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(verb) compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and withdrawals" |
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Synonyms: countervail |
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Related Words: balance, equilibrate, equilibrize |
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(noun) a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper |
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Synonyms: offset printing |
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Related Words: letterset printing, photo-offset, photo-offset printing, printing, printing process |
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(verb) make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength" |
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Synonyms: cancel, set off |
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Related Words: balance, counteract, counterbalance, countervail, equilibrate, equilibrize, neutralize |
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(noun) a compensating equivalent |
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Synonyms: counterbalance |
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Related Words: compensation |
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(noun) where a wall or building narrows abruptly |
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Synonyms: set back, setoff |
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Related Words: construction, structure |
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(noun) a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips |
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Synonyms: runner, stolon |
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Related Words: plant organ |
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(noun) a natural consequence of development |
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Synonyms: branch, offshoot, outgrowth |
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Related Words: consequence, effect, issue, outcome, result, upshot |
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(noun) the time at which something begins; "They got an early start" |
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Synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, kickoff, outset, start, starting time |
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Related Words: birth, incipience, incipiency, point, point in time, starting point, terminus a quo, threshold |
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