incitation,+ noun.act:incitation,+ noun.person:inciter,+ ] [ instigate, adj.all:provocative^instigative,+ noun.act:instigation,+ noun.person:instigant,+ noun.person:instigator1,+ ] set_off, stir_up, verb.social:act,> provoke,@ frames: 9,24,8 (provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people") }
{ raise6, incite,@ frames: 8,11 (activate or stir up; "raise a mutiny") }
{ needle, [ goad1, noun.communication:goad,+ noun.communication:goading,+ ] verb.emotion:provoke1,@ frames: 9,10 (annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks") }
{ [ ridicule, noun.act:ridicule,+ noun.communication:ridicule,+ noun.person:ridiculer,+ ] [ roast, noun.cognition:roast,+ ] guy, blackguard1, laugh_at, jest_at, [ rib, noun.communication:rib,+ noun.act:ribbing,+ ] [make_fun, frames: 21, 22] [poke_fun, frames: 21,22] mock,@ frames: 9,8 (subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday") }
{ [ tease9, noun.person:tease1,+ noun.person:teaser,+ ] make_fun,@ frames: 9,2 (mock or make fun of playfully; "the flirting man teased the young woman")}
{ [ satirize, noun.communication:satire,+ ] [ satirise, noun.communication:satire,+ ] [ lampoon, noun.person:lampooner,+ noun.communication:lampoon,+ ] ridicule,@ frames: 8,9 (ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal") }
{ [ deride, adj.all:foolish^derisory,+ adj.all:disrespectful^derisive,+ noun.communication:derision,+ noun.act:derision,+ ] mock,@ frames: 9,8 (treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics") }
{ [ debunk, noun.act:debunking,+ ] [ expose, noun.communication:expose,+ ] ridicule,@ frames: 8 (expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims") }
{ [ stultify, noun.communication:stultification,+ ] ridicule,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to appear foolish; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent") }
{ [ joke, noun.person:joker,+ noun.act:joke1,+ noun.communication:joke,+ ] [ jest, noun.act:jest,+ noun.communication:jest,+ noun.person:jester,+ jest_at,^ ] communicate,@ frames: 2 (tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious") }
{ [ gag, noun.communication:gag,+ ] [ quip, noun.communication:quip,+ noun.communication:quip1,+ ] joke,@ frames: 2,26 (make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner") }
{ horse_around, arse_around, fool_around, [ fool, noun.person:fool2,+ noun.act:foolery,+ ] verb.social:play3,@ joke,@ frames: 2 (indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about") }
{ [ deceive, adj.all:unreal2^deceptive,+ adj.all:dishonest^deceptive,+ noun.act:deception,+ noun.person:deceiver,+ undeceive,!] [ betray3, noun.person:betrayer,+ ] lead_astray, misinform,@ frames: 9 (cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house") }
{ [undeceive, deceive,!] inform,@ frames: 9 (free from deception or illusion) }
{ [ gull, noun.person:gull,+ ] [ dupe, noun.person:dupe,+ noun.act:dupery,+ ] slang1, befool, cod1, [ fool1, noun.person:fool,+ noun.person:fool1,+ ] [put_on, noun.act:put-on,+ ] [ take_in, noun.act:take-in,+ ] [put_one_over3, frames: 22] put_one_across, deceive,@ frames: 9 (fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!") }
{ [kid, frames: 9] [chaff, frames: 9] [ jolly, noun.event:jolly,+ ] josh, [ banter, noun.communication:banter,+ ] tease,@ frames: 2 (be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around") }
{ [ review, noun.communication:review3,+ noun.communication:review1,+ noun.person:reviewer1,+ ] [ critique, noun.cognition:critique,+ noun.communication:critique,+ ] verb.cognition:judge,@ frames: 8 (appraise critically; "She reviews books for the New York Times"; "Please critique this performance") }
{ [ referee, noun.person:referee1,+ ] peer_review, review,@ frames: 8 (evaluate professionally a colleague's work) }
{ [ deprecate, adj.all:uncomplimentary^deprecative,+ adj.all:uncomplimentary^deprecatory,+ noun.act:deprecation,+ ] [ depreciate, adj.all:uncomplimentary^depreciative,+ adj.all:uncomplimentary^depreciatory,+ noun.communication:depreciation,+ noun.person:depreciator,+ ] vilipend, disparage,@ frames: 8 (belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts") }
{ [ deflate, noun.possession:deflator,+ ] puncture, deprecate,@ frames: 8 (reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence") }
{ [ deprecate1, adj.all:critical1^deprecative,+ noun.act:deprecation,+ ] disapprove,@ frames: 8,9 (express strong disapproval of; deplore) }
{ [ condemn2, noun.state:condemnation,+ noun.act:condemnation,+ ] verb.cognition:judge,* declare,@ frames: 8 (declare or judge unfit for use or habitation; "The building was condemned by the inspector") }
{ [ praise, noun.communication:praise,+ criticize,! ] verb.cognition:evaluate,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance") }
{ salute3, praise,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (express commendation of; "I salute your courage!") }
{ overpraise, verb.social:exaggerate,@ frames: 9,10,11,8 (praise excessively) }
{ [ crow1, noun.communication:crowing,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 22,26 (express pleasure verbally; "She crowed with joy") }
{ [ crow2, noun.event:crow,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1 (utter shrill sounds; "The cocks crowed all morning") }
{ [ trumpet2, noun.person:trumpeter1,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1 (utter in trumpet-like sounds; "Elephants are trumpeting") }
{ [ exuberate, adj.all:spirited^exuberant,+ noun.feeling:exuberance,+ noun.attribute:exuberance,+] [ exult, adj.all:elated^exultant,+ noun.communication:exultation,+ ] [ rejoice, noun.communication:rejoicing,+ ] [ triumph1, adj.all:elated^triumphant,+ ] [ jubilate, adj.all:joyous^jubilant,+ adj.all:elated^jubilant,+ noun.feeling:jubilation,+ noun.communication:jubilation,+ noun.feeling:jubilancy,+ noun.feeling:jubilance,+ ] cheer,@ frames: 2,22 (to express great joy; "Who cannot exult in Spring?" ) }
{ [ glory, noun.state:glory,+ ] exult,@ frames: 2 (rejoice proudly) }
{ [ cheerlead, noun.person:cheerleader,+ ] cheer1,@ frames: 2,9 (act as a cheerleader in a sports event) }
{ [ cheer2, noun.communication:cheer,+ noun.person:cheerer,+ noun.communication:cheering,+ ] applaud,@ frames: 9 (show approval or good wishes by shouting; "everybody cheered the birthday boy") }
{ [ cheer1, noun.person:cheerer,+ noun.communication:cheering,+ ] root_on, inspire1, [ urge1, noun.act:urging,+ ] barrack1, urge_on1, [ exhort1, adj.all:encouraging^exhortatory,+ noun.communication:exhortation1,+ noun.communication:exhortation,+ ] pep_up, verb.emotion:encourage,@ frames: 9 (spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers") }
{ [ cheer, noun.attribute:cheer,+ complain,! ] cheer_up, chirk_up, verb.emotion:rejoice,@ frames: 2 (become cheerful)}
{ [ cheer3, noun.attribute:cheer,+ ] cheer_up1, jolly_along, jolly_up, cheer,> frames: 9,10 (cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful; "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee") }
{ [ humor, noun.feeling:humor,+ noun.act:humoring,+ ] [ humour, noun.feeling:humour,+ ] verb.consumption:gratify,@ frames: 9,10 (put into a good mood) }
{ [ amuse, adj.all:interesting^amusive,+ noun.feeling:amusement,+ ] cheer3,@ frames: 9,10 (make (somebody) laugh; "The clown amused the children") }
{ [ convulse, adj.all:violent^convulsive,+ noun.state:convulsion,+ ] verb.body:convulse,> amuse,@ frames: 9,10 (make someone convulse with laughter; "The comedian convulsed the crowd") }
{ lighten, lighten_up, buoy_up, cheer,@ frames: 2 (become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit") }
{ [ applaud, adj.all:worthy^applaudable,+ noun.person:applauder,+ ] praise,@ frames: 8,9 (express approval of; "I applaud your efforts") }
{ [ bravo, noun.communication:bravo,+ ] applaud1,@ frames: 2,8,9 (applaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava') }
{ [ laud, adj.all:complimentary^laudatory,+ adj.all:worthy^laudable,+ noun.person:lauder,+ ] [ extol, noun.person:extoller,+ noun.communication:extolment,+ ] [ exalt, noun.act:exaltation1,+ ] [ glorify, noun.state:glorification,+ noun.act:glorification,+ noun.state:glory,+ noun.attribute:glory,+ ] proclaim1, praise,@ frames: 8,9 (praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking")}
{ canonize2, canonise2, glorify,@ frames: 9 (treat as a sacred person; "He canonizes women")}
{ ensky, laud,@ frames: 8,9 (exalt to the skies; lift to the skies or to heaven with praise) }
{ crack_up, laud,@ frames: 8,9 (rhapsodize about) }
{ [ hymn, noun.communication:hymn,+ ] extol,@ frames: 8 (praise by singing a hymn; "They hymned their love of God") }
{ [ promulgate1, noun.communication:promulgation1,+ noun.act:promulgation,+ noun.person:promulgator,+ ] declare5,@ frames: 8 (put a law into effect by formal declaration) }
{ [ acclaim, noun.communication:acclamation,+ noun.communication:acclaim,+ ] hail2, herald1, applaud,@ frames: 9,8 (praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein") }
{ [ applaud1, noun.person:applauder,+ boo,!] [ clap, noun.person:clapper,+ noun.communication:clapping,+ ] spat1, [ acclaim1, noun.communication:acclaim,+ ] approve,* gesture,@ frames: 2,8,9 (clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval) }
{ [ boo, noun.communication:boo,+ applaud1,!] [ hiss2, noun.event:hiss,+ noun.communication:hiss,+ noun.person:hisser,+ noun.event:hissing,+ ] condemn2,@ frames: 2,9,22 (show displeasure, as after a performance or speech) }
{ explode, boo,* condemn2,@ frames: 9 (drive from the stage by noisy disapproval) }
{ sizzle, verb.perception:make_noise,@ frames: 1 (make a sound like frying fat) }
{ [ attack, noun.communication:attack,+ noun.person:attacker,+ ] [round11, frames: 22] [ assail, noun.person:assailant,+ ] [lash_out11, frames: 22] [snipe11, frames: 22] [ assault, adj.all:offensive3^assaultive,+ noun.person:assaulter,+ ] criticize,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker") }
{ vitriol, attack,@ frames: 9,10 (subject to bitter verbal abuse)}
{ rip, attack,@ frames: 22 (criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly")}
{ [ whang, noun.act:whang,+ ] attack,@ frames: 8,9 (attack forcefully; "whang away at the school reform plan") }
{ [bombard, noun.communication:barrage,+] [ barrage, noun.communication:barrage,+ ] attack,@ frames: 9 (address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer") }
{ blister, scald, whip, attack,@ frames: 9 (subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community") }
{ [ condemn, adj.all:inculpatory^condemnatory,+ noun.state:condemnation,+ noun.communication:condemnation,+ ] [ reprobate, noun.cognition:reprobation,+ ] decry, objurgate, [ excoriate, noun.communication:excoriation,+ ] denounce,@ frames: 9,8,11 (express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated") }
{ [ minimize, noun.act:minimization,+ noun.quantity:minimum,+ ] belittle1, [ denigrate, adj.all:harmful^denigrative,+ noun.communication:denigration,+ noun.act:denigration,+ ] [ derogate, adj.all:uncomplimentary^derogative,+ adj.all:uncomplimentary^derogatory,+ noun.communication:derogation,+ ] disparage,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence") }
{ talk_down, minimize,@ frames: 8,9 (belittle through talk) }
{ accurse, [ execrate, noun.communication:execration,+ noun.cognition:execration,+ ] anathemize1, [ comminate, adj.all:inculpatory^comminatory,+ ] anathemise, [ anathematize, noun.act:anathematization,+ noun.communication:anathema,+ ] [ anathematise, noun.act:anathematization,+ noun.communication:anathema,+ ] deplore,@ frames: 8,9 (curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment) }
{ blog, communicate,@ frames: 8 (read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal)}
{ [ curse, noun.communication:curse,+ ] [ cuss, noun.communication:cuss,+ ] blaspheme, [ swear1, noun.person:swearer1,+ noun.communication:swearing2,+ ] imprecate, utter1,@ frames: 2 (utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street") }
{ gee, exclaim,@ frames: 2 (give a command to a horse to turn to the right side) }
{ ooh, aah, exclaim,@ frames: 2 (express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'; "They oohed and aahed when they unwrapped the presents")}
{ [ curse1, noun.communication:curse2,+ noun.communication:curse1,+ bless,! ] beshrew, [ damn, adj.all:inculpatory^damnatory,+ noun.state:damnation,+ noun.communication:damnation,+ ] bedamn, anathemize, anathemise1, [ imprecate1, noun.communication:imprecation,+ ] [ maledict, noun.communication:malediction,+ ] verb.creation:invoke,@ frames: 9,8 (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child") }
{ [ curse2, noun.communication:curse,+ ] abuse,@ frames: 9,8 (heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger") }
{ [ bless, noun.communication:blessing,+ noun.act:blessing,+ curse1,! ] verb.creation:invoke,@ frames: 8,9 (give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son") }
{ [ consecrate, noun.act:consecration,+ desecrate,!] bless1, hallow, [ sanctify, noun.act:sanctification,+ noun.person:saint3,+ noun.person:saint,+ ] declare,@ frames: 8,9 (render holy by means of religious rites) }
{ reconsecrate, consecrate,@ frames: 8 (consecrate anew, as after a desecration) }
{ [desecrate, consecrate,!] unhallow, deconsecrate, verb.change:reverse,@ frames: 8,9 (remove the consecration from a person or an object) }
{ bless2, [ sign3, noun.communication:sign3,+ ] gesture,@ frames: 9 (make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate) }
{ [ question1, noun.attribute:question,+ ] oppugn, call_into_question, challenge,@ frames: 8,9,10,26 (challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must question your judgment in this matter") }
{ [ account, adj.all:responsible^accountable,+ noun.communication:account4,+ ] answer_for, declare,@ frames: 8 (furnish a justifying analysis or explanation; "I can't account for the missing money") }
{ impeach3, challenge,@ frames: 9 (challenge the honesty or veracity of; "the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses") }
{ impugn, challenge,@ frames: 8 (attack as false or wrong) }
{ [ defy, noun.communication:defiance,+ ] [ dare, noun.communication:dare,+ noun.communication:daring,+ ] challenge,@ frames: 9,24 (challenge; "I dare you!")}
{ call_one's_bluff, challenge,@ frames: 2 (ask to prove what someone is claiming; "John called Mary's bluff when she claimed she could prove the theorem in under an hour")}
{ brazen, defy,@ frames: 8,9 (face with defiance or impudence; "brazen it out") }
{ [ challenge, noun.person:challenger,+ noun.communication:challenge,+ ] invite,@ frames: 8,9 (issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match") }
{ [call_out12, noun.communication:call-out,+] challenge,@ frames: 9 (challenge to a duel; "Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton")}
{ [ challenge1, adj.all:contestable^challengeable,+ noun.communication:challenge1,+ ] [ dispute, noun.communication:dispute,+ noun.communication:disputation1,+ ] gainsay, question1,* contest,@ frames: 8,9 (take exception to; "She challenged his claims") }
{ call7, verb.cognition:call,$ challenge1,@ frames: 9 (challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; "He deserves to be called on that") }
{ [ contest, adj.all:contestable,+ noun.act:contest,+ noun.communication:contestation,+ noun.person:contestee,+ noun.person:contester,+ ] [ contend, noun.communication:contention,+ ] [ repugn, noun.relation:repugnance,+ ] oppose1,@ frames: 8,26 (to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race") }
{ [ charge, noun.communication:charge,+ ] [ lodge, noun.communication:lodgement,+ ] [ file1, noun.artifact:file1,+ noun.communication:file,+ noun.person:filer,+ ] accuse,@ frames: 9,17,26 (file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife") }
{ [ warn, noun.person:warner,+ noun.communication:warning,+ ] warn1,$ inform,@ frames: 2, 9,10,18,26 (notify of danger, potential harm, or risk; "The director warned him that he might be fired"; "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking")}
{ [ warn1, noun.communication:warning1,+ ] discourage2, [ admonish2, adj.all:dissuasive^admonitory,+ noun.communication:admonition1,+ noun.person:admonisher,+ ] [ monish, noun.communication:monition1,+ ] advise,@ frames: 9,22 (advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet") }
{ [ forewarn, noun.communication:forewarning,+ ] previse, warn,@ frames: 9,10,18 (warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning; "I forewarned him of the trouble that would arise if he showed up at his ex-wife's house")}
{ [ caution, noun.communication:caution,+ ] [ admonish1, adj.all:dissuasive^admonitory,+ noun.communication:admonition1,+ noun.person:admonisher,+ ] [ monish1, noun.communication:monition1,+ ] warn,@ frames: 9,10 (warn strongly; put on guard) }
{ threaten, warn,@ frames: 9,10,24,17,11 (to utter intentions of injury or punishment against; "He threatened me when I tried to call the police") }
{ offer6, threaten,@ frames: 27 (threaten to do something; "I offered to leave the committee if they did not accept my proposal") }
{ threaten1, portend,@ frames: 1,11 (to be a menacing indication of something; "The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens") }
{ bode, [ portend, noun.event:portent,+ ] [ auspicate, noun.event:auspice,+ ] [ prognosticate1, noun.event:prognostication,+ noun.communication:prognosis,+ ] [ omen, noun.event:omen,+ ] [ presage, noun.event:presage,+ ] betoken, [ foreshadow, noun.cognition:foreshadowing,+ ] [ augur, noun.person:augur,+ ] foretell1, [ prefigure, adj.all:prophetic^prefigurative,+ ] [ forecast1, noun.communication:forecast,+ ] [ predict1, adj.all:prophetic^predictive,+ ] indicate1,@ frames: 11 (indicate, as with a sign or an omen; "These signs bode bad news")}
{ [ alarm, noun.feeling:alarm,+ ] [ alert, noun.state:alert,+ noun.communication:alert1,+ noun.communication:alert,+ ] warn,@ frames: 9,10 (warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries") }
{ wake2, alert,@ frames: 9,10 (make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation")}
{ rede, [ advise, adj.all:advisable,+ adj.all:informative^advisory,+ noun.communication:advisory,+ noun.cognition:advisement,+ noun.person:advisee,+ noun.person:advisor,+ noun.person:adviser,+ ] [ counsel, noun.person:counsel,+ noun.communication:counsel,+ noun.person:counselor1,+ noun.person:counsellor1,+ noun.communication:counselling,+ noun.communication:counseling,+ ] discuss,@ frames: 9,24 (give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud")}
{ [tip_off1, noun.cognition:tip-off1,+ ] [ tip4, noun.communication:tip,+ ] advise,@ frames: 9,10,24 (give insider information or advise to; "He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot") }
{ advise1, [ notify, noun.communication:notification1,+ noun.communication:notification,+ noun.communication:notice2,+ noun.communication:notice1,+ ] give_notice, send_word, [ apprise, noun.communication:apprisal,+ ] apprize1, inform,@ frames: 9,10,18,26 (inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due") }
{ [ call12, noun.act:call4,+ ] verb.possession:call9,$ require1,@ frames: 8 (require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; "Call a bond") }
{ [ familiarize, noun.cognition:familiarization,+ ] [ familiarise, noun.cognition:familiarisation,+ ] acquaint1, acquaint,$ inform,@ frames: 17 (make familiar or conversant with; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings") }
{ orient1, familiarize,@ frames: 9 (familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances; "The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen")}
{ verse, familiarize,@ frames: 17 (familiarize through thorough study or experience; "She versed herself in Roman archeology")}
{ get_into, familiarize,@ frames: 8,33 (familiarize oneself thoroughly with; "He really got into semantics") }
{ [ recommend1, noun.communication:recommendation,+ ]  urge3, advocate, suggest,@ frames: 8,11,26 (push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day") }
{ [ propose, noun.communication:proposition2,+ noun.person:proposer1,+ noun.communication:proposal1,+ ] [ suggest, adj.all:susceptible^suggestible,+ noun.communication:suggestion1,+ noun.communication:suggestion,+ noun.person:suggester,+ ] advise2, declare,@ frames: 8 (make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax") }
{ advance, throw_out, propose,@ frames: 8 (bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument") }
{ [ proposition, noun.communication:proposition3,+ ] propose,@ frames: 9 (suggest sex to; "She was propositioned by a stranger at the party") }
{ misadvise, misguide, advise,@ frames: 9 (give bad advice to) }
{ [feed_back, noun.communication:feedback,+] reply,* suggest,@ frames: 15 (respond to a query or outcome) }
{ [ propound, noun.person:proponent,+ ] advise,@ frames: 8 (put forward, as of an idea) }
{ [ consult, adj.all:informative^consultive,+ adj.all:informative^consultative,+ adj.all:informative^consultatory,+ noun.communication:consultation1,+ noun.person:consultant,+ ] advise,@ frames: 2,9 (advise professionally; "The professor consults for industry") }
{ [ confer, noun.person:conferee,+ noun.group:conference,+ noun.communication:conference,+ ] [ confabulate1, noun.communication:confabulation,+ ] [ confab1, noun.communication:confab,+ ] [ consult5, noun.communication:consultation1,+ noun.communication:consultation,+ ] discuss,@ frames: 2 (have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action") }
{ [collogue, frames: 2] confer,@ frames: 22 (confer secretly) }
{ [ consult1, noun.communication:consultation1,+ noun.act:consultation,+ ] [ refer12, noun.communication:reference7,+ noun.communication:reference4,+ frames: 22] look_up, research,@ frames: 8 (seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary"; "refer to your notes") }
{ [ research, noun.cognition:research,+ noun.person:researcher,+ ] investigate,@ frames: 8 (attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner; "The student researched the history of that word") }
{ [ consult2, adj.all:informative^consultive,+ adj.all:informative^consultative,+ adj.all:informative^consultatory,+ noun.communication:consultation1,+ noun.communication:consultation,+ frames: 2] confer_with, ask4,@ frames: 8,9 (get or ask advice from; "Consult your local broker"; "They had to consult before arriving at a decision") }
{ [ prompt1, noun.communication:prompt,+ noun.person:prompter,+ noun.artifact:prompter,+ noun.communication:prompting1,+ ] remind, [ cue, noun.communication:cue,+ ] inform,@ frames: 9,10 (assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned) }
{ [ submit, noun.communication:submission3,+ ] [ state1, noun.communication:statement6,+ noun.communication:statement2,+ ] put_forward, posit2, propose,@ frames: 8,15 (put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty") }
