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(verb) make reference to: "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" |
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Synonyms: bring up, cite, mention, name, refer |
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Related Words: appeal, bring up, commend, cross-refer, drag up, dredge up, have in mind, invoke, mean, namedrop, raise, remember, think of, touch on |
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(verb) make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" |
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Synonyms: allude, touch |
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Related Words: hint, suggest |
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(verb) give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They paid attention to everything he said" |
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Synonyms: attend, give ear, hang, pay attention, pay heed |
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Related Words: listen |
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(noun) a public promotion of some product or service |
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Synonyms: ad, advertisement, advertising |
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Related Words: bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, commercial, commercial message, flier, flyer, handbill, newspaper ad, newspaper advertisement, preview, prevue, promotion, promotional material, publicity, throwaway, top billing, yellow pages |
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