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(verb) direct one's interest or attention towards; go into; "The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "People turn to mysticism at the turn of a millenium" |
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(verb) turn one's interest to; "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty" |
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Synonyms: take up |
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Related Words: carry out, do, exercise, practice, practise |
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(verb) take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South America" |
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Synonyms: entertain, flirt with, think about, think of, toy with |
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Related Words: contemplate |
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(verb) speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window" |
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Synonyms: address, speak to |
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Related Words: ask, communicate, intercommunicate |
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(verb) undergo a change or development: "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy" |
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Synonyms: become, turn, turn into |
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Related Words: add up, amount, boil down, carbonate, come, come down, flocculate, nucleate, reduce, transform, transmute |
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(verb) make an appeal of request to; "She called on her Representative to help her" |
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Synonyms: appeal to, call on, call upon, go to |
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Related Words: appeal |
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