{ [ submit2, adj.all:submissive,+ noun.state:submission,+ noun.act:submission1,+ noun.person:submitter1,+ ] bow1, [ defer, adj.all:respectful^deferent,+ noun.attribute:deference1,+ ] accede, give_in2, yield,@ frames: 27 (yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure") }
{ [ submit1, noun.communication:submission,+ ] verb.motion:refer,@ frames: 8,15 (refer for judgment or consideration; "The lawyers submitted the material to the court") }
{ give14, submit1,@ frames: 8,15 (submit for consideration, judgment, or use; "give one's opinion"; "give an excuse") }
{ return2, submit1,@ frames: 8,11,15 (submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body") }
{ report_out, return2,@ frames: 8,11 (return a bill after consideration and revision to a legislative body) }
{ [ move, noun.person:mover1,+ ] make_a_motion, propose,@ frames: 26,13,28 (propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting) }
{ [ nominate, adj.all:appointive^nominative,+ noun.state:nomination,+ noun.communication:nomination,+ noun.act:nomination,+ noun.person:nominator,+ ] put_up, put_forward1, verb.social:propose,@ frames: 9,22 (propose as a candidate for some honor) }
{ [ propose1, noun.communication:proposal2,+ ] declare_oneself, offer12, pop_the_question, request2,@ frames: 2,27 (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")}
{ volunteer, inform,@ frames: 26,8 (tell voluntarily; "He volunteered the information") }
{ [ flatter, noun.person:flatterer,+ noun.communication:flattery,+ disparage,! ] [ blandish, noun.communication:blandishment,+ noun.act:blandishment,+ ] praise,@ frames: 9,10 (praise somewhat dishonestly) }
{ [ adulate, adj.all:flattering^adulatory,+ noun.person:adulator,+ ] flatter,@ frames: 9,8 (flatter in an obsequious manner) }
{ stroke, flatter,@ frames: 9 (treat gingerly or carefully; "You have to stroke the boss") }
{ [ eulogize, noun.communication:eulogy,+ ] [ eulogise, noun.communication:eulogy,+ ] praise,@ frames: 9,10 (praise formally and eloquently; "The dead woman was eulogized at the funeral") }
{ [ fawn, noun.person:fawner,+ frames: 2] [ toady, noun.person:toady,+ ] [ truckle, noun.person:truckler,+ noun.act:truckling,+ ] [ bootlick, noun.person:bootlicker,+ ] [ kowtow, noun.communication:kowtow,+ ] [ kotow, noun.communication:kotow,+ ] suck_up, flatter,@ frames: 22 (try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss") }
{ curry_favor, curry_favour, court_favor, court_favour, fawn,@ frames: 2 (seek favor by fawning or flattery; "This employee is currying favor with his superordinates")}
{ butter_up, brown-nose, flatter,@ frames: 9 (flatter with the intention of getting something) }
{ [ compliment, noun.communication:compliment,+ ] [ congratulate, adj.all:felicitous^congratulatory,+ noun.communication:congratulation1,+ ] praise,@ frames: 20,9 (say something to someone that expresses praise; "He complimented her on her last physics paper") }
{ compliment1, greet1,@ frames: 9 (express respect or esteem for) }
{ [ congratulate1, adj.all:felicitous^congratulatory,+ noun.communication:congratulation1,+ noun.communication:congratulation,+ ] [ felicitate, noun.attribute:felicity,+ noun.communication:felicitation1,+ noun.communication:felicitation,+ ] wish,@ frames: 9,20 (express congratulations) }
{ [ rave, noun.communication:rave,+ ] [ gush, noun.communication:gush,+ ] praise,@ frames: 2,22 (praise enthusiastically; "She raved about that new restaurant") }
{ [ commend, noun.communication:commendation1,+ noun.communication:commendation,+ ] praise,@ frames: 9,22 (express approval of) }
{ commend1, remember, mention2,@ frames: 20 (mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship; "Remember me to your wife")}
{ speak_of_the_devil, mention2,@ frames: 2 (mention someone's name who just then appears)}
{ [ remember7, noun.communication:remembrance,+ ] mention2,@ frames: 9 (mention favorably, as in prayer; "remember me in your prayers") }
{ [ commend2, noun.communication:commendation1,+ ] [ recommend, noun.communication:recommendation2,+ noun.communication:recommendation,+ ] praise,@ frames: 9,26 (express a good opinion of) }
{ commend3, verb.possession:entrust,@ frames: 15 (give to in charge; "I commend my children to you") }
{ [ boast, noun.communication:boast,+ noun.person:boaster,+ ] tout, swash, shoot_a_line, [ brag, noun.person:bragger,+ noun.person:braggart,+ noun.communication:brag,+ ] gas, blow3, [ bluster, noun.communication:bluster1,+ noun.communication:bluster,+ noun.person:blusterer,+ ] [ vaunt, noun.person:vaunter,+ noun.communication:vaunt,+ ] [gasconade, noun.communication:gasconade,+ ] exaggerate,@ frames: 2,26,27,22 (show off) }
{ [ gloat, noun.feeling:gloat,+ noun.feeling:gloating,+ ] triumph, [ crow, noun.communication:crow,+ noun.communication:crowing,+ ] boast,@ frames: 2,22,26 (dwell on with satisfaction) }
{ preen, [ congratulate11, adj.all:felicitous^congratulatory,+ noun.communication:congratulation,+ ] gloat,@ frames: 2 (pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement) }
{ [ promise, adj.pert:promissory,+ noun.person:promiser,+ noun.communication:promise,+ noun.person:promisee,+ noun.person:promisor,+ frames: 8, 24] [ assure2, noun.communication:assurance1,+ ] declare,@ frames: 28,26 (make a promise or commitment) }
{ [ promise1, adj.pert:promissory,+ noun.communication:promise,+ noun.cognition:promise,+ noun.person:promisee,+ noun.person:promisor,+ ] declare,@ frames: 14,15 (promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort") }
{ [ pledge, noun.person:pledger,+ noun.communication:pledge,+ ] [ plight, noun.communication:plight,+ ] promise,@ frames: 8,26 (promise solemnly and formally; "I pledge that I will honor my wife") }
{ swear_off, promise,@ frames: 8 (promise to abstain from; "I have sworn off cigarettes altogether") }
{ [ pledge1, noun.communication:pledge,+ ] oblige,@ frames: 20 (bind or secure by a pledge; "I was pledged to silence") }
{ [ article, noun.communication:article2,+ ] oblige,@ frames: 9 (bind by a contract; especially for a training period) }
{ [ oblige, noun.communication:obligation,+ ] [ bind, noun.cognition:bind,+ ] hold13, [ obligate, noun.state:obligation,+ noun.communication:obligation,+ ] verb.social:relate,@ frames: 9,10,24 (bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise") }
{ [ indenture, noun.communication:indenture1,+ ] [ indent2, noun.communication:indenture1,+ ] bind,@ frames: 9 (bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant") }
{ tie_down, oblige,@ frames: 10,9,24 (restrain from independence by an obligation; "He was tied down by his work") }
{ [ oblige1, noun.relation:obligation,+ noun.person:obliger,+ disoblige,!] [ accommodate, adj.all:accommodative,+ noun.act:accommodation,+ noun.person:accommodator,+ ] verb.social:comply,@ frames: 9 (provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him") }
{ [disoblige, oblige1,!] dismiss,@ frames: 9 (ignore someone's wishes) }
{ [ pledge2, noun.possession:pledge2,+ ] verb.possession:consign,@ frames: 8 (give as a guarantee; "I pledge my honor") }
{ collateralize, pledge2,@ frames: 8 (pledge as a collateral; "The loan was collateralized by government bonds" )}
{ [ betroth, noun.act:betrothal,+ ] [ engage, noun.communication:engagement,+ ] affiance, plight1, vow,@ frames: 9,20 (give to in marriage) }
{ [ vow, noun.communication:vow,+ noun.person:vower,+ ] pledge,@ frames: 28,26 (make a vow; promise; "He vowed never to drink alcohol again") }
{ [ vow1, noun.communication:vow,+ ] [ consecrate1, noun.act:consecration1,+ noun.act:consecration,+ ] dedicate,@ frames: 8,15 (dedicate to a deity by a vow) }
{ [ dedicate1, noun.communication:dedication,+ ] give2,@ frames: 15 (inscribe or address by way of compliment; "She dedicated her book to her parents") }
{ inscribe2, dedicate1,@ frames: 15 (address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication) }
{ give3, [ dedicate, noun.event:dedication,+ noun.communication:dedication1,+ noun.attribute:dedication,+ noun.act:dedication,+ ] [ consecrate4, noun.act:consecration1,+ ] [ commit1, noun.act:commitment,+ ] [ devote, noun.act:devotion2,+ noun.act:devotion1,+ noun.person:devotee,+ ] verb.consumption:apply,@ frames: 14,15,24 (give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church") }
{ [ give15, noun.communication:giving,+ ] give3,$ pledge2,@ frames: 8 (offer in good faith; "He gave her his word") }
{ [ rededicate, noun.event:rededication,+ ] dedicate,@ frames: 14,15,24 (dedicate anew; "They were asked to rededicate themselves to their country") }
{ [ profess1, noun.communication:profession1,+ ] vow,@ frames: 2,9 (take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun") }
{ take_the_veil, profess1,@ frames: 2 (become a nun; "The young woman took the veil after her fiance died")}
{ profess8, profess1,$ verb.possession:accept3,@ frames: 9 (receive into a religious order or congregation)}
{ [ contract, noun.communication:contract,+ noun.person:contractor,+ ] undertake1, promise,@ frames: 28 (enter into a contractual arrangement) }
{ stipulate6, contract,@ noun.communication:Roman_law,;c frames: 2 (make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force)}
{ [ sign, noun.person:signer,+ ] contract,@ frames: 28 (be engaged by a written agreement; "He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new opera") }
{ undertake, [ guarantee1, noun.communication:guarantee1,+ ] promise,@ frames: 8,28 (promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners") }
{ underwrite1, subvention, [ subvent, noun.possession:subvention,+ noun.act:subvention,+ ] guarantee1,@ frames: 8,11 (guarantee financial support of; "The opera tour was subvented by a bank") }
{ [ swear2, noun.person:swearer,+ swear_off,^ ] vow,@ frames: 2,28,26,15 (promise solemnly; take an oath) }
{ [ guarantee, noun.communication:guarantee,+ noun.communication:guarantee1,+ ] [ vouch12, noun.person:voucher,+ frames: 22] pledge,@ frames: 8,26,11 (give surety or assume responsibility; "I vouch for the quality of my products") }
{ [ bail, adj.all:permissive2^bailable,+ noun.person:bailor,+ noun.cognition:bail,+ ] guarantee,@ frames: 9 (secure the release of (someone) by providing security)}
{ [ guarantee3, noun.communication:guarantee1,+ ] ensure, insure4, assure3, secure, guarantee,$ frames: 11 (make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!")}
{ [ doom4, noun.event:doom,+ ] assure3,@ frames: 8,11 (make certain of the failure or destruction of; "This decision will doom me to lose my position")}
{ [make14, verb.social:break9,!] assure3,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (assure the success of; "A good review by this critic will make your play!") }
{ [ cover, noun.possession:coverage,+ ] [ insure, noun.group:insurer,+ noun.possession:insurance2,+ ] [ underwrite, noun.person:underwriter1,+ noun.group:underwriter,+ ] verb.social:cover1,$ guarantee2,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (protect by insurance; "The insurance won't cover this") }
{ reinsure1, insure,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (insure again by assuming all or a part of the liability of an insurance company already covering a risk) }
{ [ reinsure, noun.possession:reinsurance,+ ] verb.possession:insure,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed) }
{ [ guarantee2, noun.communication:guarantee1,+ noun.communication:guarantee,+ noun.person:guarantor,+ ] [ warrant1, noun.communication:warrant1,+ noun.person:warrantee,+ noun.person:warrantor,+ noun.person:warranter,+ ] verb.social:back,@ frames: 8 (stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of; "The dealer warrants all the cars he sells"; "I warrant this information") }
{ thank, [give_thanks4, frames: 22] convey,@ frames: 9,20 (express gratitude or show appreciation to) }
{ [ acknowledge1, noun.communication:acknowledgment,+ ] recognize, recognise, thank,@ frames: 8 (express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for; "We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us") }
{ acknowledge4, [ receipt, noun.communication:receipt,+ noun.act:receipt,+ ] communicate1,@ frames: 8,15 (report the receipt of; "The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper") }
{ [ apologize, noun.communication:apology,+ ] [ apologise, noun.communication:apology,+ ] admit,* frames: 2,27,26 (acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing; "I apologized for being late"; "He apologized for the many typoes") }
{ [ excuse2, noun.communication:excuse,+ noun.person:excuser,+ ] [ condone, noun.act:condonation,+ ] forgive,@ frames: 8 (excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities") }
{ [ excuse3, noun.communication:excuse,+ ] [ explain2, noun.communication:explanation1,+ ] justify,@ frames: 11 (serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again") }
{ [ alibi, noun.communication:alibi1,+ noun.communication:alibi,+ ] excuse3,@ frames: 9,11 (exonerate by means of an alibi) }
{ [ excuse4, noun.communication:excuse1,+ ] relieve1, let_off, exempt, free,@ frames: 9,20 (grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class") }
{ frank, exempt,@ frames: 9 (exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks) }
{ [ excuse5, noun.communication:excuse1,+ ] beg_off, request1,@ frames: 9 (ask for permission to be released from an engagement) }
{ plead2, excuse1,@ frames: 8,26,7 (offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity") }
{ take_the_Fifth, take_the_Fifth_Amendment, declare,@ frames: 2 (refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself)}
{ apologize1, [ apologise1, noun.communication:apology2,+ noun.communication:apology,+ ] [ excuse1, adj.all:excusatory,+ noun.communication:excuse,+ ] [ rationalize, noun.cognition:rationalization,+ ] [ rationalise, noun.cognition:rationalisation,+ ] defend,@ frames: 8 (defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success") }
{ [ defend, noun.person:defender,+ noun.communication:defence,+ ] [ support1, adj.all:supportive,+ noun.act:support,+ noun.person:supporter2,+ noun.person:supporter,+ ] fend_for, argue2,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike") }
{ take_sides_with, take_someone's_side, defend,@ frames: 2 (support someone (as in an argument); "she always takes his side, no matter how sound his argument")}
{ stand_up, stick_up, defend,@ frames: 22 (defend against attack or criticism; "He stood up for his friend"; "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student") }
{ cover_for1, verb.competition:protect,@ frames: 9 (provide an excuse or alibi for someone so as to cover up guilt; "I won't lie and cover for you") }
{ uphold, defend,@ frames: 8 (stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals)}
{ [ justify, adj.all:exculpatory^justificative,+ adj.all:apologetic^justificative,+ adj.all:exculpatory^justificatory,+ noun.communication:justification,+ noun.cognition:justification,+ noun.person:justifier,+ ] [ vindicate, adj.all:exculpatory^vindicatory,+ noun.communication:vindication,+ noun.person:vindicator,+ ] uphold2,@ frames: 8,11 (show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim")}
{ [ uphold2, noun.person:upholder,+ ] maintain3, confirm,@ frames: 8 (support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict") }
{ [ legitimate2, noun.act:legitimation,+ ] justify,@ frames: 8 (show or affirm to be just and legitimate)}
{ warrant, justify,@ frames: 11 (provide adequate grounds to justify (a certain course of action); "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns") }
{ [ greet1, noun.communication:greeting,+ ] communicate,@ frames: 9 (send greetings to) }
{ [ greet, noun.person:greeter,+ noun.communication:greeting,+ ] recognize1, recognise1, address1,@ frames: 9 (express greetings upon meeting someone) }
{ [ address, noun.person:addressee,+ ] turn_to1, communicate,@ frames: 9 (speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window") }
{ [ ask4, noun.person:asker,+ ] [ inquire1, noun.person:inquirer,+ noun.communication:inquiry1,+ noun.communication:inquiring,+ ] [ enquire, noun.person:enquirer,+ noun.communication:enquiry,+ ] ask2,$ communicate,@ frames: 2,22,29,20,14,9 (address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother"; "I inquired about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times") }
{ [ shake_hands, noun.communication:handshake,+ noun.communication:handshaking,+ ] greet,@ frames: 2,21 (take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation) }
{ [ nod, noun.act:nod,+ ] communicate,@ frames: 2,27 (lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation; "The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer") }
{ [ nod1, noun.communication:nod1,+ ] gesture,@ frames: 8 (express or signify by nodding; "He nodded his approval") }
{ cross_oneself, gesture,@ frames: 2 (make the sign of the cross; in the Catholic religion) }
{ [ bow, noun.communication:bow1,+ ] bow_down, gesture,@ frames: 22,27,8 (bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame") }
{ congee, [ conge, noun.act:conge1,+ ] bow,@ frames: 2,22 (perform a ceremonious bow) }
{ take_a_bow, verb.motion:bow,@ frames: 2,22,27 (acknowledge applause by inclining the head, as of an artist after a performance) }
{ take_a_bow1, verb.cognition:accept,@ frames: 2 (acknowledge praise or accept credit; "They finally took a bow for what they did") }
{ [ curtsy, noun.communication:curtsy,+ ] [ bob, noun.act:bob,+ ] greet,@ bow,* frames: 2 (make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect; "She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand") }
{ [ salute, noun.communication:salute2,+ noun.communication:salutation2,+ noun.communication:salutation,+ noun.person:saluter,+ ] greet,@ frames: 9,8 (greet in a friendly way; "I meet this men every day on my way to work and he salutes me") }
{ [ salaam, noun.communication:salaam,+ ] salute,@ frames: 2,9 (greet with a salaam) }
{ [ salute1, noun.communication:salute1,+ ] present3, gesture,* greet,@ frames: 2 (recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position; "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute")}
{ [ salute2, noun.communication:salute1,+ noun.communication:salutation1,+ ] greet,@ frames: 9 (honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers) }
{ [ hail, noun.communication:hail,+ ] herald2, greet,@ frames: 9 (greet enthusiastically or joyfully) }
{ hail1, call5,@ frames: 8 (call for; "hail a cab") }
{ [ welcome, noun.person:welcomer,+ say_farewell,! ] receive, greet,@ frames: 9 (bid welcome to; greet upon arrival) }
{ [ dismiss1, noun.communication:dismissal1,+ ] usher_out, say_farewell,@ frames: 9 (end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave; "I was dismissed after I gave my report") }
{ [say_farewell, welcome,! ] greet,@ frames: 2,27 (say good-bye or bid farewell) }
{ [ introduce, noun.communication:introduction1,+ ] [ present1, noun.communication:presentation2,+ noun.person:presenter1,+ ] [ acquaint, noun.cognition:acquaintance,+ ] inform,@ frames: 28,9 (cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community") }
{ [ reintroduce, noun.communication:reintroduction,+ ] re-introduce, introduce,@ frames: 9,28 (introduce anew; "We haven't met in a long time, so let me reintroduce myself")}
{ [ present4, noun.communication:presentation2,+ ] introduce,@ frames: 9 (formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.) }
{ precede3, [ preface, noun.communication:preface,+ ] premise1, [ introduce1, adj.all:preceding^introductory,+ adj.all:opening^introductory,+ ] state,@ frames: 8 (furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution") }
{ [ preamble, noun.communication:preamble,+ ] preface,@ frames: 2 (make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document) }
{ [ prologize, noun.communication:prologue,+ ] prologuize, prologise, preface,@ frames: 2 (write or speak a prologue) }
{ [ absolve, adj.all:exculpatory^absolvitory,+ blame,! ] free, forgive,@ frames: 18 (let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility") }
{ [ justify4, noun.act:justification,+ ] absolve,@ noun.cognition:theology,;c frames: 18 ((used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin) }
{ wash_one's_hands, absolve,@ frames: 22 (to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame; "I wash my hands of this")}
{ [ meld, noun.act:meld,+ ] announce,@ frames: 8 (announce for a score; of cards in a card game) }
{ [ wish, noun.communication:wish1,+ ] bid1, greet,@ frames: 14,15 (invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell") }
{ wish1, wish2,$ order,@ frames: 8 (order politely; express a wish for) }
{ [ wish2, noun.feeling:wish,+ noun.communication:wish,+ ] express,@ frames: 26 (make or express a wish; "I wish that Christmas were over") }
{ [ forgive, noun.person:forgiver,+ ] grant,@ frames: 9,14,8 (stop blaming or grant forgiveness; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday") }
{ shrive, [ absolve2, adj.all:exculpatory^absolvitory,+ noun.state:absolution,+ noun.act:absolution,+ noun.person:absolver,+ ] forgive,@ frames: 9 (grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Marys")}
{ remit4, forgive,@ frames: 8 (forgive; "God will remit their sins")}
{ [ acquit, noun.act:acquittal,+ convict,! ] assoil1, [ clear, noun.state:clear,+ noun.act:clearing,+ ] discharge, [ exonerate, adj.all:exculpatory^exonerative,+ noun.state:exoneration,+ noun.act:exoneration,+ ] [ exculpate, adj.all:exculpatory,+ noun.act:exculpation,+ ] verb.cognition:judge,* pronounce,@ frames: 9,18 (pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges") }
{ vindicate1, acquit,@ frames: 9,10 (clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof; "You must vindicate yourself and fight this libel")}
{ [ vindicate2, noun.person:vindicator,+ noun.communication:vindication,+ noun.act:vindication1,+ ] defend1,@ frames: 8 (maintain, uphold, or defend; "vindicate the rights of the citizens")}
{ [ whitewash, noun.act:whitewash,+ ] exonerate,@ frames: 9,10 (exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data) }
{ get_off1, noun.group:law,;c frames: 9 (cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case; "The lawyer got him off, even though there was no doubt in everybody's mind that he killed his wife") }
{ [ purge, noun.act:purge1,+ noun.act:purgation1,+ ] clear,@ frames: 9 (clear of a charge) }
{ [ pardon, noun.act:pardon1,+ noun.communication:pardon,+ noun.person:pardoner1,+ noun.person:pardoner,+ ] forgive,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 9,14 (grant a pardon to; "Ford pardoned Nixon"; "The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President")}
