| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A separate and distinct portion of matter: body, bulk, mass. See MATTER. 2. What one intends to do or achieve: aim, ambition, design, end, goal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, objective, point, purpose, target, view, why. Idioms: end in view, why and wherefore. See PLANNED, PURPOSE. 3. Something having material existence: article, item, thing. See THING. 4. One that exists independently: being, entity, existence, existent, individual, something, thing. See BE, THING. | | VERB: | 1. To have an objection: care, mind. See CONCERN. 2. To have or express an unfavorable opinion of: deprecate, disapprove, discountenance, disesteem, disfavor, frown on or (upon). Idioms: hold no brief for, not go for, take a dim view of, take exception to. See LIKE. 3. To express opposition, often by argument: challenge, demur, except, expostulate, inveigh, protest, remonstrate. Informal : kick, squawk. Idioms: set up a squawk, take exception. See SUPPORT.
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