{ [ amnesty, noun.state:amnesty,+ noun.communication:amnesty,+ noun.act:amnesty,+ ] pardon,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 9 (grant a pardon to (a group of people)) }
{ [ excuse, noun.communication:excuse,+ ] [ pardon1, noun.act:pardon,+ ] forgive,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands") }
{ [ extenuate, noun.communication:extenuation,+ noun.act:extenuation,+ ] [ palliate, noun.act:palliation1,+ ] [ mitigate, adj.all:moderating^mitigative,+ adj.all:moderating^mitigatory,+ noun.communication:mitigation,+ noun.act:mitigation,+ ] apologize1,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 11 (lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime") }
{ [ convict, noun.act:conviction,+ noun.person:convict1,+ noun.person:convict,+ acquit,! ] verb.cognition:judge,* pronounce,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 9,18 (find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced") }
{ reconvict, convict,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 9 (convict anew) }
{ [ sentence, noun.time:sentence,+ noun.act:sentence,+ ] [ condemn1, noun.state:condemnation,+ noun.communication:condemnation,+ ] doom, convict,* declare,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 9,24 (pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison") }
{ foredoom, doom,@ frames: 9 (doom beforehand) }
{ [ complain, noun.communication:complaint,+ noun.person:complainer,+ cheer,! ] [ kick, noun.communication:kick,+ ] plain, sound_off, quetch, kvetch, frames: 2,26 (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about")}
{ [ backbite, noun.person:backbiter,+ ] [ bitch, noun.communication:bitch,+ noun.act:bitchery,+ ] complain,@ frames: 2 (say mean things) }
{ [ heckle, noun.person:heckler,+ noun.act:heckling,+ ] interrupt,@ frames: 2,9 (challenge aggressively) }
{ [ whine, noun.communication:whine,+ noun.person:whiner,+ ] grizzle, yammer, yawp, whine1,$ complain,@ frames: 2,26 (complain whiningly) }
{ [ deter1, adj.all:preventive^deterrent,+ noun.cognition:deterrent,+ noun.act:deterrence,+ ] [ discourage1, noun.act:discouragement,+ ] disapprove,@ frames: 9,10,11 (try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth") }
{ [ foster, noun.act:fosterage,+ noun.communication:fostering,+ noun.act:fostering,+ ] [ nurture, noun.act:nurture,+ noun.attribute:nurture,+ ] verb.emotion:encourage,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (help develop, help grow; "nurture his talents")}
{ [ patronize, noun.person:patron,+ ] [ patronise, noun.person:patron,+ ] [ patronage, noun.act:patronage2,+ noun.group:patronage,+ ] [ support2, noun.person:supporter2,+ ] keep_going, foster,@ frames: 8,9 (be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could") }
{ patronize1, patronise1, [ condescend10, noun.communication:condescension,+ frames: 22] verb.social:interact,@ frames: 9 (treat condescendingly) }
{ stoop_to, patronize1,@ frames: 22 (make concessions to) }
{ [ murmur1, noun.communication:murmur,+ noun.communication:murmuring,+ noun.person:murmurer,+ ] [ mutter, noun.communication:mutter,+ noun.communication:muttering,+ ] [ grumble, noun.communication:grumble,+ noun.person:grumbler,+ noun.communication:grumbling,+ ] croak, gnarl, complain,@ frames: 2,22,26 (make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked") }
{ [ grouch, noun.person:grouch,+ ] [ grumble1, noun.communication:grumble,+ noun.person:grumbler,+ ] [ scold1, noun.person:scold1,+ noun.person:scolder,+ ] complain,@ frames: 2,22 (show one's unhappiness or critical attitude; "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load")}
{ [ coo, noun.event:coo,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1 (cry softly, as of pigeons) }
{ coo1, murmur,@ frames: 2 (speak softly or lovingly; "The mother who held her baby was cooing softly") }
{ [ protest, adj.all:complaining^protestant,+ noun.communication:protest1,+ noun.communication:protest,+ noun.communication:protestation,+ noun.person:protester1,+ noun.person:protester,+ ] complain,@ frames: 2,26,22 (utter words of protest) }
{ [ declaim2, noun.communication:declamation,+ ] inveigh1, protest,@ frames: 20 (speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society")}
{ remonstrate, object,@ frames: 22 (argue in protest or opposition) }
{ raise_hell, make_a_stink, raise_a_stink, object,@ frames: 2 (take strong and forceful action, as to object or express discontent; "She raised hell when she found out that she wold not be hired again")}
{ repine, complain,@ frames: 2 (express discontent) }
{ [ gripe, noun.communication:gripe,+ ] bitch1, grouse, [ crab, noun.person:crab,+ ] [ beef, noun.communication:beef,+ ] [ squawk, noun.communication:squawk,+ noun.person:squawker,+ ] [ bellyache, noun.person:bellyacher,+ ] holler, complain,@ frames: 2,22,26 (complain; "What was he hollering about?") }
{ rail, inveigh, complain,@ frames: 22 (complain bitterly) }
{ deplore1, [ lament, adj.all:bad^lamentable,+ noun.person:lamenter,+ ] bewail, bemoan, complain,@ frames: 8 (regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits") }
{ [ regret2, noun.feeling:regret,+ ] inform,@ frames: 28 (express with regret; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard") }
{ regret, regret2,$ refuse,@ frames: 26,28 (decline formally or politely; "I regret I can't come to the party") }
{ [ repudiate6, noun.communication:repudiation1,+ ] refuse,@ frames: 8 (refuse to recognize or pay; "repudiate a debt")}
{ [ exclaim, adj.all:forceful^exclamatory,+ noun.communication:exclamation,+ noun.communication:exclaiming,+ ] cry7, cry_out, outcry, call_out1, [ shout8, noun.communication:shout,+ ] call_out,$ shout1,$ utter1,@ frames: 26,8 (utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost") }
{ [ shout, noun.communication:shout,+ noun.person:shouter,+ whisper,! ] talk,@ frames: 2,26,8 (utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking); "My grandmother is hard of hearing--you'll have to shout") }
{ [ yell, noun.communication:yell,+ noun.person:yeller,+ ] [ scream8, noun.communication:screamer,+ noun.animal:screamer,+ ] shout,@ frames: 2 (utter or declare in a very loud voice; "You don't have to yell--I can hear you just fine") }
{ [ shout1, noun.communication:shout,+ noun.communication:shouting1,+ ] shout_out, [ cry1, noun.communication:cry4,+ noun.communication:cry,+ cry_out,^ ] [ call9, noun.communication:call2,+ call_out,^ ] [ yell1, noun.communication:yell1,+ noun.communication:yell,+ noun.communication:yelling,+ ] [ scream1, noun.communication:scream,+ noun.animal:screamer,+ noun.communication:screaming,+ ] [ holler5, noun.communication:holler,+ noun.communication:hollering,+ ] [ hollo, noun.communication:hollo,+ ] squall, verb.cognition:call13,$ utter2,@ frames: 1,2 (utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me") }
{ [ hollo1, noun.communication:hollo,+ ] shout1,@ frames: 2 (cry hollo) }
{ hollo2, verb.emotion:encourage,@ frames: 9 (encourage somebody by crying hollo) }
{ hurrah, shout1,@ frames: 2 (shout `hurrah!') }
{ [ halloo, noun.communication:halloo,+ ] shout1,@ frames: 2,15 (shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention)}
{ [ whoop, noun.communication:whoop,+ noun.animal:whooper,+ ] shout1,@ frames: 2,8 (shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm; "The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table")}
{ [ shriek, noun.event:shriek,+ noun.communication:shriek,+ noun.communication:shrieking,+ ] [ shrill, noun.event:shrilling,+ ] pipe_up1, pipe, shout1,@ frames: 2,26,8 (utter a shrill cry) }
{ [ yowl, noun.communication:yowl,+ ] [ caterwaul, noun.event:caterwaul,+ ] shriek,@ frames: 1 (utter shrieks, as of cats) }
{ [ interject, noun.communication:interjection,+ noun.act:interjection,+ ] [come_in, frames: 2] [ interpose, noun.act:interposition1,+ noun.act:interposition,+ ] put_in2, throw_in, inject, interrupt,@ frames: 8,26 (to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks") }
{ [ clamor, noun.communication:clamor,+ noun.communication:clamoring,+ ] [ clamour, noun.communication:clamour,+ ] utter1,@ frames: 2,8 (utter or proclaim insistently and noisily; "The delegates clamored their disappointment")}
{ [ vociferate1, noun.person:vociferator,+ ] shout_out3, utter1,@ frames: 8 (utter in a very loud voice; "They vociferated their demands") }
{ [ holler6, noun.communication:holler,+ noun.communication:hollering,+ ] holler_out, shout,@ frames: 8,26,28 (shout out; "He hollered out to surrender our weapons") }
{ [ thunder, noun.event:thunder,+ ] [ roar3, noun.communication:roar,+ noun.person:roarer,+ noun.communication:roaring,+ ] shout,@ frames: 2,22,26 (utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared") }
{ [ whisper, noun.communication:whisper,+ noun.person:whisperer,+ noun.communication:whispering,+ shout,! ] talk,@ frames: 2,8,26 (speak softly; in a low voice) }
{ peep1, talk,@ frames: 2 (speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice)}
{ speak_up3, talk,@ frames: 2 (speak louder; raise one's voice; "The audience asked the lecturer to please speak up") }
{ snap, [ snarl, noun.communication:snarl1,+ noun.communication:snarl,+ ] talk,@ frames: 2,22,26 (utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled at us")}
{ [ snarl1, noun.communication:snarl,+ ] verb.perception:sound,@ frames: 2 (make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise; "Bullets snarled past us") }
{ enthuse, utter,@ frames: 26 (utter with enthusiasm) }
{ rhapsodize, rhapsodise, enthuse,@ frames: 8,26 (say (something) with great enthusiasm) }
{ [ guess, noun.cognition:guess,+ noun.communication:guess,+ noun.person:guesser,+ noun.cognition:guessing,+ ] venture, pretend2, [ hazard, noun.phenomenon:hazard,+ ] speculate,@ frames: 8,26 (put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong") }
{ [ suppose, noun.communication:supposition,+ noun.cognition:supposal,+ ] say3, speculate,@ frames: 8,26 (express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?") }
{ second-guess, comment10,@ frames: 8,9 (evaluate or criticize with hindsight) }
{ second-guess1, outguess, predict,@ frames: 8,9 (attempt to anticipate or predict)}
{ [ predict, adj.all:prophetic^predictive,+ noun.cognition:prediction,+ noun.person:predictor,+ ] [ foretell, noun.communication:foretelling,+ ] [ prognosticate, adj.all:prophetic^prognosticative,+ noun.communication:prognostication,+ noun.cognition:prognostication,+ noun.communication:prognosis,+ noun.person:prognosticator,+ ] call10, [ forebode, noun.feeling:foreboding,+ noun.event:foreboding,+ ] [ anticipate, adj.all:antecedent^anticipatory,+ ] promise2, guess,@ frames: 8,26 (make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election") }
{ [ vaticinate1, noun.cognition:vaticination,+ noun.person:vaticinator,+ ] prophesy,@ frames: 8 (foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy)}
{ [ augur1, noun.person:augur,+ ] predict,@ frames: 8,26 (predict from an omen) }
{ [bet, verb.competition:bet_on,^ ] [ wager, noun.act:wager,+ ] predict,@ frames: 26 (maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!")}
{ [ guesstimate, noun.cognition:guesstimate,+ ] verb.cognition:estimate,@ frames: 8,26 (estimate based on a calculation) }
{ [ determine, noun.act:determination1,+ noun.act:determination,+ ] [ find, noun.cognition:find,+ noun.object:finding,+ ] find_out, [ ascertain1, adj.all:determinable^ascertainable,+ ] find_out1,$ verb.creation:find,$ frames: 8,29 (establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize") }
{ [ gauge, noun.artifact:gauge,+ ] determine,@ frames: 8 (determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation; "gauge the wine barrels")}
{ [ translate5, noun.process:translation,+ ] determine,@ noun.cognition:genetics,;c frames: 1,8 (determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA)}
{ [ rectify2, noun.act:rectification1,+ ] determine,@ frames: 8 (math: determine the length of; "rectify a curve")}
{ [ redetermine, noun.act:redetermination,+ ] determine,@ frames: 8 (fix, find, or establish again; "the physicists redetermined Planck's constant")}
{ [ sequence, noun.attribute:sequence,+ noun.group:sequence,+ noun.artifact:sequencer1,+ noun.artifact:sequencer,+ ] determine,@ frames: 8 (determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the human genome")}
{ [ determine1, noun.act:determination,+ ] [ check10, noun.act:check5,+ ] find_out1, see, [ ascertain, adj.all:determinable^ascertainable,+ ] watch9, learn2, frames: 29 (find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time") }
{ [ test8, noun.act:test,+ noun.act:testing3,+ ] determine1,@ frames: 8 (determine the presence or properties of (a substance))}
{ [ refract, adj.all:crooked1^refractive,+ adj.pert:refractive,+ ] determine,@ frames: 8 (determine the refracting power of (a lens)) }
{ [ suspect, noun.cognition:suspicion1,+ ] [ surmise, noun.communication:surmise,+ ] guess,@ frames: 8,26 (imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it") }
{ bespeak1, betoken1, [ indicate1, adj.all:revealing^indicative,+ noun.communication:indication2,+ noun.communication:indication,+ noun.communication:indicant1,+ noun.communication:indicator1,+ ] [point12, frames: 4] [ signal1, noun.communication:signal,+ ] tell,@ frames: 11 (be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued") }
{ [ mark2, noun.communication:mark3,+ noun.artifact:marker1,+ noun.artifact:marker,+ ] indicate1,@ frames: 11,8 (designate as if by a mark; "This sign marks the border") }
{ blaze, mark2,@ frames: 8 (indicate by marking trees with blazes; "blaze a trail")}
{ [ dimension, noun.attribute:dimension,+ ] mark2,@ frames: 8,11 (indicate the dimensions on; "These techniques permit us to dimension the human heart") }
{ [ signpost, noun.communication:signpost,+ ] mark2,@ frames: 8 (mark with a signpost, as of a path) }
{ [ signalize, noun.communication:signalization,+ noun.communication:signal,+ ] [ signalise, noun.communication:signalisation,+ ] distinguish, mark2,@ frames: 8,11 (make conspicuous or noteworthy) }
{ singularize, singularise, signalize,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (distinguish as singular) }
{ [ buoy, noun.communication:buoy,+ ] mark2,@ frames: 8 (mark with a buoy) }
{ [ read2, noun.cognition:reading2,+ noun.act:reading2,+ ] [ register, noun.act:registration1,+ ] show4, record3, indicate,@ frames: 11 (indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'") }
{ say9, read2,@ frames: 11 (indicate; "The clock says noon") }
{ show3, read2,@ frames: 11 (give evidence of, as of records; "The diary shows his distress that evening") }
{ surcharge, show3,@ frames: 11 (show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given) }
{ strike, record3,@ frames: 11 (indicate (a certain time) by striking; "The clock struck midnight"; "Just when I entered, the clock struck") }
{ [ indicate3, noun.communication:indication1,+ ] [ point, noun.communication:pointer,+ noun.artifact:pointer1,+ noun.artifact:pointer,+ ] designate3, show1, inform,@ frames: 26, 8,11,14,15 (indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents") }
{ point11, indicate3,@ frames: 11,4 (indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle; "the dog pointed the dead duck")}
{ [ finger, noun.body:finger,+ noun.act:fingering2,+ ] indicate3,@ frames: 8 (indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments) }
{ [ signalize2, noun.communication:signal,+ ] signalise2, point_out3, call_attention, indicate3,@ frames: 8,11 (point out carefully and clearly) }
{ foreshow, bode,@ frames: 11 (foretell by divine inspiration) }
{ [ suspect2, noun.person:suspect1,+ noun.person:suspect,+ noun.state:suspicion,+ ] verb.cognition:suppose,@ frames: 9 (hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks") }
{ [wonder1, frames: 2] [ question2, noun.attribute:question,+ ] verb.cognition:speculate,@ frames: 29 (place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight") }
{ [ scruple, noun.cognition:scruple,+ noun.feeling:scruple,+ ] wonder1,@ frames: 8 (have doubts about) }
{ [ wonder12, noun.feeling:wonderment,+ noun.feeling:wonder,+ noun.event:wonder,+ noun.person:wonderer,+ ] [ marvel12, noun.event:marvel,+ noun.person:marveller,+ ] verb.cognition:respond,@ frames: 8 (be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities") }
{ [ marvel, noun.event:marvel,+ ] express,@ frames: 22,26 (express astonishment or surprise about something) }
{ [ explicate1, noun.communication:explication,+ ] [ formulate3, noun.act:formulation,+ ] develop, verb.cognition:theorize,@ frames: 8 (elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis") }
{ [ mature, noun.process:maturement,+ ] develop,@ frames: 8 (develop and work out fully in one's mind; "I need to mature my thoughts")}
{ [ redevelop, noun.act:redevelopment,+ ] reformulate, develop,@ frames: 8 (formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis) }
{ [ forecast, noun.communication:forecast,+ noun.person:forecaster,+ noun.communication:forecasting,+ ] [ calculate1, adj.all:calculable,+ adj.all:hard2^calculative,+ noun.cognition:calculation1,+ noun.act:calculation,+ ] predict,@ frames: 8,26 (predict in advance) }
{ prophesy, [ vaticinate, noun.cognition:vaticination,+ ] predict,@ frames: 8,26,11 (predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration) }
{ enlighten1, irradiate, prophesy,@ frames: 8 (give spiritual insight to; in religion) }
{ [ speculate, adj.all:theoretical^speculative,+ noun.communication:speculation3,+ noun.person:speculator1,+ ] verb.cognition:reason,@ frames: 26,2 (talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal") }
{ [ hint, noun.communication:hint2,+ noun.communication:hint1,+ noun.communication:hint,+ ] [ suggest4, adj.all:susceptible^suggestible,+ noun.communication:suggestion,+ noun.person:suggester,+ ] convey,@ frames: 26,22,2 (drop a hint; intimate by a hint) }
{ [ intimate, noun.cognition:intimation,+ ] adumbrate1, [ insinuate, noun.communication:insinuation,+ ] suggest4,@ frames: 26 (give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife") }
{ clue_in, hint,@ frames: 9 (provide someone with a clue; "Can you clue me in?") }
{ indicate, inform,@ frames: 26,8,11 (to state or express briefly; "indicated his wishes in a letter") }
{ [ indicate4, adj.all:revealing^indicative,+ noun.communication:indication3,+ noun.communication:indication2,+ contraindicate,!] inform,@ frames: 11 (suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases") }
{ [ contraindicate, noun.communication:contraindication,+ indicate,!] advise,@ frames: 11 (make a treatment inadvisable) }
{ [ convey, noun.person:conveyor,+ noun.communication:conveyance,+ ] verb.possession:impart,@ frames: 15,8,11 ((of information) make known; pass on; "She conveyed the message to me") }
{ say7, say9,$ convey,@ frames: 8,11 (communicate or express nonverbally; "What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?")}
{ [ sign4, noun.communication:sign1,+ noun.person:signer1,+ ] communicate,@ frames: 26 (communicate in sign language; "I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin") }
{ [ look, noun.attribute:look1,+ ] convey,@ frames: 8,15 (convey by one's expression; "She looked her devotion to me") }
{ [ flash, noun.communication:flash,+ ] convey,@ frames: 11,8 (make known or cause to appear with great speed; "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts") }
{ breathe3, convey,@ frames: 8,11,15 (manifest or evince; "She breathes the Christian spirit") }
{ [ imply, adj.all:connotative^implicative,+ noun.cognition:implication,+ ] [ connote1, noun.cognition:connotation,+ ] express1,@ frames: 26,8,11 (express or state indirectly) }
{ burst_out, express1,@ frames: 33,2 (give sudden release to an expression; "We burst out laughing"; "`I hate you,' she burst out") }
{ rip_out, burst_out,@ frames: 22,8 (burst out with a violent or profane utterance; "ripped out a vicious oath"; "ripped out with an oath") }
{ [ suggest1, noun.cognition:suggestion1,+ ] [ evoke1, adj.all:mindful^evocative,+ noun.cognition:evocation,+ ] [paint_a_picture, frames: 2 ] express1,@ frames: 11 (call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness") }
{ [ imply1, adj.all:connotative^implicative,+ noun.relation:implication1,+ ] express1,@ frames: 11 (suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic) }
{ [ suggest2, adj.all:susceptible^suggestible,+ adj.all:revealing^suggestive,+ adj.all:connotative^suggestive,+ noun.communication:suggestion1,+ ] [ intimate1, noun.communication:intimation,+ noun.cognition:intimation,+ ] imply1,@ frames: 11 (imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification") }
{ make_out3, suggest2,@ frames: 9,10,8,11 (imply or suggest; "Your remarks make me out to be stupid") }
{ [ connote, noun.communication:connotation,+ ] [ predicate1, noun.communication:predication,+ ] imply1,@ frames: 11 (involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well") }
{ [ denote, adj.all:denotive,+ adj.all:literal^denotative,+ adj.all:denotative,+ noun.cognition:denotation,+ ] [ refer, noun.cognition:reference1,+ noun.cognition:reference,+ frames: 22,4] mean3,@ frames: 11 (have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' ") }
{ [ mean3, noun.communication:meaning,+ noun.cognition:meaning,+ ] intend2, [ signify2, noun.communication:signification,+ noun.communication:sign4,+ noun.communication:signifier,+ ] stand_for, frames: 11 (denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means")}
{ [ denote1, noun.communication:denotation,+ ] denote,$ designate,@ frames: 11 (be a sign or indication of; "Her smile denoted that she agreed") }
{ [ signify, adj.all:meaningful^significant,+ noun.communication:sign4,+ noun.communication:sign3,+ noun.communication:sign1,+ noun.communication:sign5,+ noun.communication:significance,+ ] signify2,$ mean1,@ frames: 11,15,21 (convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?") }
{ spell1, [ import, noun.communication:import,+ noun.cognition:import,+ ] mean1,@ frames: 11 (indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!") }
{ [ twist, noun.communication:twist,+ noun.act:twisting,+ ] twist_around, pervert, convolute, [ sophisticate, noun.cognition:sophistication2,+ noun.act:sophistication,+ ] denote,@ frames: 11,8 (practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words") }
{ [ euphemize, noun.communication:euphemism,+ ] euphemise, refer,@ frames: 2 (refer to something with a euphemism) }
{ speak_in_tongues, speak,@ frames: 2 (speak unintelligibly in or as if in religious ecstasy; "The parishioners spoke in tongues") }
{ [ voice, noun.act:voice,+ noun.communication:voice1,+ noun.person:voicer,+ ] express,@ frames: 8,11 (give voice to; "He voiced his concern") }
{ tone_down, [ moderate1, noun.attribute:moderation,+ ] tame, verb.change:alter1,@ frames: 8,11 (make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements") }
{ unwrap, [ disclose, noun.communication:disclosure,+ ] let_on, bring_out6, [ reveal, noun.cognition:revelation,+ noun.communication:revealing,+ ] [ discover4, noun.communication:discovery,+ ] [ expose1, noun.communication:exposure,+ noun.communication:expose,+ ] [ divulge, noun.communication:divulgement,+ noun.communication:divulgence,+ ] break, [give_away, noun.communication:giveaway,+ ] let_out, uncover, break5,> break5,$ tell,@ frames: 8,11,15,26 (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"; "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings") }
{ [ muckrake, noun.person:muckraker,+ noun.communication:muckraking,+ ] expose1,@ frames: 1 (explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking")}
{ blow9, disclose,@ frames: 8 (cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side") }
{ out, come_out, frames: 1,2 (be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will out") }
{ out1, disclose,@ frames: 9,10 (reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent") }
{ come_out_of_the_closet, out2, come_out1, disclose,@ frames: 2 (to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year") }
{ [ unmask, noun.communication:unmasking,+ ] uncloak, debunk,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (reveal the true nature of; "The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician") }
{ spring, disclose,@ frames: 19 (produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving") }
{ break5, get_out, get_around, frames: 1 (be released or become known; of news; "News of her death broke in the morning") }
{ [ leak1, noun.communication:leak,+ noun.person:leaker,+ ] leak_out, break5,@ frames: 1 (be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy") }
{ betray1, bewray, disclose,@ frames: 11 (reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings") }
{ [ confide, noun.person:confidant,+ noun.communication:confidence,+ ] verb.cognition:trust,* disclose,@ frames: 22,15 (reveal in private; tell confidentially) }
{ unbosom, relieve, confide,@ frames: 9 (relieve oneself of troubling information) }
{ [sell_someone_out, frames: 2,22] disclose,* betray,@ frames: 9 (give information that compromises others) }
{ [ nark, noun.person:nark,+ ] inform,@ frames: 2 (inform or spy (for the police)) }
{ [ leak, noun.communication:leak,+ noun.person:leaker,+ ] break5,> disclose,@ frames: 8,14,15 (tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper") }
{ spill_the_beans, let_the_cat_out_of_the_bag, [ talk6, adj.all:indiscreet^talkative,+ noun.communication:talk1,+ keep_quiet,!] [ tattle1, noun.communication:tattle,+ noun.person:tattler,+ ] [ blab, noun.person:blabber,+ ] peach, babble1, [ sing1, noun.communication:singing2,+ ] [babble_out, frames: 8] [blab_out, frames: 8 ] disclose,@ frames: 2 (divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks") }
{[keep_quiet, talk6,!] shut_one's_mouth, keep_one's_mouth_shut, frames: 2 (refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information; "Don't tell him any secrets--he cannot keep his mouth shut!")}
{ [ spell, noun.person:speller,+ noun.communication:spelling,+] spell_out1, recite,@ frames: 8 (orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of; "How do you spell this word?"; "We had to spell out our names for the police officer") }
{ [ misspell, noun.communication:misspelling,+ ] spell,@ frames: 8 (spell incorrectly) }
{ rede1, [ interpret, adj.all:instructive^interpretive,+ adj.all:instructive^interpretative,+ noun.communication:interpretation,+ noun.cognition:interpretation1,+ noun.cognition:interpretation,+ noun.act:interpretation2,+ noun.cognition:interpreting,+ ] explain,@ frames: 8,11 (give an interpretation or explanation to) }
{ moralize1, moralise1, interpret,@ frames: 8 (interpret the moral meaning of; "moralize a story")}
{ [ deconstruct, noun.cognition:deconstruction,+ ] interpret,@ frames: 8 (interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing)}
{ [ reinterpret, noun.act:reinterpretation,+ ] re-explain, interpret,@ frames: 8 (interpret from a different viewpoint) }
{ [ commentate, noun.communication:comment,+ noun.person:commentator1,+ ] interpret,@ frames: 2 (serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting) }
{ misinterpret, interpret,@ frames: 8,11 (interpret falsely) }
{ [ explain, adj.all:instructive^explanatory,+ noun.communication:explanation1,+ ] [ explicate, noun.communication:explication1,+ noun.communication:explication,+ ] inform,@ frames: 8,9,11,26 (make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students") }
{ account_for, explain,@ frames: 11,8 (give reasons for; "Can you account for all these absences?") }
{ naturalize, explain,@ frames: 8 (explain with reference to nature)}
{ [ clarify, noun.communication:clarification,+ obfuscate,! ] clear_up, [ elucidate, adj.all:instructive^elucidative,+ noun.attribute:lucidity,+ noun.communication:elucidation1,+ noun.communication:elucidation,+ ] explain,@ frames: 8,11 (make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death") }
{ [ obfuscate, noun.cognition:obfuscation,+ noun.act:obfuscation1,+ noun.act:obfuscation,+ clarify,! ] verb.change:change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make obscure or unclear) }
{ [ express, adj.all:expressible,+ adj.all:communicative^expressive,+ noun.communication:expression4,+ ] verbalize3, [ verbalise3, noun.communication:verbalisation,+ ] [ utter1, adj.all:expressible^utterable,+ noun.person:utterer2,+ noun.communication:utterance,+ ] give_tongue_to, frames: 8 (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse") }
{ swallow1, utter,@ frames: 8 (utter indistinctly; "She swallowed the last words of her speech") }
{ raise, utter1,@ frames: 8 (cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry")}
{ breathe1, utter1,@ frames: 8 (utter or tell; "not breathe a word") }
{ drop, express,@ frames: 8 (utter with seeming casualness; "drop a hint"; "drop names") }
{ pour_out, express,@ frames: 8 (express without restraint; "The woman poured out her frustrations as the judge listened") }
{ [ miaou, noun.event:miaou,+ ] [ miaow, noun.event:miaow,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1,2 (make a cat-like sound) }
{ get_off4, utter1,@ frames: 8 (deliver verbally; "He got off the best line I've heard in a long time") }
{ [ talk, noun.communication:talk3,+ noun.communication:talk,+ noun.person:talker,+ ] [ speak, noun.communication:speech6,+ noun.person:speaker,+ noun.communication:speaking1,+ speak_up3,^ ] [ utter, adj.all:expressible^utterable,+ noun.person:utterer,+ noun.communication:utterance,+ ] [ mouth, noun.communication:mouth,+ noun.person:mouth1,+ noun.body:mouth,+ noun.body:mouth1,+ mouth_off,^ ] [ verbalize, noun.communication:verbalization,+ noun.person:verbalizer,+ ] [ verbalise, noun.communication:verbalisation,+ ] communicate,@ frames: 2,22 (express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize") }
{ verbalize1, verbalise1, verbalize,$ talk,@ frames: 2 (be verbose; "This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious")}
{ [ whiff, noun.phenomenon:whiff,+ ] utter,@ frames:8 (utter with a puff of air; "whiff out a prayer")}
{ talk_of, talk_about1, talk,@ frames: 8,11 (discuss or mention; "They spoke of many things") }
{ blubber, blubber_out, utter,@ frames: 8,26 (utter while crying) }
{ [ express1, adj.all:expressible,+ adj.all:communicative^expressive,+ ] show2, evince, convey,@ frames: 11,8 (give expression to; "She showed her disappointment")}
{ give8, evince,@ frames: 8 (manifest or show; "This student gives promise of real creativity"; "The office gave evidence of tampering") }
{ exude, show2,@ frames: 8 (make apparent by one's mood or behavior; "She exudes great confidence") }
{ [ vent, noun.act:vent,+ noun.person:venter,+ ] [ ventilate, noun.communication:ventilation,+ ] [give_vent, frames: 22] express1,@ frames: 8 (give expression or utterance to; "She vented her anger"; "The graduates gave vent to cheers") }
{ [ drone, noun.communication:drone,+ noun.communication:droning,+ ] drone_on, talk,@ frames: 2 (talk in a monotonous voice) }
{ [ deduce, adj.all:deductive^deducible,+ adj.all:deductive,+ noun.cognition:deduction,+ ] [ infer, noun.cognition:inference,+ ] verb.cognition:conclude,@ frames: 8,26 (conclude by reasoning; in logic) }
{ gather, verb.cognition:conclude,@ frames: 26 (conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your homework") }
{ [ recite, noun.communication:recitation1,+ ] repeat1,@ frames: 8 (repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day") }
{ [ say8, noun.communication:saying,+ ] recite,@ frames: 8 (recite or repeat a fixed text; "Say grace"; "She said her `Hail Mary'") }
{ rattle_down, rattle_off, reel_off, spiel_off, roll_off, recite,@ frames: 8 (recite volubly or extravagantly; "He could recite the names of all the chemical elements") }
{ [ list, noun.communication:list,+ noun.person:lister,+ noun.communication:listing,+ noun.act:listing,+ ] name9, enumerate,@ frames: 8,11 (give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of; "List the states west of the Mississippi") }
{ [ enumerate, noun.communication:enumeration,+ ] recite3, [ itemize, noun.act:itemization,+ noun.relation:item,+ noun.communication:item1,+ noun.communication:item,+ noun.cognition:item,+ noun.artifact:item,+ ] [ itemise, noun.act:itemisation,+ noun.communication:item1,+ noun.communication:item,+ noun.cognition:item,+ noun.artifact:item,+ ] name2,@ frames: 8,11 (specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug") }
{ [ itemize1, noun.act:itemization,+ ] [ itemise1, noun.act:itemisation,+ ] list1,@ frames: 8 (place on a list of items; "itemize one's tax deductions")}
{ [ number1, noun.communication:number1,+ noun.communication:number2,+ noun.quantity:number,+ noun.attribute:number,+ noun.communication:numbering,+ ] [ list1, noun.communication:list,+ noun.communication:listing,+ noun.act:listing,+ ] name2,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (enumerate; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians")}
{ specify2, [ set, noun.cognition:set1,+ ] [ determine3, adj.all:decisive^determinant,+ noun.communication:determiner,+ noun.cognition:determiner,+ ] define1, fix3, [ limit, noun.time:limit,+ noun.attribute:limit,+ ] verb.cognition:choose,@ frames: 8 (decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters") }
{ [ name7, noun.communication:name,+ noun.communication:naming,+ ] specify2,@ frames: 8 (mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!") }
{ [ reset, noun.artifact:reset,+ ] set,@ frames: 8 (set anew; "They re-set the date on the clock") }
{ [count_down, noun.act:countdown,+] count1,@ frames: 2 (count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example)}
{ [ count1, noun.act:counting,+ count_down,^ verb.competition:count_out,^ ] recite,@ frames: 2 (name or recite the numbers in ascending order; "The toddler could count to 100") }
{ [ count, adj.all:calculable^countable,+ noun.artifact:counter6,+ noun.artifact:counter3,+ noun.artifact:counter1,+ noun.act:counting,+ noun.person:counter,+ ] [ number, noun.communication:number1,+ noun.communication:number2,+ noun.quantity:number,+ noun.attribute:number,+ ] [ enumerate1, noun.act:enumeration,+ noun.person:enumerator,+ ] [ numerate, adj.all:calculable^numerable,+ noun.act:numeration,+ ] determine,@ frames: 8,9,11 (determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change") }
{ [ miscount, noun.act:miscount,+ ] count,@ frames: 2,8 (count wrongly) }
{ [ census, noun.act:census,+ ] count,@ frames: 8,9 (conduct a census; "They censused the deer in the forest") }
{ [ number3, noun.communication:number1,+ noun.communication:number2,+ noun.quantity:number,+ noun.attribute:number,+ noun.communication:numbering,+ ] designate,@ frames: 8,9 (give numbers to; "You should number the pages of the thesis")}
{ foliate, [ paginate, noun.communication:pagination,+ noun.communication:page,+ ] [ page1, noun.communication:page,+ noun.communication:paging1,+ ] number3,@ frames: 8 (number the pages of a book or manuscript) }
{ [ total, noun.artifact:total,+ noun.cognition:total,+ ] tot, tot_up, [ sum, noun.artifact:sum,+ noun.group:sum,+ noun.cognition:sum1,+ noun.act:summation1,+ ] sum_up3, [ summate, noun.group:sum,+ noun.cognition:sum1,+ noun.artifact:sum,+ ] tote_up, [ add, adj.all:additive^addible,+ adj.all:additive4,+ adj.all:additive,+ adj.all:additive^addable,+ noun.act:addition1,+ noun.artifact:adder,+ ] add_together, [ tally, noun.act:tally,+ ] add_up, count,@ frames: 8,11 (determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town") }
{ [ tally1, noun.act:tally1,+ ] chalk_up, count,* record,@ frames: 2 (keep score, as in games) }
{ [ remit1, noun.act:remit,+ noun.act:remission1,+ noun.act:remitment,+ ] remand, send_back, challenge,@ frames: 8,15 (refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision) }
{ take_a_dare, pick_up_the_gauntlet, verb.social:try,@ frames: 2 (be dared to do something and attempt it) }
{ take_a_dare1, frames: 2 (be dared to do something and not attempt it) }
{ [ consider, noun.cognition:consideration1,+ ] count3, [ weigh, noun.cognition:weighing,+ ] frames: 8,26 (show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient") }
{ [devoice, voice1,! ] pronounce1,@ frames: 8 (utter with tense vocal chords) }
{ raise15, pronounce1,@ frames: 8 (pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth; "raise your `o'") }
{ [ lilt, noun.attribute:lilt,+ ] pronounce1,@ frames: 2,26 (articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way) }
{ palatalize, palatalise, pronounce1,@ frames: 8 (pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate) }
{ [ nasalize, noun.communication:nasalization,+ ] [ nasalise, noun.communication:nasalisation,+ ] pronounce1,@ frames: 8 (pronounce with a lowered velum; "She nasalizes all her vowels") }
{ [ nasalize1, noun.communication:nasalization,+ ] nasalise1, nasalize,$ pronounce1,@ frames: 2 (speak nasally or through the nose; "In this part of the country, people tend to nasalize")}
{ [ mispronounce, noun.communication:mispronunciation,+ ] misspeak, pronounce1,@ frames: 8 (pronounce a word incorrectly; "She mispronounces many Latinate words") }
{ platitudinize, utter1,@ frames: 2 (utter platitudes; "The candidate platitudinized and bored the audience")}
{ tsk, tut, tut-tut, utter2,@ frames: 2 (utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval)}
{ [ aspirate, noun.communication:aspiration,+ noun.communication:aspirate,+ ] pronounce1,@ frames: 8 (pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds) }
{ [ voice1, noun.attribute:voice1,+ noun.communication:voice,+ devoice,! ] [ sound, noun.communication:sound1,+ noun.communication:sonant,+ ] [ vocalize2, noun.communication:vocalization,+ noun.person:vocalizer1,+ noun.person:vocalizer,+ ] [ vocalise2, noun.communication:vocalisation,+ noun.person:vocaliser1,+ ] pronounce1,@ frames: 8 (utter with vibrating vocal chords) }
{ [tell, tell_off,^ ] inform,@ frames: 26 (let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late") }
{ [spill, frames: 8] [ talk2, noun.communication:talk,+ ] talk6,$ tell,@ frames: 2 (reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details") }
{ [ relate, noun.communication:relation1,+ ] tell1,@ frames: 8,11,15,26 (give an account of; "The witness related the events") }
{ [ tell1, noun.communication:tale,+ noun.person:teller3,+ noun.communication:telling1,+ frames: 14] [ narrate, adj.all:communicative^narrative,+ noun.communication:narration2,+ noun.communication:narration1,+ noun.communication:narration,+ noun.person:narrator,+ ] [ recount, noun.communication:recounting,+ ] [ recite1, noun.communication:recital4,+ noun.communication:recital1,+ ] inform,@ frames: 8,15,11 (narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child") }
{ spin, present,@ frames: 8,11 (twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing")}
{ [ crack, noun.communication:crack,+ ] tell1,@ frames: 8 (tell spontaneously; "crack a joke")} 
{ [ yarn, noun.communication:yarn,+ ] tell1,@ frames: 2 (tell or spin a yarn) }
{ [ rhapsodize1, noun.communication:rhapsody,+ ] [ rhapsodise1, noun.communication:rhapsody,+ ] recite1,@ frames: 2 (recite a rhapsody) }
{ [ narrate1, noun.communication:narration1,+ noun.communication:narration,+ ] inform,@ frames: 2,8 (provide commentary for a film, for example)}
{ [ tell3, noun.communication:telling3,+ verb.perception:tell_apart,^ ] [ evidence2, noun.communication:evidence,+ ] inform10,@ frames: 2 (give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague") }
{ [ publicize, noun.person:publicizer,+ noun.act:publicizing,+ ] [ publicise, noun.person:publiciser,+ ] air, bare, tell,@ frames: 8,11,26 (make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare") }
{ hype, publicize,@ frames: 8,11 (publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner)}
{ [ bulletin, noun.communication:bulletin,+ ] publicize,@ frames: 8,26 (make public by bulletin) }
{ [ mean1, noun.communication:meaning,+ noun.cognition:meaning,+ ] [ intend, noun.communication:intent,+ ] convey,@ frames: 8,9 (mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?") }
{ aim, mean1,@ frames: 8 (direct (a remark) toward an intended goal; "She wanted to aim a pun") }
{ [ elaborate, noun.communication:elaboration,+ noun.act:elaboration1,+ ] [ lucubrate, noun.communication:lucubration,+ ] [ expatiate, noun.communication:expatiation,+ ] [ exposit1, noun.communication:exposition1,+ ] [ enlarge4, noun.communication:enlargement,+ ] flesh_out, [ expand10, noun.communication:expansion,+ noun.act:expansion1,+ verb.change:contract5,!] [ expound, adj.all:instructive^expository,+ noun.person:exponent1,+ noun.communication:expounding,+ ] [ dilate10, noun.communication:dilation,+ ] clarify,@ frames: 22,2,8,11 (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation") }
{ [ detail, noun.communication:detail,+ noun.relation:detail,+ noun.cognition:detail,+ noun.communication:detailing,+ ] elaborate,@ frames: 8 (provide details for) }
{ [ embroider, noun.communication:embroidery,+ ] pad, lard, [ embellish, noun.communication:embellishment,+ ] [ aggrandize, noun.act:aggrandizement,+ ] [ aggrandise, noun.act:aggrandisement,+ ] blow_up, [ dramatize, noun.event:drama,+ ] dramatise, exaggerate,@ frames: 8,31 (add details to) }
{ [ qualify1, noun.cognition:quality,+ noun.attribute:quality,+ ] [ characterize, noun.communication:characterization1,+ noun.cognition:character,+ ] [ characterise, noun.communication:characterisation1,+ noun.communication:characterisation,+ noun.communication:character1,+ noun.cognition:character,+ ] verb.cognition:think_of,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover") }
{ [ disambiguate, noun.communication:disambiguation,+ noun.communication:disambiguator,+ ] clarify,@ frames: 8,11 (state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from; "Can you disambiguate this statement?") }
{ [ define, noun.communication:definition,+ ] determine3,@ frames: 8,11 (give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'") }
{ [ redefine, noun.communication:redefinition,+ ] define,@ frames: 8 (give a new or different definition of (a word)) }
{ repeat1, [ echo, noun.communication:echo,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 8,11,26 (to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders") }
{ [ cuckoo, noun.animal:cuckoo,+ ] repeat1,@ frames: 8 (repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call) }
{ reecho, echo,@ frames: 8,11 (repeat back like an echo) }
{ [ parrot, noun.person:parrot,+ ] repeat1,@ frames: 8,11,26 (repeat mindlessly; "The students parroted the teacher's words") }
{ [ repeat, noun.event:repeat,+ noun.act:repetition,+ ] [ reiterate, adj.all:repetitive^reiterative,+ noun.act:reiteration,+ ] ingeminate, [ iterate, adj.all:repetitive^iterative,+ noun.process:iteration1,+ noun.process:iteration,+ noun.act:iteration,+ ] [ restate, noun.communication:restatement,+ ] retell, tell,@ frames: 8,11,26 (to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request") }
{ [ perseverate, noun.act:perseveration,+ ] repeat,@ frames: 2 (psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus; "The subjects in this study perseverated")}
{ [ ditto, noun.communication:ditto,+ ] repeat,@ frames: 8 (repeat an action or statement; "The next speaker dittoed her argument") }
{ [ regurgitate, noun.cognition:regurgitation,+ ] reproduce, repeat1,@ frames: 8 (repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information") }
{ harp, dwell, repeat,@ frames: 22 (come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things") }
{ hark_back, return, come_back, recall, refer,@ frames: 22 (go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his")}
{ recur, go_back, recall,@ frames: 22 (return in thought or speech to something) }
{ [ translate, noun.communication:translation,+ noun.person:translator1,+ noun.person:translator,+ ] [ interpret1, noun.person:interpreter1,+ noun.communication:interpreter,+ ] render4, repeat,@ frames: 2,8,9 (restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N.") }
{ retranslate, translate,@ frames: 8 (translate again) }
{ [ mistranslate, noun.communication:mistranslation,+ ] translate,@ frames: 8 (translate incorrectly) }
{ [ dub1, noun.artifact:dubbing,+ ] translate,* synchronize,@ noun.communication:film1,;c frames: 8 (provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language) }
{ [ synchronize, noun.relation:synchrony,+ ] synchronise, verb.change:change1,@ noun.communication:film1,;c frames: 8 (make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action; "synchronize this film")}
{ [ gloss, noun.communication:gloss1,+ noun.communication:gloss,+ ] translate,@ frames: 8 (provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase) }
{ phrase1, verb.cognition:arrange,@ frames: 8 (divide, combine, or mark into phrases; "phrase a musical passage")}
{ Latinize, translate,@ frames: 8 (translate into Latin) }
{ [ gloss1, noun.communication:gloss1,+ noun.communication:gloss,+ ] [ comment1, noun.communication:comment1,+ ] [ annotate, noun.communication:note2,+ ] interpret,@ frames: 8 (provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written") }
{ [ commentate11, noun.communication:commentary,+ noun.communication:comment1,+ noun.person:commentator,+ ] interpret,@ frames: 2,22 (make a commentary on) }
{ [ paraphrase, noun.communication:paraphrase,+ ] [ rephrase, noun.communication:rephrasing,+ ] [ reword, noun.communication:rewording,+ ] repeat,@ frames: 8,9 (express the same message in different words) }
{ translate6, paraphrase,@ frames: 8 (express, as in simple and less technical language; "Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?"; "Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?")}
{ [ lexicalize, noun.process:lexicalization,+ ] lexicalise, formulate,@ frames: 8 (make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language; "The concept expressed by German `Gemuetlichkeit' is not lexicalized in English") }
{ [ talk1, adj.all:communicative^talkative,+ noun.communication:talk3,+ noun.communication:talk,+ noun.communication:talking,+ ] [ speak1, noun.communication:speech4,+ verb.social:speak_for,^ ] communicate,@ frames: 2,27,22,1,4 (exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words")}
{ talk_down1, talk1,@ frames: 12 (speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child; "He talks down to her") }
{ [ spiel, noun.communication:spiel,+ ] talk1,@ frames: 2,22 (speak at great length (about something)) }
{ [ dogmatize1, noun.person:dogmatist,+ noun.communication:dogma,+ noun.cognition:dogma,+ ] [ dogmatise1, noun.person:dogmatist,+ ] talk1,@ frames: 2 (speak dogmatically) }
{ [ cheek, noun.communication:cheek,+ noun.attribute:cheek,+ ] speak1,@ frames: 9 (speak impudently to) }
{ [ speak2, noun.cognition:speech,+ noun.communication:speaking1,+ ] [ talk3, noun.communication:talk,+ noun.person:talker,+ ] communicate,@ frames: 2,8 (use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect") }
{ run_on, speak2,@ frames: 2 (talk or narrate at length) }
{ [ smatter, noun.cognition:smattering,+ ] speak2,@ frames: 8 (speak with spotty or superficial knowledge; "She smatters Russian") }
{ [ slang2, noun.communication:slang,+ noun.communication:slang1,+ ] speak2,@ frames: 2 (use slang or vulgar language) }
{ level1, talk1,@ frames: 22 (talk frankly with; lay it on the line; "I have to level with you") }
{ talk_turkey, talk1,@ frames: 2 (discuss frankly, often in a business context) }
{ [ monologuize, noun.communication:monologue2,+ noun.communication:monologue1,+ noun.communication:monologue,+ ] monologuise, [ soliloquize, noun.communication:soliloquy1,+ noun.communication:soliloquy,+ ] soliloquise, talk1,@ frames: 2 (talk to oneself) }
{ [ converse, noun.communication:conversation,+ ] discourse1, talk1,@ frames: 2,22 (carry on a conversation) }
{ broach, initiate, discuss,@ frames: 8 (bring up a topic for discussion) }
{ [ report, noun.communication:report3,+ noun.communication:report1,+ noun.communication:report,+ ] [ describe1, adj.all:descriptive2,+ noun.communication:description,+ ] [ account2, noun.communication:account4,+ ] inform,@ frames: 2,22,9,11,15,26 (to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental") }
{ report1, inform,@ frames: 9,15 (make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal") }
{ report2, complain,@ frames: 9,15 (complain about; make a charge against; "I reported her to the supervisor") }
{ report3, announce,@ frames: 2 (announce one's presence; "I report to work every day at 9 o'clock") }
{ [ announce2, adj.pert:annunciatory,+ noun.communication:announcement1,+ noun.communication:announcement,+ noun.person:announcer,+ noun.person:announcer1,+ ] [ declare5, adj.all:declarative,+ noun.communication:declaration3,+ ] state,@ frames: 8 (announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war") }
{ [check_in, noun.act:check-in,+ check_out,!] sign_in, report3,@ frames: 2,9,22 (announce one's arrival, e.g. at hotels or airports) }
{ [clock_in, clock_out,!] [punch_in, punch_out,!] clock_on, record,@ frames: 2,22 (register one's arrival at work) }
{ [check_out, check_in,! noun.time:checkout,+ ] report3,@ frames: 2,22 (announce one's departure from a hotel) }
{ [clock_out, clock_in,!] [punch_out, punch_in,!] clock_off, report3,@ frames: 2,22 (register one's departure from work) }
{ [ report4, noun.communication:report3,+ ] announce,@ frames: 8,26 (announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding; "Dozens of incidents of wife beatings are reported daily in this city"; "The team reported significant advances in their research") }
{ [ report13, noun.communication:report1,+ noun.communication:report,+ noun.person:reporter,+ noun.communication:reportage,+ noun.communication:reporting,+ frames: 22] [ cover2, noun.communication:coverage,+ ] inform,@ frames: 8,9 (be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism; "Snow reported on China in the 1950's"; "The cub reporter covered New York City") }
{ cover12, cover2,$ verb.cognition:check2,@ frames: 8 (maintain a check on; especially by patrolling; "The second officer covered the top floor") }
{ [ publish, noun.communication:publication,+ noun.act:publication1,+ noun.act:publication,+ noun.person:publisher1,+ noun.person:publisher,+ noun.group:publisher,+ noun.act:publishing,+ ] bring_out, put_out, [ issue, noun.act:issue,+ noun.communication:issue,+ noun.group:issuer,+ ] [ release, noun.artifact:release,+ ] publicize,@ frames: 8,11 (prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper") }
{ edit, publish,@ frames: 8 (supervise the publication of; "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years")}
{ [ circulate, noun.act:circulation,+ ] circularize, [ circularise, noun.communication:circular,+ ] distribute, [ disseminate, adj.all:distributive^disseminative,+ noun.communication:dissemination,+ noun.attribute:dissemination,+ noun.act:dissemination,+ noun.person:disseminator,+ ] [ propagate, noun.communication:propagation,+ noun.person:propagator,+ ] [ broadcast, noun.communication:broadcast1,+ noun.communication:broadcast,+ ] [ spread, noun.act:spread,+ noun.attribute:spread,+ noun.event:spread,+ noun.communication:spreading,+ ] [ diffuse, adj.all:distributive^diffusive,+ noun.act:diffusion,+ ] [ disperse, adj.all:distributive^dispersive,+ noun.act:dispersion,+ noun.act:dispersal,+ ] pass_around, go_around,> publicize,@ frames: 8 (cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news") }
{ podcast, broadcast,@ frames: 2,8 (distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer)}
{ [ satellite, noun.artifact:satellite,+ ] broadcast1,@ frames: 8 (broadcast or disseminate via satellite)}
{ [ sportscast, noun.person:sportscaster,+ ] broadcast1,@ frames: 2 (broadcast a sports event) }
{ [ sow, noun.person:sower,+ ] spread,@ frames: 8 (introduce into an environment; "sow suspicion or beliefs") }
{ [ telecast, noun.person:telecaster,+ noun.communication:telecasting,+ noun.communication:telecast,+ ] [ televise, noun.communication:television,+ noun.artifact:television,+ ] broadcast1,@ noun.communication:television,;c frames: 8 (broadcast via television; "The Royal wedding was televised") }
{ colorcast, televise,@ noun.communication:television,;c frames: 8 (broadcast in color) }
{ go_around, [ spread2, noun.attribute:spread,+ noun.event:spread,+ ] circulate1, spread,$ verb.motion:travel,@ frames: 1 (become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office") }
{ bandy_about, discuss,@ frames: 8 (discuss casually; "bandy about an idea") }
{ [ popularize, noun.act:popularization1,+ noun.person:popularizer,+ ] [ popularise, noun.act:popularisation1,+ noun.person:populariser,+ ] [ vulgarize, adj.all:lowborn^vulgar,+ noun.act:vulgarization,+ noun.person:vulgarizer1,+ ] [ vulgarise, noun.act:vulgarisation,+ noun.person:vulgariser1,+ ] generalize4, generalise4, disseminate,@ frames: 8 (cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors")}
{ [ propagandize, noun.communication:propaganda,+ ] [ propagandise, noun.communication:propaganda,+ ] advertize,@ frames: 8 (spread by propaganda) }
{ [ propagandize1, noun.communication:propaganda,+ ] [ propagandise1, noun.communication:propaganda,+ ] tell,@ frames: 9 (subject to propaganda) }
{ call, verb.cognition:call5,$ label,@ frames: 14,5 (ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful") }
{ misname, miscall, call,@ frames: 9 (assign in incorrect name to; "These misnamed philanthropists") }
{ [ tout2, noun.person:tout,+ noun.person:touter,+ ] label1,@ frames: 5 (advertize in strongly positive terms; "This product was touted as a revolutionary invention") }
{ [ pronounce, noun.communication:pronouncement,+ ] [ label1, noun.communication:label1,+ noun.communication:label,+ ] [ judge, noun.act:judgment2,+ ] declare4,@ frames: 5,14 (pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here") }
{ [ rule, noun.act:ruling,+ ] [ find1, noun.act:finding1,+ ] pronounce,@ frames: 5,22 (decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty") }
{ [ qualify2, noun.attribute:qualification,+ noun.attribute:quality2,+ disqualify,! ] pronounce,@ frames: 9,24 (pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections")}
{ [ capacitate2, noun.attribute:capacity,+ ] qualify2,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 9,10 (make legally capable or qualify in law)}
{ [ disqualify, noun.attribute:disqualification,+ noun.act:disqualification,+ qualify2,! ] pronounce,@ frames: 9,24 (declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete") }
{ [ recuse, adj.all:disobedient^recusant,+ noun.act:recusation,+ noun.act:recusal,+ ] disqualify,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 9 (disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case) }
{ [ air1, noun.communication:air2,+ ] [ send3, noun.artifact:sender,+ ] [ broadcast1, noun.communication:broadcast1,+ noun.communication:broadcast,+ noun.person:broadcaster,+ ] [ beam, noun.communication:beam,+ ] [ transmit, noun.communication:transmission,+ noun.artifact:transmitter,+ ] air2,> publicize,@ noun.communication:broadcasting1,;c frames: 8,11,21 (broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song") }
{ [ interrogate9, noun.communication:interrogation3,+ ] transmit,@ noun.communication:broadcasting1,;c frames: 8,11 (transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication)}
{ [ air2, noun.communication:air2,+ ] noun.communication:broadcasting1,;c frames: 1,4 (be broadcast; "This show will air Saturdays at 2 P.M.") }
{ [ rerun, noun.communication:rerun,+ ] rebroadcast, air1,@ noun.communication:broadcasting1,;c frames: 8 (broadcast again, as of a film) }
{ sign_off, verb.stative:cease,@ noun.communication:broadcasting1,;c frames: 2 (cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations) }
{ announce1, [ annunciate, noun.artifact:annunciator,+ ] [ harbinger, noun.communication:harbinger,+ ] foretell2, [ herald, noun.communication:herald,+ ] tell,@ frames: 8,11 (foreshadow or presage) }
{ [ announce, adj.pert:annunciatory,+ noun.person:announcer,+ noun.person:announcer1,+ ] denote2, inform,@ frames: 8,11,10,26 (make known; make an announcement; "She denoted her feelings clearly") }
{ [ cry2, noun.person:crier2,+ noun.person:crier,+ ] blazon_out, announce,@ frames: 8 (proclaim or announce in public; "before we had newspapers, a town crier would cry the news"; "He cried his merchandise in the market square") }
{ [ call3, noun.communication:call3,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1 (utter a characteristic note or cry; "bluejays called to one another") }
{ trump, trump_out, announce,@ frames: 8,26 (proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare) }
{ blare_out, blat_out, announce,@ frames: 8 (announce loudly) }
{ [ announce7, noun.person:announcer1,+ ] name2,@ frames: 9,10 (give the names of; "He announced the winners of the spelling bee") }
{ call_out, announce,@ frames: 8,9 (call out loudly, as of names or numbers) }
{ count_off, call_out,@ frames: 8 (call in turn from right to left or from back to front numbers that determine some position or function) }
{ [ advertise1, frames: 26 ] [ publicize1, noun.person:publicist,+ noun.person:publicizer,+ noun.act:publicizing,+ frames: 26 ] advertize1, [ publicise1, noun.person:publicist,+ noun.person:publiciser,+ ] announce,@ frames: 8,11 (call attention to; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS") }
{ [ headline, noun.communication:headline,+ ] advertise1,@ frames: 8,11 (publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline) }
{ [ ballyhoo, noun.communication:ballyhoo,+ ] advertise1,@ frames: 8,26 (advertize noisily or blatantly) }
{ [ plug, noun.person:plugger,+ noun.communication:plug,+ ] advertize,@ frames: 8 (make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote)}
{ [ advertise, noun.communication:advertisement,+ noun.person:advertiser,+ noun.communication:advertising,+ noun.act:advertising,+ ] [ advertize, noun.communication:advertizement,+ noun.person:advertizer,+ ] [ promote, noun.person:promoter,+ noun.communication:promotion,+ ] push, verb.social:push10,$ praise,@ frames: 8,11 (make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops") }
{ [ bill, noun.communication:bill,+ ] advertize,@ frames: 8,9 (advertise especially by posters or placards; "He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso") }
{ [ proclaim, noun.act:proclamation,+ ] [ exclaim1, adj.all:forceful^exclamatory,+ noun.communication:exclamation1,+ ] [ promulgate, noun.communication:promulgation1,+ noun.communication:promulgation,+ noun.act:promulgation,+ ] declare,@ frames: 8,26 (state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty")}
{ declare6, proclaim,@ frames: 2 (proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast")}
{ [ trumpet, noun.person:trumpeter1,+ ] proclaim,@ frames: 8 (proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet; "Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty") }
{ [ clarion, noun.artifact:clarion,+ ] proclaim,@ frames: 8 (proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion) }
{ [ proclaim2, noun.communication:proclamation,+ noun.act:proclamation,+ ] entitle,@ frames: 14,5 (declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles; "He was proclaimed King") }
{ [ articulate1, adj.pert:articulative,+ noun.communication:articulation1,+ ] [ enunciate, noun.communication:enunciation,+ ] vocalize1, vocalise1, state,@ frames: 8 (express or state clearly) }
{ [ pronounce1, noun.communication:pronunciation1,+ noun.communication:pronunciation,+ ] [ articulate, adj.pert:articulative,+ adj.pert:articulatory,+ noun.communication:articulation1,+ noun.communication:articulation,+ noun.person:articulator,+ ] enounce, sound_out1, [ enunciate1, noun.communication:enunciation,+ ] say2, talk,* frames: 8 (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?") }
{ [ retroflex, noun.communication:retroflexion,+ ] pronounce1,@ frames: 2,8 (articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate; "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants")}
{ [ subvocalize, noun.person:subvocalizer,+ ] subvocalise, articulate,@ frames: 2,8 (articulate without making audible sounds; "she was reading to herself and merely subvocalized")}
{ say15, utter1,@ frames: 8 (utter aloud; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office") }
{ [ syllabize, noun.communication:syllable,+ ] syllabise, articulate,@ frames: 8 (utter with distinct articulation of each syllable; "The poet syllabized the verses he read") }
{ [ drawl, noun.person:drawler,+ noun.communication:drawl,+ ] articulate,@ frames: 2,8 (lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels") }
{ round, labialize, labialise, pronounce1,@ frames: 8 (pronounce with rounded lips) }
{ [give_voice, frames: 4] [ formulate, noun.communication:formulation,+ noun.act:formulation,+ ] [ word, noun.communication:word3,+ noun.communication:word,+ noun.communication:wording,+ ] [ phrase, noun.communication:phrase2,+ noun.communication:phrase,+ noun.communication:phrasing,+ ] [ articulate2, noun.communication:articulation1,+ ] express1,@ frames: 8 (put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees") }
{ [ dogmatize, noun.person:dogmatist,+ noun.communication:dogma,+ noun.cognition:dogma,+ ] [ dogmatise, noun.person:dogmatist,+ ] formulate,@ frames: 8,26 (state as a dogma) }
{ [ formularize, noun.communication:formula3,+ noun.communication:formula1,+ noun.communication:formula,+ noun.cognition:formula1,+ noun.cognition:formula,+ ] formularise, formulate,@ frames: 8 (express as a formula) }
{ [ frame, noun.artifact:frame2,+ ] [ redact, noun.act:redaction,+ ] [ cast, noun.shape:cast,+ ] put, couch, formulate,@ frames: 21 (formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language") }
{ bumble, [ stutter, noun.person:stutterer,+ noun.state:stutter,+ ] [ stammer, noun.person:stammerer,+ noun.state:stammer,+ ] [ falter, noun.act:falter,+ ] talk,@ frames: 2,8 (speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room") }
{ [ rasp, noun.communication:rasp,+ noun.communication:rasping,+ ] talk,@ frames: 2,26 (utter in a grating voice) }
{ blurt_out, blurt, blunder_out, blunder, [ ejaculate, noun.communication:ejaculation,+ noun.person:ejaculator,+ ] utter,@ frames: 8,26 (utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas") }
{ [ lisp, noun.state:lisp,+ noun.person:lisper,+ ] pronounce1,@ frames: 2 (speak with a lisp) }
{ [ tone2, noun.attribute:tone1,+ noun.attribute:tone2,+ ] [ inflect, noun.communication:inflection1,+ noun.communication:inflection,+ ] [ modulate, noun.communication:modulation3,+ noun.communication:modulation2,+ ] talk,@ frames: 8 (vary the pitch of one's speech) }
{ [ inflect1, noun.relation:inflexion,+ noun.relation:inflection,+ ] verb.change:modify,@ frames: 8 (change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language) }
{ compare, inflect1,@ frames: 8 (to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb) }
{ [ decline1, noun.relation:declension,+ noun.group:declension,+ ] inflect1,@ frames: 8 (inflect for number, gender, case, etc.; "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives") }
{ [ conjugate, noun.relation:conjugation,+ noun.group:conjugation2,+ noun.group:conjugation1,+ ] inflect1,@ frames: 8 (add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.; "conjugate the verb") }
{ [ stress1, noun.communication:stress1,+ ] [ accent, noun.communication:accent,+ ] [ accentuate1, noun.communication:accent3,+ noun.communication:accent2,+ noun.communication:accent1,+ noun.communication:accent,+ noun.communication:accentuation,+ ] pronounce1,@ frames: 8 (put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word") }
{ vocalize, vocalise, [ vowelize, noun.communication:vowel,+ ] vowelise, pronounce1,@ frames: 8 (pronounce as a vowel; "between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized") }
{ [ utter2, adj.all:expressible^utterable,+ noun.person:utterer2,+ noun.communication:utterance,+ ] emit, let_out2, let_loose, frames: 8,11 (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand") }
{ shoot5, utter2,@ frames: 8 (utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer")}
{ gurgle, utter2,@ frames: 8 (utter with a gurgling sound; "`Help,' the stabbing victim gurgled")}
{ [ cry3, noun.event:cry,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1 (utter a characteristic sound; "The cat was crying") }
{ nasale, utter2,@ frames: 8 (speak in a nasal voice; "`Come here,' he nasaled") }
{ bite_out, utter2,@ frames: 8 (utter; "She bit out a curse") }
{ [ sigh1, noun.event:sigh,+ noun.communication:sigh,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 8,26 (utter with a sigh) }
{ troat, utter2,@ frames: 1 (emit a cry intended to attract other animals; used especially of animals at rutting time) }
{ lift2, utter2,@ frames: 8 (make audible; "He lifted a war whoop") }
{ [ pant, noun.act:pant,+ noun.act:panting,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 8 (utter while panting, as if out of breath) }
{ volley, utter2,@ frames: 8 (utter rapidly; "volley a string of curses") }
{ break_into, utter2,@ frames: 8,11 (express or utter spontaneously; "break into a yodel"; "break into a song"; "break into tears") }
{ heave, utter2,@ frames: 8 (utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do") }
{ [ chorus, noun.group:chorus2,+ noun.event:chorus,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 8 (utter in unison; "`yes,' the children chorused") }
{ [ sputter, noun.communication:sputter,+ ] [ splutter, noun.communication:splutter,+ noun.event:splutter,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 8 (utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage) }
{ [ describe, noun.communication:description,+ ] [ depict1, noun.communication:depiction1,+ noun.communication:picture3,+ ] draw, set_forth,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack") }
{ represent12, describe,@ frames: 8,9 (describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel")}
{ [ symbolize1, noun.communication:symbolization,+ ] [ symbolise1, noun.communication:symbolisation,+ ] represent12,@ frames: 8,2 (represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize")}
{ [ actualize, adj.all:real^actual2,+ adj.all:actual,+ ] actualise, represent12,@ frames: 8,11 (represent or describe realistically)}
{ [ represent, adj.all:representative,+ ] express,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl")}
{ [ dramatize1, noun.act:dramatization,+ noun.event:drama,+ noun.communication:drama1,+ noun.communication:drama,+ noun.attribute:drama,+ ] [ dramatise1, noun.act:dramatisation,+ noun.event:drama,+ noun.communication:drama1,+ noun.communication:drama,+ noun.attribute:drama,+ ] represent,@ frames: 8,11 (represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth") }
{ overdramatize, overdramatise, dramatize1,@ frames: 8,11 (present in an overly dramatic manner; "She is overdramatizing her child's failure in the physics class") }
{ [ portray, noun.communication:portraiture1,+ noun.communication:portrait,+ noun.communication:portrayal1,+ ] represent,@ frames: 9,10 (portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person") }
{ [ delineate, noun.communication:delineation1,+ ] describe,@ frames: 8,11 (describe in vivid detail) }
{ [ address2, noun.person:addressee,+ noun.communication:address,+ ] [ speak3, noun.communication:speech1,+ noun.communication:speaking,+ frames: 2] speak2,* frames: 9 (give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees") }
{ take_the_floor, address2,* frames: 2 (rise in order to make a speech or motion) }
{ [ deliver, noun.communication:delivery,+ ] [ present2, noun.communication:presentation1,+ noun.communication:presentation,+ ] utter,@ frames: 8 (deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students") }
{ deliver2, utter2,@ frames: 8 (utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered a cry of joy") }
{ [ speechify, noun.person:speechifier,+ noun.communication:speech3,+ noun.communication:speech1,+ ] deliver,@ frames: 2 (make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality; "These ministers speechify on every occasion") }
{ [ harangue, noun.person:haranguer,+ noun.communication:harangue,+ ] address2,@ frames: 9 (deliver a harangue to; address forcefully) }
{ [ approach, adj.all:approachable,+ noun.communication:approach,+ ] address1,@ frames: 9 (make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters") }
{ [ address1, noun.person:addressee,+ ] accost1, come_up_to, verb.motion:come,@ frames: 9 (speak to someone) }
{ [ address3, noun.person:addressee,+ noun.location:address,+ noun.communication:address2,+ ] direct2, label,@ frames: 21 (put an address on (an envelope)) }
{ misdirect, misaddress, address3,@ frames: 8 (put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter")}
{ [ instrument, noun.communication:instrument,+ ] address3,@ frames: 9 (address a legal document to)}
{ re-address, address3,@ frames: 8 (put a new address on (an envelope), as for forwarding) }
{ [ enlighten, noun.cognition:enlightenment,+ ] [ edify, noun.cognition:edification,+ ] instruct,@ frames: 9,10 (make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal") }
{ disabuse, inform,@ frames: 18 (free somebody (from an erroneous belief)) }
{ [ post3, noun.person:poster,+ noun.communication:poster,+ noun.communication:posting,+ ] announce,@ frames: 8 (publicize with, or as if with, a poster; "I'll post the news on the bulletin board") }
{ [ placard, noun.communication:placard,+ ] [ bill1, noun.communication:bill,+ ] post3,@ frames: 8 (publicize or announce by placards) }
{ [ gesticulate, noun.communication:gesture,+ noun.act:gesture,+ noun.communication:gesticulation,+ ] [ gesture, noun.communication:gesture,+ noun.act:gesture,+ ] [ motion, noun.communication:motion,+ ] communicate,@ frames: 2,27 (show, express or direct through movement; "He gestured his desire to leave")}
{ [ shake, noun.communication:shake,+ ] gesture,@ frames: 8 (shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state; "shake one's head"; "She shook her finger at the naughty students"; "The old enemies shook hands"; "Don't shake your fist at me!")}
{ [ telepathize, noun.communication:telepathy,+ ] telepathise, communicate,@ frames: 2 (communicate nonverbally by telepathy; "some people believe they can telepathize with others around the world") }
{ [ write, noun.person:writer1,+ noun.act:writing1,+ frames: 2, 14] write8,$ communicate,@ frames: 8,9,15,26 (communicate or express by writing; "He wrote about his great love for his wife") }
{ write_in, write,@ frames: 2 (write to an organization; "Many listeners wrote in after the controversial radio program")}
{ [ style4, noun.communication:style1,+ ] write,@ frames: 8 (make consistent with certain rules of style; "style a manuscript")}
{ [ apostrophize, noun.communication:apostrophe1,+ ] [ apostrophise, noun.communication:apostrophe1,+ ] write,@ frames: 8 (use an apostrophe) }
{ [ encode, noun.act:encoding,+ decode,!] verb.change:convert3,@ frames: 8,11 (convert information into code; "encode pictures digitally")}
{[ code, noun.communication:code2,+ noun.communication:code,+ noun.person:coder,+ noun.act:coding,+ ] encipher, [ cipher, noun.communication:cipher1,+ noun.communication:cipher,+ ] [ cypher, noun.communication:cypher,+ noun.communication:cypher1,+ ] [ encrypt, noun.act:encryption,+ ] inscribe4, write_in_code, encode,@ frames: 8 (convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons") }
{ [ decode, noun.act:decoding,+ encode,!] [ decrypt, noun.act:decryption,+ ] [ decipher1, noun.act:decipherment,+ noun.person:decipherer1,+ noun.person:decipherer,+ ] rewrite,@ frames: 8 (convert code into ordinary language) }
{ [ transliterate, noun.communication:transliteration,+ ] transcribe, rewrite,@ frames: 8 (rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated") }
{ [ transcribe2, noun.person:transcriber1,+ noun.person:transcriber,+ ] rewrite,@ frames: 8 (make a phonetic transcription of; "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant") }
{ [ transcribe1, noun.communication:transcription,+ noun.person:transcriber,+ ] write_down1,@ frames: 8 (write out from speech, notes, etc.; "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe") }
{ [ notate, noun.communication:notation,+ noun.act:notation,+ ] write_down1,@ frames: 8 (put into notation, as of music or choreography; "Nowadays, you can notate an entire ballet; in the old days, the steps had to be memorized")}
{ Romanize, Romanise, Latinize1, Latinise, transliterate,@ frames: 8 (write in the Latin alphabet; "many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names") }
{ [ braille, noun.person:braille,+ noun.communication:braille,+ ] transcribe,@ frames: 8 (transcribe in braille) }
{ [ rewrite, noun.communication:rewrite,+ noun.person:rewriter,+ noun.communication:rewriting,+ ] write,@ frames: 8 (write differently; alter the writing of; "The student rewrote his thesis") }
{ [ revise, noun.communication:revise,+ noun.communication:revision1,+ noun.act:revision,+ noun.person:reviser,+ noun.communication:revising,+ noun.communication:revisal,+ ] rewrite,@ frames: 8 (make revisions in; "revise a thesis") }
{ [ amend, adj.all:bettering^amendatory,+ noun.communication:amendment,+ noun.act:amendment,+ ] revise,@ frames: 8 (make amendments to; "amend the document") }
{ [ sign2, noun.communication:signature,+ noun.person:signer,+ sign_in,^ verb.possession:sign_away,^ verb.possession:sign_over,^ ] [ subscribe2, noun.act:subscription1,+ ] write,@ frames: 2,8,22 (mark with one's signature; write one's name (on); "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here")}
{ rubricate, sign2,@ frames: 2,8 (sign with a mark instead of a name)}
{ undersign, sign,@ frames: 8 (sign at the bottom of (a document)) }
{ ink, sign,@ frames: 8 (append one's signature to; "They inked the contract") }
{ [ autograph, noun.communication:autograph2,+ noun.communication:autograph,+ ] inscribe, sign,@ frames: 8 (mark with one's signature; "The author autographed his book") }
{ [ initial, noun.communication:initial,+ ] approve,* sign,@ frames: 8 (mark with one's initials) }
{ [ countersign, noun.communication:countersign,+ noun.communication:countersignature,+ ] sign,@ frames: 2,8 (add one's signature to after another's to attest authenticity; "You must countersign on this line of the contract") }
{ execute, sign,@ frames: 8 (sign in the presence of witnesses; "The President executed the treaty") }
{ [ endorse, noun.communication:endorsement4,+ noun.person:endorser1,+ ] [ indorse, noun.person:indorser1,+ noun.communication:indorsement4,+ ] sign,@ frames: 8 (sign as evidence of legal transfer; "endorse cheques") }
{ [ cosign, noun.person:cosigner1,+ ] co-sign, endorse,@ frames: 8 (sign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan)}
{ [ visa, noun.communication:visa,+ ] endorse,@ frames: 8 (provide (a passport) with a visa) }
{ [ dot, noun.shape:dot,+ ] verb.creation:write1,@ frames: 2,22 (make a dot or dots) }
{ [ record1, noun.artifact:record,+ noun.artifact:recorder1,+ noun.act:recording,+ erase,!] [ tape, noun.artifact:tape1,+ noun.artifact:tape4,+ noun.artifact:taping,+ ] record,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (register electronically; "They recorded her singing") }
{ demagnetize, demagnetise, erase,@ frames: 8, 11 (erase (a magnetic storage device))}
{ write3, save4, record1,@ noun.cognition:computing,;c frames: 11,8 (record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk") }
{ overwrite, write3,@ noun.cognition:computing,;c frames: 8 (write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data; "overwrite that file") }
{ [ tape_record, noun.artifact:tape_recorder,+ noun.artifact:tape_recording,+ ] record1,@ noun.act:recording,;c frames: 2,8 (record with a tape recorder) }
{ prerecord, record1,@ noun.act:recording,;c frames: 8,9 (record before presentation, as of a broadcast) }
{ accession, record,@ noun.act:recording,;c frames: 8 (make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library) }
{ post, record,@ frames: 8 (display, as of records in sports games) }
{ [ erase, noun.artifact:eraser,+ record1,!] delete, verb.change:take_away,@ noun.act:recording,;c frames: 8 (wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files from my hard disk?") }
{ ring_up, enter4,@ frames: 8 (to perform and record a sale on a cash register; "Sally rang up Eve's purchase of tomatoes") }
{ [ record, noun.possession:record,+ noun.communication:record3,+ noun.person:recorder,+ noun.artifact:recorder1,+ ] [ enter4, noun.communication:entry1,+ ] put_down5, verb.possession:preserve1,@ noun.act:recording,;c frames: 8,9,11,10,26 (make a record of; set down in permanent form) }
{ manifest1, record,@ frames: 8 (record in a ship's manifest; "each passenger must be manifested")}
{ [ inscribe3, noun.act:inscription,+ ] record,@ frames: 8 (write, engrave, or print as a lasting record) }
{ [ chronicle, noun.person:chronicler,+ noun.communication:chronicle,+ ] record,@ frames: 8 (record in chronological order; make a historical record) }
{ set_forth, expound1, [ exposit, noun.communication:exposition,+ ] expound,@ frames: 8 (state; "set forth one's reasons") }
{ premise, set_forth,@ frames: 8 (set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand") }
{ [ file, noun.communication:file,+ noun.artifact:file1,+ noun.person:filer1,+ noun.act:filing,+ ] file_away, record,@ frames: 8 (place in a container for keeping records; "File these bills, please") }
{ [ file2, noun.artifact:file1,+ noun.communication:file,+ noun.communication:filing,+ ] [ register3, noun.possession:register,+ noun.communication:register,+ noun.communication:registry,+ ] verb.social:register,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 8 (record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint") }
{ trademark, file2,@ frames: 8 (register the trademark of; "The company trademarked their new gadget")}
{ [ document, noun.communication:documentary,+ noun.communication:documentation1,+ ] record,@ frames: 8 (record in detail; "The parents documented every step of their child's development") }
{ [ log, noun.communication:log,+ log_up,^ ] record,@ frames: 8 (enter into a log, as on ships and planes) }
{ log_up, clock_up1, record,@ frames: 11 (record a distance travelled; on planes and cars) }
{ [ film, noun.artifact:film1,+ noun.communication:film,+ noun.communication:film1,+ noun.act:filming,+ frames: 2] shoot1, [ take2, noun.act:take,+ ] record,@ noun.communication:film1,;c frames: 8,9 (make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie") }
{ [ videotape, noun.artifact:videotape1,+ noun.artifact:videotape,+ ] [ tape3, noun.artifact:tape4,+ noun.artifact:tape1,+ ] record,@ noun.communication:film1,;c frames: 2,8,9 (record on videotape) }
{ [ photograph, noun.artifact:photograph,+ noun.person:photographer,+ ] [ snap1, noun.artifact:snap1,+ ] shoot, shoot1,$ record,@ noun.act:photography,;c frames: 8,9,2 (record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President") }
{ [ retake, noun.act:retake,+ ] photograph,@ noun.act:photography,;c frames: 8,9 (photograph again; "Please retake that scene") }
{ reshoot, shoot1,@ noun.communication:film1,;c frames: 8,9 (shoot again; "We had to reshoot that scene 24 times") }
{ [ x-ray, noun.act:x-raying,+ ] photograph,@ noun.act:photography,;c frames: 8,9 (take an x-ray of something or somebody; "The doctor x-rayed my chest") }
{ score, [ mark, noun.communication:mark,+ noun.attribute:mark1,+ noun.artifact:marker1,+ ] record,@ frames: 8,11 (make underscoring marks) }
{ [ underline3, noun.communication:underline,+ ] [ underscore3, noun.communication:underscore,+ ] verb.change:mark,@ frames: 8 (draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to)}
{ [ quote7, noun.communication:quote,+ ] verb.change:mark8,@ frames: 8 (put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague")}
{ [ notch, noun.act:notch,+ noun.artifact:notch,+ ] record,@ frames: 8,11 (notch a surface to record something) }
{ [ type, noun.artifact:type,+ noun.communication:type1,+ noun.person:typist,+ noun.communication:typing,+ ] [ typewrite, noun.artifact:typewriter,+ noun.communication:typewriting,+ ] write,@ frames: 2,8 (write by means of a keyboard with types; "type the acceptance letter, please") }
{ shift4, type,@ frames: 2 (use a shift key on a keyboard; "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case")} 
{ [ handwrite, noun.communication:handwriting,+ noun.act:handwriting,+ ] write,@ frames: 8 (write by hand; "You should handwrite the note to your guests")}
{ [ backspace, noun.artifact:backspacer,+ ] type,@ frames: 2 (hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard; "To erase, you must backspace") }
{ double-space, type,@ frames: 8 (type with a full space between lines) }
{ [ triple-space, noun.communication:triple-spacing,+ ] type,@ frames: 8 (type with two empty spaces between lines) }
{ [ touch-type, noun.person:touch-typist,+ ] type,@ frames: 2 (type without looking at the keyboard) }
{ spell_out, specify,@ frames: 8,11,26 (make explicit; specify in detail; "You should spell out your demands") }
{ jot_down, [ jot, noun.communication:jot,+ noun.communication:jotter,+ noun.communication:jotting,+ ] write,@ frames: 8,21 (write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of) }
{ [ scribble, noun.artifact:scribble,+ noun.person:scribbler1,+ ] [ scrabble, noun.artifact:scrabble,+ ] write,@ frames: 8 (write down quickly without much attention to detail) }
{ [ sketch, noun.communication:sketch,+ noun.communication:sketch3,+ ] [ outline, noun.communication:outline,+ ] adumbrate, describe,@ frames: 8 (describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas") }
{ block_out, sketch,@ frames: 8 (indicate roughly; "We sketched out our plan") }
{ [ correspond, noun.person:correspondent,+ noun.communication:correspondence,+ ] write,* frames: 2,22 (exchange messages; "My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years") }
{ [ write8, noun.person:writer1,+ ] drop_a_line, write,$ correspond,@ frames: 9,27 (communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!") }
{ [ cable, noun.communication:cable,+ ] [ telegraph, noun.person:telegraphist,+ noun.person:telegrapher,+ noun.artifact:telegraph,+ ] [ wire, noun.communication:wire,+ noun.person:wirer1,+ ] telecommunicate,@ noun.communication:telegraphy,;c frames: 2,26,9,14,15 (send cables, wires, or telegrams) }
{ [ radio, noun.artifact:radio,+ noun.artifact:radio1,+ noun.communication:radio,+ ] communicate,@ frames: 14,15 (transmit messages via radio waves; "he radioed for help") }
{ [ fax, noun.artifact:fax,+ ] telefax, [ facsimile, noun.artifact:facsimile1,+ noun.artifact:facsimile,+ ] telecommunicate,@ frames: 2,14,15,8,9 (send something via a facsimile machine; "Can you fax me the report right away?") }
{ sum_up, [ summarize, noun.communication:summarization1,+ noun.communication:summary,+ ] [ summarise, noun.communication:summarisation1,+ noun.communication:summary,+ ] [ resume, noun.communication:resume,+ ] repeat,@ frames: 8,11,2 (give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize") }
{ [ abstract, noun.person:abstractor,+ noun.communication:abstract,+ noun.person:abstracter,+ ] summarize,@ frames: 8,11 (give an abstract (of)) }
{ [ precis, noun.communication:precis,+ ] summarize,@ frames: 8,11 (make a summary (of)) }
{ [ docket, noun.communication:docket,+ ] resume,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 8 (make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list)}
{ [ docket1, noun.communication:docket,+ ] verb.contact:place,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 8 (place on the docket for legal action; "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried") }
{ [ recapitulate, noun.communication:recapitulation,+ ] [ recap, noun.communication:recap,+ ] summarize,@ frames: 2,8 (summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas") }
{ retrograde, [ rehash, noun.communication:rehash,+ ] hash_over, recapitulate,@ frames: 8 (go back over; "retrograde arguments") }
{ [ state, noun.communication:statement6,+ noun.communication:statement,+ ] [ say, noun.state:say,+ ] [ tell4, noun.person:teller3,+ noun.communication:telling,+ ] express,@ frames: 8,11,26 (express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name") }
{ [ say13, noun.state:say,+ ] say,$ frames: 26 (state as one's opinion or judgement; declare; "I say let's forget this whole business") }
{ get_out1, state,@ frames: 8,26 (express with difficulty; "I managed to get out a few words") }
{ [ declare, adj.all:declarative,+ adj.all:declaratory,+ noun.communication:declaration,+ ] state,@ frames: 8,26 (state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with") }
{ profess10, declare,@ frames: 26 (state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades")}
{ [ declare3, noun.communication:declaration6,+ ] state,@ frames: 8 (make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?") }
{ [ affirm, noun.communication:affirmation2,+ noun.communication:affirmation,+ noun.person:affirmer,+ ] verify3, [ assert, adj.all:possible^assertable,+ noun.communication:assertion1,+ noun.person:asserter,+ ] [ avow, noun.person:avower1,+ noun.communication:avowal,+ ] [ aver, noun.communication:averment,+ ] swan, [ swear3, noun.person:swearer,+ noun.communication:swearing1,+ ] declare,@ frames: 8,26 (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent") }
{ [ protest1, noun.communication:protest,+ noun.communication:protestation1,+ ] assert,@ frames: 8,26 (affirm or avow formally or solemnly; "The suspect protested his innocence") }
{ [ affirm1, adj.all:affirmative,+ adj.all:affirmatory,+ noun.communication:affirmation2,+ ] frames: 8,11,26 (say yes to) }
{ [ reaffirm, noun.communication:reaffirmation,+ ] affirm1,@ frames: 8,26 (affirm once again; "He reaffirmed his faith in the church") }
{ [ confirm, adj.all:supportive^confirmatory,+ noun.communication:confirmation,+ noun.cognition:confirmation,+ ] [ reassert, noun.communication:reassertion,+ ] affirm1,@ frames: 8,26 (strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account") }
{ [ verify4, noun.communication:verification,+ ] confirm,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 8 (attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition))}
{ [ validate, adj.all:supportive^validatory,+ noun.cognition:validation,+ noun.act:validation,+ ] [ corroborate, adj.all:supportive^corroborative,+ adj.all:supportive^corroboratory,+ noun.communication:corroboration,+ ] confirm,@ frames: 8,11 (give evidence for) }
{ circumstantiate, corroborate,@ frames: 8,11 (give circumstantial evidence for) }
{ reconfirm, confirm,@ frames: 8,26 (confirm again; "You must reconfirm your flight reservations") }
{ [ swear, noun.communication:swearing1,+ ] [ depose, noun.person:deposer,+ noun.communication:deposition,+ ] [ depone, noun.person:deponent,+ ] declare,@ frames: 26 (make a deposition; declare under oath) }
{ remonstrate1, point_out2, inform,@ frames: 22 (present and urge reasons in opposition) }
{ [ stress, noun.state:stress3,+ ] [ emphasize, noun.act:emphasizing,+ noun.state:emphasis,+ ] emphasise, punctuate, [ accent1, noun.state:accent,+ ] [ accentuate, noun.state:accent,+ noun.act:accentuation,+ ] express1,@ frames: 8,11,26 (to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet") }
{ [topicalize, noun.communication:topicalization1,+ ] emphasize,@ noun.cognition:linguistics,;c frames: 2,8 (emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence; "Speakers topicalize more often than they realize"; "The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement'")}
{ point_up, emphasize,@ frames: 8,26,11 (emphasize, especially by identification; "This novel points up the racial problems in England") }
{ drive_home, ram_home, press_home, stress,@ frames: 8 (make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something; "drive home a point or an argument"; "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas") }
{ underscore, underline, [ emphasize3, noun.act:emphasizing,+ ] emphasise3, stress,@ frames: 8,11,26 (give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words")}
{ [ testify1, noun.communication:testimony2,+ noun.communication:testimony1,+ noun.person:testifier,+ noun.communication:testimony,+ ] [ attest2, noun.communication:attestation,+ noun.person:attestant,+ ] take_the_stand, bear_witness, declare,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 2 (give testimony in a court of law)}
{ [ vouch1, noun.person:voucher,+ ] testify1,@ frames: 22 (give personal assurance; guarantee; "Will he vouch for me?") }
{ [ testify2, noun.communication:testimony2,+ noun.communication:testimony1,+ noun.person:testifier,+ frames:22] [bear_witness2, frames: 22] prove, [ evidence1, noun.communication:evidence1,+ noun.cognition:evidence,+ noun.communication:evidence,+ ] show, inform,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 11,8,26 (provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence") }
{ [ presume, adj.all:probable^presumptive,+ adj.all:credible^presumptive,+ ] prove,@ frames: 11 (constitute reasonable evidence for; "A restaurant bill presumes the consumption of food")}
{ adduce, abduce, [ cite6, noun.communication:citation3,+ noun.communication:citation1,+ ] testify2,@ frames: 8 (advance evidence for) }
{ [ allege, noun.communication:allegement,+ ] aver1, [ say1, noun.state:say,+ ] assert1,@ frames: 8,11,26 (report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money") }
{ [ plead3, noun.person:pleader,+ noun.communication:pleading,+ ] allege,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 26 (make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts) }
{ [ demur2, noun.communication:demurrer1,+ noun.communication:demurrer,+ noun.communication:demurral,+ ] plead3,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 2 (enter a demurrer)}
{ [ assert1, adj.all:possible^assertable,+ noun.communication:assertion,+ ] [ asseverate, noun.communication:asseveration,+ noun.person:asseverator,+ ] maintain, insist,@ frames: 8,26 (state categorically) }
{ [ predicate, noun.communication:predication,+ ] proclaim3, assert1,@ frames: 8,26 (affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President") }
{ [ predicate2, adj.all:predicative,+ noun.communication:predicate,+ noun.communication:predicate1,+ noun.communication:predicator,+ ] verb.stative:relate1,@ frames: 8 (make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'")}
{ swear_in, verb.social:inaugurate,@ frames: 9 (administer on oath to; "The speaker of the House swore in the new President") }
{ maintain1, [ defend1, adj.all:invulnerable^defensible,+ adj.all:apologetic^defensive,+ ] affirm1,@ frames: 8,26 (state or assert; "He maintained his innocence") }
{ [ demand2, noun.act:demand,+ noun.person:demander,+ ] [ exact, noun.act:exaction,+ ] claim2,@ frames: 8,16,26 (claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan") }
{ demand6, request1,@ frames: 8 (ask to be informed of; "I demand an explanation") }
{ command2, demand2,@ frames: 8 (demand as one's due; "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers") }
{ [ claim2, noun.attribute:claim2,+ noun.act:claim,+ noun.person:claimant,+ ] request1,@ frames: 8,22 (ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount") }
{ [ counterclaim, noun.act:counterclaim,+ ] claim2,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 2 (set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim) }
{ remit, verb.social:cancel,@ frames: 8 (release from (claims, debts, or taxes); "The taxes were remitted") }
{ [ stipulate, adj.all:uncontroversial^stipulatory,+ noun.act:stipulation,+ ] [ qualify, noun.attribute:qualification,+ ] [ condition, noun.communication:condition1,+ noun.communication:condition2,+ noun.cognition:condition,+ ] [ specify3, noun.communication:specification,+ noun.act:specification1,+ ] contract,@ frames: 2, 26,8 (specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments") }
{ stipulate1, stipulate,$ guarantee,@ frames: 8,26 (give a guarantee or promise of; "They stipulated to release all the prisoners") }
{ assure, tell8, affirm,@ frames: 18,26 (inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!") }
{ [ reassure, noun.act:reassurance,+ ] assure1,@ frames: 18,26,9 (give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain; "I reassured him that we were safe") }
{ [ note, noun.communication:note2,+ ] [ observe, noun.person:observer1,+ noun.cognition:observation,+ ] [ mention, noun.communication:mention1,+ noun.person:mentioner,+ ] [ remark, noun.communication:remark,+ ] state,@ frames: 8,26 (make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing") }
{ write_down1, set_down, get_down, put_down, write,@ frames: 8,26 (put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.) }
{ dash_down, dash_off, write_down1,@ frames: 9 (write down hastily; "She dashed off a letter to her lawyer") }
{ complete, fill_out, fill_in2, make_out2, write_down1,* frames: 8 (write all the required information onto a form; "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form") }
{ [ note1, noun.communication:note,+ noun.communication:notation1,+ ] take_down, write_down1,@ frames: 8,26 (make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher said that morning") }
{ [ exemplify, noun.communication:exemplification,+ noun.event:example,+ noun.cognition:example2,+ noun.cognition:example1,+ noun.cognition:example,+ ] [ illustrate, adj.all:informative^illustrative,+ noun.communication:illustration1,+ noun.cognition:illustration2,+ ] [ instance, noun.cognition:instance,+ ] elaborate,@ frames: 8,11 (clarify by giving an example of) }
{ [ conclude1, adj.all:conclusive,+ noun.act:conclusion1,+ ] [ resolve, noun.communication:resolve,+ ] agree,@ frames: 8,26 (reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation) }
{ [ arrange4, noun.cognition:arrangement1,+ noun.person:arranger,+ frames: 26] fix_up, agree,@ frames: 8 (make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?")}
{ firm_up, arrange4,@ frames: 8 (arrange firmly; "firm up one's plans")}
{ [specify, generalize,! ] [ particularize, noun.communication:particularization,+ ] [ particularise, noun.communication:particularisation,+ ] specialize, specialise, elaborate,@ frames: 8,11,26 (be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?") }
{ overgeneralize, overgeneralise, generalize1,@ frames: 2,8 (draw too general a conclusion; "It is dangerous to overgeneralize") }
{ [ generalize1, noun.cognition:generalization3,+ noun.cognition:generalization2,+ noun.cognition:generalization1,+ ] [ generalise1, noun.cognition:generalisation3,+ noun.cognition:generalisation2,+ ] [ extrapolate, noun.cognition:extrapolation1,+ ] [ infer1, noun.cognition:inference,+ ] verb.cognition:conclude,@ frames: 8,26 (draw from specific cases for more general cases) }
{ [ universalize, adj.all:comprehensive^universal,+ ] universalise, generalize1,@ frames: 8 (make universal; "This author's stories universalize old themes") }
{ [ generalize, noun.cognition:generalization,+ specify,! ] [ generalise, noun.cognition:generalisation,+ ] speak,@ frames: 2 (speak or write in generalities) }
{ [ mention1, noun.communication:mention,+ ] [ cite1, noun.communication:citation,+ ] acknowledge7,@ frames: 9,8,10,11 (commend; "he was cited for his outstanding achievements") }
{ [ quote, noun.communication:quote1,+ noun.communication:quotation,+ noun.act:quotation,+ noun.person:quoter,+ ] [ cite2, noun.communication:citation4,+ noun.communication:citation3,+ noun.communication:citation1,+ ] repeat,@ frames: 2,8,9,14,15 (repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her") }
{ quote2, cite5, quote,$ refer1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior")}
{ [ misquote, noun.communication:misquotation,+ ] quote,@ frames: 8,9 (quote incorrectly; "He had misquoted the politician") }
{ [ quote13, noun.communication:quotation2,+ ] verb.possession:give7,@ frames: 8 (name the price of; "quote prices for cars") }
{ underquote, quote13,@ frames: 9 (quote a price lower than that quoted by (another seller)) }
{ [ mention2, noun.communication:mention2,+ noun.communication:mention1,+ noun.person:mentioner,+ ] [advert12, frames: 22] bring_up, [ cite, noun.communication:citation4,+ noun.communication:citation3,+ noun.communication:citation1,+ ] [ name4, noun.communication:name,+ noun.communication:naming,+ ] [ refer1, noun.communication:reference2,+ frames: 4,22] verb.cognition:mean1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention") }
{ touch_on1, mention2,@ frames: 8,11 (refer to or discuss briefly) }
{ invoke1, [appeal12, frames: 22] cite,@ frames: 8,11 (cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law") }
{ namedrop, mention2,@ frames: 2 (refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them)}
{ raise1, bring_up6, mention2,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic") }
{ call_up3, bring_forward, raise,@ frames: 8 (bring forward for consideration; "The case was called up in court") }
{ slip_in, stick_in, sneak_in, insert, add1,@ frames: 8,26 (insert casually; "She slipped in a reference to her own work") }
{ drag_up, dredge_up, mention2,@ frames: 8,26 (mention something unpleasant from the past; "Drag up old stories") }
{ cross-refer, cite,@ frames: 2,1,12,4 (refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists) }
{ [ name2, noun.communication:naming,+ ] [ identify, noun.state:identification,+ noun.communication:identification1,+ noun.act:identification,+ noun.cognition:identity,+ ] refer,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months") }
{ [ apply1, noun.act:application2,+ ] refer,@ frames: 15,21 (refer (a word or name) to a person or thing; "He applied this racial slur to me!") }
{ [ allude, adj.all:indirect2^allusive,+ noun.communication:allusion,+ ] touch9, advert1, refer,* hint,@ frames: 22 (make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it") }
{ [ drive, noun.cognition:drift2,+ noun.cognition:drift,+ noun.act:drive2,+ ] get8, aim9, mean1,@ frames: 22 (move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?") }
{ add1, append, supply, state,@ frames: 8,11,26 (state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied") }
{ toss_in, add1,@ frames: 8,26 (add casually to a conversation; "`I don't agree with this,' she tossed in") }
{ [ decree, noun.communication:decree,+ ] declare,@ frames: 2 (issue a decree; "The King only can decree") }
{ [ opine, adj.all:narrow-minded^opinionative,+ noun.communication:opinion1,+ ] speak_up, speak_out, animadvert, sound_off1, declare,@ frames: 26 (express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation; "John spoke up at the meeting") }
{ [ editorialize, noun.communication:editorial,+ ] editorialise, opine,@ frames: 2 (insert personal opinions into an objective statement) }
{ [ baptize, noun.act:baptism,+ ] [ baptise, noun.act:baptism,+ ] [ christen, noun.act:christening,+ ] name3,@ frames: 9,8,14 (administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized") }
{ refer4, call2,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (use a name to designate; "Christians refer to the mother of Jesus as the Virgin Mary")}
{ style, [ title2, noun.communication:title1,+ ] name3,@ frames: 8 (designate by an identifying term; "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'") }
{ dub, [ nickname, noun.communication:nickname,+ ] name3,@ frames: 14 (give a nickname to) }
{ [ name3, noun.person:namer,+ noun.communication:name,+ noun.communication:naming,+ ] call2, know_as, be_known_as, call,$ label,@ frames: 8,9,14 (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader")}
{ rename, name3,@ frames: 8,9 (assign a new name to; "Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990") }
{ go_by, go_under, frames: 8,11 (be called; go by a certain name; "She goes by her maiden name again") }
{ entitle, [ title, noun.communication:title,+ noun.attribute:title,+ ] name3,@ frames: 8 (give a title to) }
{ [ term, noun.communication:term,+ ] name3,@ frames: 8 (name formally or designate with a term) }
{ tag, name3,@ frames: 8 (provide with a name or nickname) }
{ [ label, noun.communication:label,+ noun.communication:label1,+ ] designate,@ frames: 8,9,10 (assign a label to; designate with a label; "These students were labelled `learning disabled'")}
{ [ designate, adj.all:denotative^designative,+ noun.communication:designation,+ noun.act:designation1,+ ] [ denominate, noun.group:denomination1,+ noun.group:denomination,+ noun.communication:denomination,+ ] frames: 8,11,9 (assign a name or title to) }
{ [ excommunicate, noun.state:excommunication,+ noun.act:excommunication,+ communicate8,!] unchurch, curse3, verb.social:exclude,@ frames: 9,10 (exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner") }
{ [ communicate8, noun.Tops:communication,+ excommunicate,!] communicate7,$ covenant,@ frames: 2 (administer Communion; in church) }
{ [ covenant, noun.communication:covenant,+ ] pledge,@ frames: 2 (enter into a covenant or formal agreement; "They covenanted with Judas for 30 pieces of silver"; "The nations covenanted to fight terrorism around the world") }
{ post1, [ brand, noun.communication:brand1,+ ] call,@ frames: 14 (mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman")}
{ [ mail, noun.person:mailer,+ noun.artifact:mail1,+ noun.communication:mail,+ noun.group:mailing,+ noun.act:mailing,+ ] [ post2, noun.act:post1,+ noun.communication:post,+ noun.communication:postage,+ noun.act:posting,+ ] [ send, noun.person:sendee,+ noun.person:sender,+ noun.act:sending,+ ] verb.possession:transfer1,@ frames: 8,15 (cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written") }
{ [ express9, noun.communication:express,+ noun.act:express,+ noun.act:expressage,+ ] send,@ frames: 8 (send by rapid transport or special messenger service; "She expressed the letter to Florida")}
{ [ airmail, noun.communication:airmail,+ noun.artifact:airmailer,+ ] mail,@ frames: 8,14,15 (send or transport by airmail; "Letters to Europe from the U.S. are best airmailed") }
{ register5, mail,@ frames: 8 (send by registered mail; "I'd like to register this letter") }
{ [ e-mail, noun.communication:e-mail,+ ] [ email, noun.communication:email,+ ] netmail, mail,* telecommunicate,@ noun.cognition:computing,;c frames: 8,14,15 (communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed me the good news") }
{ spam, e-mail,@ noun.cognition:computing,;c frames: 8,14,15 (send unwanted or junk e-mail)}
{ [ network, noun.group:network,+ ] communicate,@ noun.cognition:computing,;c frames: 2 (communicate with and within a group; "You have to network if you want to get a good job") }
{ express-mail, mail,@ frames: 8,14,15 (send by express mail or courier; "Express-mail the documents immediately") }
{ [ comment10, noun.communication:comment1,+ ] explain,@ frames: 8,11 (explain or interpret something) }
{ disk-jockey, disc-jockey, [ DJ, noun.person:dj,+ ] comment10,@ frames: 2 (comment on music to be played; "He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend") }
{ [ cover1, noun.attribute:coverage,+ ] [ treat, noun.communication:treatment,+ ] handle, plow, [deal8, frames: 22] address4, broach,@ frames: 8,9,11 (act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China") }
{ sugarcoat, spin,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to appear more pleasant or appealing; "The mayor did not sugarcoat the reality of the tax cuts")}
{ [ theologize, noun.person:theologizer,+ ] [ theologise, noun.person:theologiser,+ ] treat,@ frames: 8,11 (treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character)}
{ [ discourse2, noun.communication:discourse,+ ] talk_about, [ discuss1, noun.communication:discussion2,+ ] cover1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'") }
{ descant1, discourse2,@ frames: 2 (talk at great length about something of one's interest) }
{ talk_shop, discuss1,@ frames: 8 (discuss matters that are related to work; "As soon as they met, the linguists started to talk shop") }
{ [ stonewall, noun.person:stonewaller,+ noun.act:stonewalling,+ ] verb.social:obstruct,@ frames: 8,9,2 (obstruct or hinder any discussion; "Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"; "When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls") }
{ browbeat, [ bully, noun.person:bully,+ ] swagger1, wheedle,@ frames: 30,9 (discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate) }
{ [ compromise, noun.communication:compromise,+ noun.act:compromise,+ ] agree,* settle,@ frames: 2,22 (settle by concession) }
{ [ agree4, adj.all:accordant^agreeable,+ noun.state:agreement1,+ noun.communication:agreement,+ ] frames: 2,22 (achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman") }
{ [ compromise1, noun.communication:compromise,+ noun.act:compromise,+ ] agree4,@ frames: 2 (make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise")}
{ whore1, compromise1,@ frames: 2 (compromise oneself for money or other gains; "She whored herself to Hollywood")}
{ give_and_take, compromise1,@ frames: 2 (make mutual concessions; "In life you have to give and take") }
{ queer, [ expose2, noun.state:exposure1,+ ] scupper, endanger, [ peril, noun.state:peril1,+ noun.state:peril,+ noun.act:peril,+ ] verb.change:affect,@ frames: 9,10,8,11 (put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position) }
{ compromise3, endanger,@ frames: 8,11,10,9 (expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute; "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy") }
{ [ chatter, noun.communication:chatter,+ noun.person:chatterer,+ ] [ piffle, noun.communication:piffle,+ ] [ palaver2, noun.communication:palaver,+ ] [ prate, noun.person:prater,+ noun.communication:prate,+ ] [ tittle-tattle, noun.communication:tittle-tattle,+ ] [ twaddle, noun.person:twaddler,+ noun.communication:twaddle,+ ] clack, maunder1, [ prattle, noun.person:prattler,+ noun.communication:prattle,+ ] blab2, gibber, tattle, [ blabber, noun.person:blabber,+ ] [ gabble, noun.communication:gabble,+ ] talk,@ frames: 2 (speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly) }
{ [ chatter2, noun.event:chatter,+ noun.person:chatterer,+ noun.event:chattering,+ ] utter,@ frames: 1 (make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were chattering in the trees") }
{ [ yack, noun.communication:yack,+ ] jaw2, yack_away, rattle_on, yap_away, talk,@ frames: 2 (talk incessantly and tiresomely) }
{ [ babble, noun.person:babbler,+ noun.communication:babble,+ noun.communication:babbling,+ ] [ blather, noun.communication:blather,+ ] smatter1, [ blether, noun.communication:blether,+ ] blither, chatter,@ frames: 2 (to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby") }
{ [chat_up, frames: 9] [ flirt, noun.act:flirt,+ noun.person:flirt,+ noun.act:flirtation,+ noun.act:flirting,+ ] [ dally, noun.act:dalliance1,+ ] butterfly, [ coquet, noun.act:coquetry,+ ] [ coquette, noun.person:coquette,+ ] [ romance1, noun.communication:romance2,+ noun.state:romance,+ ] philander, [ mash, noun.person:masher,+ ] talk1,@ frames: 2,22 (talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women") }
{ [ wanton, noun.person:wanton,+ ] flirt,@ frames: 2 (engage in amorous play) }
{ [ vamp, noun.person:vamp,+ noun.person:vamper,+ ] coquet,@ frames: 9 (act seductively with (someone)) }
{ chew_the_fat, shoot_the_breeze, [ chat, noun.communication:chat,+ ] [ confabulate, noun.communication:confabulation,+ ] confab, [ chitchat, noun.communication:chitchat,+ ] chit-chat, [ chatter1, noun.communication:chatter,+ noun.person:chatterer,+ ] chaffer, natter, [ gossip1, noun.communication:gossip,+ ] jaw, claver, [ visit, noun.person:visitor,+ ] converse,@ frames: 2 (talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze")}
{ shmooze, shmoose, [ schmooze, noun.person:schmoozer,+ ] schmoose, jawbone, chat,@ frames: 2 (talk idly or casually and in a friendly way) }
{ [ sign1, noun.communication:sign3,+ noun.communication:sign1,+ noun.person:signer1,+ noun.communication:signing,+ ] [ signal, noun.communication:signal,+ noun.person:signaller,+ noun.person:signaler,+ noun.communication:signaling,+ ] [ signalize1, noun.communication:signal,+ ] signalise1, communicate,@ frames: 2,9 (communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs; "He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture"; "The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu") }
{ [ signify1, adj.all:meaningful^significant,+ ] indicate,@ frames: 8,26 (make known with a word or signal; "He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal")}
{ wigwag, sign1,@ frames: 1 (signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code) }
{ [ semaphore, noun.artifact:semaphore,+ ] communicate,@ frames: 8 (convey by semaphore, of information) }
{ [ semaphore1, noun.artifact:semaphore,+ ] sign1,@ frames:2 (send signals by or as if by semaphore) }
{ [ heliograph, noun.artifact:heliograph,+ ] signal,@ frames: 8,26 (signal by means of a mirror and the using the sun's rays) }
{ [ flag, noun.communication:flag,+ noun.artifact:flag,+ verb.motion:flag_down,^ ] signal,@ frames: 2,8 (communicate or signal with a flag) }
{ [ mouth1, noun.communication:mouth,+ noun.body:mouth,+ noun.body:mouth1,+ ] pretend,@ frames: 2 (articulate silently; form words with the lips only; "She mouthed a swear word") }
{ lip-synch, lip-sync, mouth1,@ frames: 2 (move the lips in synchronization (with recorded speech or song)) }
{ [close_up, open_up,!] clam_up, dummy_up, shut_up, belt_up, button_up, be_quiet, keep_mum, frames: 2 (refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached") }
{ [open_up, close_up,!] talk,@ frames: 2 (talk freely and without inhibition) }
{ beckon, [ wave, noun.communication:wave1,+ noun.person:waver,+ noun.communication:waving,+ ] gesticulate,@ frames: 2,27,8 (signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably") }
{ beckon1, summon5,@ frames: 2,1 (summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture) }
{ [ summon5, noun.cognition:summoning,+ ] call5,@ frames: 9,10 (ask to come; "summon a lawyer") }
{ dish_the_dirt, [ gossip, noun.person:gossiper,+ noun.person:gossip,+ noun.communication:gossip1,+ noun.communication:gossiping,+ ] talk1,@ frames: 2,22 (wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt") }
{ [ rumor, noun.communication:rumor,+ ] [ rumour, noun.communication:rumour,+ ] bruit, gossip,@ frames: 2,26 (tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman") }
{ [ rap, noun.communication:rap1,+ ] talk1,@ frames: 2,22 (talk volubly) }
{ [ snivel, noun.act:snivel,+ noun.person:sniveller,+ ] [ whine1, noun.communication:whine,+ noun.person:whiner,+ ] talk,@ frames: 2,26 (talk in a tearful manner) }
{ [ hoot, noun.communication:hoot2,+ noun.artifact:hooter,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 2,1 (to utter a loud clamorous shout; "the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance")}
{ pant-hoot, hoot,@ frames: 1 (communicate by hooting and panting, as of primates) }
{ grunt-hoot, hoot,@ frames: 1 (communicate by hooting and grunting, as of primates) }
{ [ grunt, noun.event:grunt,+ noun.person:grunter,+ noun.animal:grunter,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 2,1,26 (issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise; "He grunted his reluctant approval") }
{ [ whistle, noun.person:whistler,+ noun.act:whistling,+ ] communicate,@ frames: 2,8,1 (utter or express by whistling; "She whistled a melody")}
{ [ whistle2, noun.communication:whistle,+ noun.communication:whistling,+ ] signal,@ frames: 22 (give a signal by whistling; "She whistled for her maid") }
{ wolf-whistle, utter2,@ frames: 2 (whistle or howl approvingly at a female, of males) }
{ [ whistle1, noun.event:whistle,+ noun.event:whistling,+ ] [sing, noun.event:song,+ ] verb.perception:sound,@ frames: 1 (make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear")}
{ [ murmur, noun.event:murmur,+ noun.event:murmuration,+ noun.event:murmuring,+ ] talk,@ frames: 2,8,26 (speak softly or indistinctly; "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms") }
{ [ susurrate, adj.all:soft4^susurrant,+ noun.event:susurrus,+ noun.event:susurration,+ noun.communication:susurration,+ ] murmur,@ frames: 2 (issue soft noises) }
{ [ mumble, noun.person:mumbler,+ noun.communication:mumbling,+ noun.communication:mumble,+ ] [ mutter1, noun.event:mutter,+ noun.person:mutterer,+ noun.event:muttering,+ ] maunder, [ mussitate, noun.event:mussitation,+ ] talk,@ frames: 2,8,26 (talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice) }
{ slur, talk,@ frames: 8 (utter indistinctly) }
{ [ slur1, noun.communication:slur,+ ] refer,@ frames: 8,9 (speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers") }
{ [ snort, noun.communication:snort1,+ noun.communication:snort,+ noun.person:snorter,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 2 (indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose; "she snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom") }
{ spit, spit_out, utter2,@ frames: 8 (utter with anger or contempt) }
{ [ groan, noun.person:groaner,+ noun.communication:groan,+ ] [ moan, noun.person:moaner,+ noun.communication:moan,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 2,26 (indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure; "The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets"; "The ancient door soughed when opened") }
{ [ grumble2, noun.event:grumble,+ noun.event:grumbling,+ ] [ growl, noun.person:growler,+ noun.event:growling,+ noun.communication:growling,+ noun.event:growl,+ ] [ rumble, noun.event:rumble,+ noun.event:rumbling,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 2,1 (to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; "he grumbled a rude response"; "Stones grumbled down the cliff")}
{ [ roar1, noun.event:roar,+ noun.event:roaring,+ ] [ howl1, noun.event:howl,+ ] verb.perception:make_noise,@ frames: 1 (make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute") }
{ vroom, roar1,@ frames: 1 (make a loud, roaring sound, as of a car engine, while moving) }
{ yawp1, [ bawl1, noun.person:bawler,+ ] roar1,@ frames: 1 (make a raucous noise) }
{ [ thunder1, noun.event:thunder,+ noun.artifact:thunderer,+ ] roar1,@ frames: 1 (to make or produce a loud noise; "The river thundered below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle") }
{ sough3, purl, verb.perception:make_noise,@ frames: 1 (make a murmuring sound; "the water was purling") }
{ [ howl2, noun.communication:howl,+ noun.communication:howling,+ ] [ ululate, noun.communication:ululation,+ ] [ wail, noun.communication:wail,+ noun.person:wailer,+ noun.act:wailing1,+ ] [ roar2, noun.communication:roar,+ noun.communication:roaring,+ ] yawl, yaup, shout1,@ frames: 1,2 (emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow") }
{ squall1, waul, wawl, howl2,@ frames: 1,2 (make high-pitched, whiney noises) }
{ [ howl3, noun.event:howl2,+ noun.animal:howler,+ ] wrawl, yammer1, [ yowl1, noun.communication:yowl,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1,2 (cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the desert") }
{ [ bark1, noun.event:bark2,+ ] talk,@ frames: 2,26 (speak in an unfriendly tone; "She barked into the dictaphone") }
{ [ bark, noun.event:bark,+ noun.person:barker,+ noun.animal:barker,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1 (make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger") }
{ [ bay, noun.event:bay,+ ] quest2, bark,@ frames: 1 (bark with prolonged noises, of dogs) }
{ bay1, utter,@ frames: 8,22 (utter in deep prolonged tones) }
{ [ yelp, noun.event:yelp,+ noun.event:yelping,+ ] yip, yap, bark,@ frames: 1 (bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped") }
{ [ bleat, noun.event:bleat,+ ] blate, blat, [ baa, noun.event:baa,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1 (cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating") }
{ bleat1, complain,@ frames: 2 (talk whiningly)}
{ bawl, [ bellow, noun.communication:bellow,+ noun.communication:bellowing,+ ] shout,@ frames: 2,8 (shout loudly and without restraint) }
{ [ bellow1, noun.communication:bellow,+ noun.communication:bellowing,+ ] [ roar5, noun.event:roar1,+ noun.person:roarer,+ noun.communication:roaring,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1,2 (make a loud noise, as of animal; "The bull bellowed") }
{ [ squawk1, noun.event:squawk,+ noun.person:squawker,+ ] screak, skreak, skreigh, [ screech1, noun.communication:screech,+ noun.person:screecher,+ ] yell1,@ frames: 2 (utter a harsh abrupt scream) }
{ chirk, sound,@ frames: 1 (make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird) }
{ place, verb.creation:sing,@ frames: 8 (sing a note with the correct pitch) }
{ troll, verb.creation:sing,@ frames: 2 (sing loudly and without inhibition) }
{ [ croon, noun.person:crooner,+ noun.act:crooning1,+ noun.act:crooning,+ ] verb.creation:sing,@ frames: 2,8 (sing softly) }
{ carry, verb.creation:perform,@ frames: 8 (sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry a tune") }
{ [ chant, noun.communication:chant,+ noun.artifact:chanter,+ noun.act:chanting,+ ] [ intone, noun.communication:intonation,+ noun.act:intonation2,+ noun.act:intonation1,+ noun.act:intonation,+ ] [ intonate, noun.communication:intonation,+ noun.act:intonation2,+ noun.act:intonation1,+ noun.act:intonation,+ ] [ cantillate, noun.act:cantillation,+ ] verb.creation:sing,@ frames: 2,8 (recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer") }
{ [ singsong, noun.act:singsong,+ noun.communication:singsong,+ ] chant,@ frames: 2,8 (speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong) }
{ [ intonate1, noun.communication:tone1,+ noun.attribute:tone2,+ noun.communication:intonation,+ ] [ intone1, noun.communication:intonation,+ ] pronounce,@ frames: 8 (speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; "please intonate with sadness") }
{ pipe_up, verb.creation:perform,@ frames: 2 (begin to play or sing) }
{ [ yodel, noun.person:yodeller,+ noun.act:yodeling,+ noun.communication:yodel,+ ] warble1, [ descant, noun.communication:descant,+ ] verb.creation:sing,@ frames: 2 (sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains") }
{ [ warble, noun.person:warbler,+ ] [ trill, noun.communication:trill,+ ] [ quaver, noun.communication:quaver,+ ] verb.creation:sing,@ frames: 1,2,8 (sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below) }
{ [ quaver1, noun.event:quaver,+ ] waver, sound,@ frames: 1 (give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency) }
{ [ treble, noun.attribute:treble,+ ] verb.creation:sing,@ frames: 2 (sing treble) }
{ [ declaim, noun.communication:declamation1,+ ] [ recite2, noun.communication:recitation,+ ] talk,* verb.creation:perform,@ frames: 2,8 (recite in elocution) }
{ [ perorate, noun.communication:peroration1,+ ] declaim,@ frames: 2 (deliver an oration in grandiloquent style) }
{ [ perorate1, noun.communication:peroration,+ ] verb.cognition:conclude1,@ frames: 2 (conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation)}
{ [ scan, noun.communication:scansion,+ noun.person:scanner,+ ] recite2,@ frames: 8 (read metrically; "scan verses") }
{ [ rant, noun.communication:rant,+ noun.communication:rant1,+ noun.person:ranter,+ noun.communication:ranting,+ ] mouth_off, [ jabber, noun.person:jabberer,+ noun.communication:jabbering,+ noun.communication:jabber,+ ] [ spout, noun.person:spouter,+ ] rabbit_on, [ rave1, noun.person:raver,+ noun.communication:raving,+ ] talk,@ frames: 2,22 (talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner) }
{ [ peep, noun.animal:peeper,+ noun.event:peep,+ ] [ cheep, noun.event:cheep,+ ] [ chirp, noun.event:chirp,+ ] [ chirrup, noun.event:chirrup,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1 (make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the bushes") }
{ churr, whirr, utter2,@ frames: 1 (make a vibrant sound, as of some birds) }
{ chirr, utter2,@ frames: 1 (make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas) }
{ [ meow, noun.event:meow,+ ] [ mew, noun.event:mew,+ noun.animal:mew,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1 (cry like a cat; "the cat meowed") }
{ [ purr, noun.event:purr,+ ] make_vibrant_sounds, verb.perception:resonate,@ frames: 1,2 (indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats) }
{ [ quack, noun.event:quack,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1 (utter quacking noises; "The ducks quacked") }
{ [hoot1, noun.animal:hooter,+] utter2,@ frames: 1 (utter the characteristic sound of owls)}
{ [ honk, noun.event:honk,+ noun.animal:honker,+ ] cronk1, utter2,@ frames: 1,2 (cry like a goose; "The geese were honking") }
{ [ honk1, noun.person:honker,+ ] [ claxon, noun.artifact:claxon,+ ] verb.perception:make_noise,@ frames: 2 (use the horn of a car) }
{ chitter, [ twitter, noun.animal:twitterer,+ noun.event:twitter,+ ] chirp,@ frames: 1 (make high-pitched sounds, as of birds) }
{ [ hiss, noun.event:hiss,+ noun.communication:hiss,+ noun.person:hisser,+ noun.event:hissing,+ ] siss, sizz, [ sibilate, adj.all:soft3^sibilant,+ noun.event:sibilation,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1,2 (make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval) }
{ [ assibilate, noun.communication:sibilant,+ noun.communication:assibilation,+ ] sibilate2,@ frames: 8 (insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound)) }
{ [ hiss1, noun.event:hiss,+ noun.communication:hiss,+ noun.event:hissing,+ ] sizz1, siss1, [ sibilate1, noun.communication:sibilation,+ noun.communication:sibilant,+ ] talk,@ frames: 8,26 (express or utter with a hiss) }
{ [ sibilate2, adj.all:soft3^sibilant,+ noun.communication:sibilation,+ noun.communication:sibilant,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 2 (utter a sibilant) }
{ [ hee-haw, noun.communication:hee-haw,+ ] [ bray, noun.event:bray,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1 (braying characteristic of donkeys) }
{ [ squeal1, noun.event:squeal,+ noun.animal:squealer,+ ] oink, utter2,@ frames: 1 (utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs) }
{ [ cluck, noun.event:cluck,+ ] click, [ clack1, noun.event:clack,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1,2 (make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens) }
{ [ moo, noun.event:moo,+ ] low, utter2,@ frames: 1 (make a low noise, characteristic of bovines) }
{ [ click1, noun.communication:click,+ ] articulate,@ frames: 2 (produce a click; "Xhosa speakers click") }
{ trill1, articulate,@ frames: 8 (pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'; "Some speakers trill their r's") }
{ [ sibilate3, adj.all:soft3^sibilant,+ noun.communication:sibilation,+ noun.communication:sibilant,+ ] articulate,@ frames: 8 (pronounce with an initial sibilant) }
{ flap, articulate,@ frames: 8 (pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds) }
{ [ explode2, noun.communication:explosion,+ ] articulate,@ frames: 8 (cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/) }
{ [ hum, noun.person:hummer,+ noun.act:humming,+ ] verb.creation:sing,@ frames: 2,8 (sing with closed lips; "She hummed a melody")}
{ roll, articulate,@ frames: 8 (pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's") }
{ cackel2, verb.perception:sound3,@ frames: 1 (make a cackling sound; "The fire cackled cozily") }
{ [ hum1, noun.event:hum,+ noun.event:humming,+ ] verb.perception:make_noise,@ frames: 1 (make a low continuous sound; "The refrigerator is humming")}
{ [ cackle, noun.event:cackle,+ noun.animal:cackler2,+ noun.animal:cackler1,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 2 (squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens) }
{ [ cackle1, noun.communication:cackle1,+ noun.animal:cackler1,+ ] talk,@ frames: 2,26,8 (talk or utter in a cackling manner; "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine")}
{ [ gaggle, noun.group:gaggle,+ ] cackle,@ frames: 1 (make a noise characteristic of a goose; "Cackling geese") }
{ [ bridle, noun.artifact:bridle,+ ] answer,@ frames: 2 (respond to the reins, as of horses) }
{ [ jam, noun.act:jam,+ noun.act:jamming,+ ] block, disrupt,@ frames: 8,11 (interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station") }
{ barrage_jam, jam,@ frames: 2,8 (jam an entire frequency spectrum; "During the Cold War, the Soviets routinely barrage jammed to interfere with transmissions from the West")}
{ point_jam, jam,@ frames: 2,8 (jam a narrow band of frequencies; "We can counter point-jamming effectively")}
{ spot_jam, jam,@ frames: 2,8 (jam a single frequency; "This operator is spot-jammed")}
{ blanket_jam, jam,@ frames: 2,8 (jam a broad spectrum of frequencies to affect all communications in the area except for directional antenna communications)}
{ mince, soften, [ moderate6, noun.act:moderation,+ ] verb.change:change1,@ frames: 8 (make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears") }
{ [ crunch, noun.event:crunch,+ ] scranch, scraunch, crackle, verb.perception:make_noise,@ frames: 1,2 (make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel") }
{ [ gobble, noun.event:gobble,+ noun.animal:gobbler,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1 (make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys) }
{ [ comment, noun.communication:commentary,+ noun.communication:comment,+ frames: 2,26 ] [ notice, noun.communication:notice4,+ ] [ remark1, noun.cognition:remark,+ ] point_out1, note,@ frames: 8 (make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague") }
{ [ wisecrack, noun.communication:wisecrack,+ ] comment,@ frames: 2 (make a comment, usually ironic) }
{ [ kibitz, noun.person:kibitzer,+ ] kibbitz, comment,@ frames: 2 (make unwanted and intrusive comments) }
{ [ notice1, noun.cognition:notice1,+ noun.cognition:notice,+ ] [ acknowledge7, noun.communication:acknowledgment1,+ noun.communication:acknowledgment,+ ] verb.cognition:react,@ frames: 9 (express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with; "He never acknowledges his colleagues when they run into him in the hallway"; "She acknowledged his complement with a smile"; "it is important to acknowledge the work of others in one's own writing")}
{ ignore2, disregard2, [ snub1, noun.act:snub,+ ] cut5, verb.social:treat,@ frames: 8,9,26 (refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting") }
{ [ neigh, noun.event:neigh,+ ] [ nicker, noun.event:nicker,+ ] [ whicker, noun.event:whicker,+ ] [ whinny, noun.event:whinny,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1 (make a characteristic sound, of a horse) }
{ [ gargle, noun.event:gargle,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 8 (utter with gargling or burbling sounds) }
{ [ caw, noun.event:caw,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1 (utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens) }
{ [ mew3, noun.animal:mew,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1 (utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls) }
{ give, throw, communicate,@ frames: 14 (convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture; "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look") }
{ give1, pay, communicate,@ frames: 8,15,14 (convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow; "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention") }
{ give2, [ render, noun.act:rendering,+ ] give11,$ communicate,@ frames: 15 (bestow; "give homage"; "render thanks") }
{ [ catcall, noun.communication:catcall,+ ] deride,@ frames: 9,10 (utter catcalls at) }
{ [ carry2, noun.act:carry,+ ] convey1, [ express2, adj.all:expressible,+ adj.all:communicative^expressive,+ ] verb.motion:carry3,$ communicate,@ frames: 8,11 (serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger") }
{ carry7, verb.contact:carry2,$ pass_on,@ frames: 11 (pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every village in the province") }
{ pin_on, verb.contact:pin1,@ frames: 21 (ascribe blame or guilt for something to (someone); "pin the blame on the innocent man") }
{ [ express3, adj.all:expressible,+ ] state2, refer,@ frames: 21,11 (indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?") }
{ haw, utter2,@ frames: 2 (utter `haw'; "he hemmed and hawed") }
{ hem, utter2,@ frames: 2 (utter `hem' or `ahem') }
{ hem_and_haw, verb.stative:hesitate1,@ frames: 2 (utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd") }
{ hypothecate, pledge2,@ frames: 8 (pledge without delivery or title of possession) }
{ rubbish, attack,@ frames: 9,8 (attack strongly) }
{ render1, deliver1, return3, communicate1,@ frames: 8,11 (pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment") }
{ set1, [ mark3, noun.act:mark1,+ ] verb.cognition:establish2,@ frames: 8,11 (establish as the highest level or best performance; "set a record") }
{ [ send2, noun.act:sending,+ ] get_off5, [send_off, noun.communication:send-off,+ ] verb.possession:transfer1,@ frames: 8 (transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia") }
{ call4, call1,$ telecommunicate,@ noun.communication:telecommunication,;c frames: 1,2,11,8,9 (send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling") }
{ [ issue1, noun.act:issue,+ ] communicate,@ frames: 8,11 (bring out an official document (such as a warrant)) }
{ [ provide, noun.communication:provision,+ ] stipulate,@ frames: 26,34,4 (determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech") }
{ come_across, come_over, communicate,@ frames: 1,2 (communicate the intended meaning or impression; "He came across very clearly") }
{ [ invite1, adj.all:inviting^invitatory,+ noun.communication:invitation,+ ] call_for3, request1,@ frames: 8 (request the participation or presence of; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference") }
{ [ share, noun.communication:sharing,+ ] communicate,@ frames: 8 (communicate; "I'd like to share this idea with you") }
{ pooh-pooh1, express,@ frames: 8 (express contempt about) }
{ thrash_out, hammer_out, discuss,@ frames: 8,11 (discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement; "The leaders of the various Middle Eastern countries are trying to hammer out a peace agreement") }
{ [ croak1, noun.communication:croak,+ noun.animal:croaker,+ noun.communication:croaking,+ ] cronk, utter2,@ frames: 1 (utter a hoarse sound, like a raven) }
{ [ spell2, noun.communication:spell,+ noun.state:spell,+ unspell,!] bewitch1,@ frames: 9 (place under a spell) }
{ [unspell, spell2,!] verb.social:free,@ frames: 9 (release from a spell) }
{ write_out, issue2, make_out, cut, write,@ frames: 8 (make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me") }
{ [ check7, noun.possession:check,+ ] write_out,@ frames: 2 (write out a check on a bank account) }
{ introduce2, bring_out1, present1,@ frames: 8,9 (bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.)}
{ [ puff1, noun.communication:puff,+ ] puff_up, praise,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production") }
{ [ explain1, adj.all:instructive^explanatory,+ noun.communication:explanation,+ ] state,@ frames: 26 (define; "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean") }
{ [ babble2, noun.person:babbler,+ noun.communication:babble,+ noun.communication:babbling,+ ] utter,@ frames: 2,8 (utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention")}
{ keep, maintain4, record,@ frames: 8 (maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes") }
{ get3, communicate,@ frames: 8,9 (communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone; "Bill called this number and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake") }
{ think_twice, consider2,@ frames: 2 (consider and reconsider carefully; "Think twice before you have a child") }
{ [ confront3, noun.act:confrontation1,+ ] face3, [present6, frames: 17] face,$ frames: 9,10,8,11 (present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us") }
{ tone, [ chant1, noun.communication:chant,+ ] [ intone4, noun.act:intonation,+ ] talk,@ frames: 8 (utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again") }
{ [ gulp, noun.act:gulping1,+ ] utter,@ frames: 8 (utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly; "He gulped for help after choking on a big piece of meat") }
{ [ menace, noun.communication:menace,+ ] express1,@ frames: 9,10 (express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture; "he menaced the bank manager with a stick")}
{ beam1, express1,@ frames: 8,15 (express with a beaming face or smile; "he beamed his approval") }
{ [ smile, noun.communication:smile,+ noun.person:smiler,+ ] express1,@ frames: 8,15 (express with a smile; "She smiled her thanks") }
{ hurl, throw3, utter1,@ frames: 8 (utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw accusations at someone") }
{ [ sing8, noun.communication:song2,+ noun.person:singer,+ ] utter2,@ frames: 1,11 (to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing") }
{ call13, call,$ verb.cognition:read1,@ frames: 8 (read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; "Call roll") }
{ [ write_up2, noun.communication:write_up,+ ] write,@ frames: 9,8,10,11 (bring to public notice by writing, with praise or condemnation; "The New York Times wrote him up last week"; "Did your boss write you up?") }
{ traverse, [ deny5, noun.person:denier,+ noun.act:denial,+ ] noun.act:law,;c frames: 8 (deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit) }
{ ask9, demand,@ frames: 8 (require or ask for as a price or condition; "He is asking $200 for the table"; "The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage") }
{ [ call6, noun.act:call,+ ] indicate,@ noun.act:sport,;c frames: 8 (indicate a decision in regard to; "call balls and strikes behind the plate") }
{ demand5, demand9,$ summon,@ frames: 9,10 (summon to court) }
{ demand9, claim2,@ frames: 8 (lay legal claim to) }
{ [connect, noun.act:connection,+ ] verb.contact:join1,@ frames: 20 (join for the purpose of communication; "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?") }
{ [connect12, noun.act:connection,+ noun.act:connexion,+ ] connect,$ verb.contact:join1,@ frames: 11,8 (join by means of communication equipment; "The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area") }
{ give11, give10,$ verb.possession:accord,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 8 (accord by verdict; "give a decision for the plaintiff") }
{ [ request13, noun.communication:request,+ ] verb.cognition:inquire,@ frames: 16,8 (inquire for (information); "I requested information from the secretary") }
{ seek, request13,@ frames: 16,8 (inquire for; "seek directions from a local") }
{ [ communicate2, adj.all:communicative,+ adj.all:communicatory,+ noun.communication:communication1,+ noun.Tops:communication,+ noun.person:communicator,+ noun.communication:communicating,+ ] verb.social:interact,@ frames: 1,2 (be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas; "He and his sons haven't communicated for years"; "Do you communicate well with your advisor?")}
{ [ etymologize, noun.communication:etymology,+ noun.cognition:etymology,+ ] etymologise, verb.change:derive,@ frames: 2,8 (give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word); "The linguist probably etymologized the words incorrectly"; "Although he is not trained in this, his hobby is etymologizing")}
{ begin4, verb.change:begin,$ frames: 8 (begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade")}
{ stet, direct,@ frames: 2 (printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative))}
{ [ reprobate1, noun.state:reprobation,+ ] condemn1,@ noun.cognition:theology,;c frames: 9 (abandon to eternal damnation; "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner")}
{ message, communicate2,@ frames: 2 (send a message; "There is no messaging service at this company")}
{ message1, message,$ communicate1,@ frames: 8 (send as a message; "She messaged the final report by fax")}
{ message2, message1,$ communicate1,@ frames: 8 (send a message to; "She messaged the committee")}
{ conclude6, agree4,@ frames: 8 (reach agreement on; "They concluded an economic agreement"; "We concluded a cease-fire" )}
{ [pluralize, noun.relation:pluralization,+] [pluralise, noun.relation:pluralisation,+] inflect1,@ frames: 8 (mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural; "How do speakers pluralize nouns in Japanese?")}
{ harsh_on, criticize,@ frames: 9 (criticize harshly; "the teacher keeps harshing on the same kid")}
{ prescribe1, order1,@ noun.cognition:medicine,;c frames: 8 ((medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription; "the doctor prescribed steroids for my ear trouble")}
{ prescribe2, recommend1,@ frames: 8 (recommend as beneficial; "my mother prescribes a good night's sleep as the cure for all ills")}