synonym Flashcards
cause
bring about (How can we bring about a change in attitude?)
transact, continue
carry on (I want to carry on with my courses.)
accomplish, conduct
carry out (We need to carry out more research. A survey is now carried out nationwide)
clarify
clear up (There are a couple of points we need to clear up before the meeting begins.)
happen
come about (How did this situation come about?)
find
come across (I’ve never come across anyone quite like her before. I came across an old diary in her desk.)
find accidentally
come by (How did you come by these pictures? Jobs were hard to come by.)
say, publish; produce
come out with (The things he comes out with are so funny!)
Think of an idea
come up with (Is that the best excuse you came up with?; We have been asked to come up with some new ideas.)
reduce
cut down on (Cut down on fatty foods if you want to lose weight.)
understand
figure out (Can you figure out how to do that?)
discover
find out (Did you find out weather there are any seats left?)
emit, stop
give up (Darren has decided to give up football at the end of this session.)
follow
go after (Joe went after her to make sure she was unhurt.)
return
go back (I think we have to go back now. I felt so sick I just want to go back to my bed.)
precede
go before (In some ways this program improves on what has gone before.)
decrease
go down (His income went down last year. Computers have gone down in price.)
continue, happen
go on (Hw went on working until he was 91. One of the actors unwell and couldn’t go on with the performance.)
review
go over (I had gone over and over what happened in my mind,)
experience, penetrate
go through (When are you going through a crisis, it often helps to talk to someone.)
increase
go up (Train fares have gone up., Blood sugar levels go up as you digest food.)
continue
keep on (You just have to eep on trying.)
remain current
keep up (How long can the economic boom keep up?)
exclude, omit
leave out (She outlined the case to him, being careful not to leave anything out.)
seek, search
look for (I am looking for Steve - Have you seen him? Detectives are still looking for the escaped prisoner.)
investigate
look into (Police are looking into the disappearance of two children.)
resemble
look like
examine
look over (Do you have a few minutes to look these samples over?)
locate information
look up (Look up the words in your dictionary. I’ll just look up the train times.)
respect
look up to (I’ve always looked up to James for his courage and determination.)
understand with difficulty
make out (He could just make out a dark shape moving towards him. As far as I can make out, he’s never been married.)
invent, compose, constitute
make up (Women make up only a small proportion of the prison population.)
select
pick out (She picked out a navy blue dress.)
show, indicate
point out (He was always very keen to point out my mistakes.)
postpone, delay, procrastinate
put off (The match has been put off until tomorrow because of bad weather.)
tolerate
put up with (She put up with his violent temper.)
eliminate
rule out (The police have ruled out the possibility of suicide.)
find accidentally
run across (I ran across him at a conference in Milan. I ran across some old love letters while I was cleaning out a cupboard)
meet by accident
run into (Guess who I ran into in town today!)
arrange
set up (I’ll set up an appointment for you.)
appear unexpectedly
show up (She showed up, apologizing for being late.)
state in detail
spell out (The report spelled out in detail what the implications were for the teachers.)
represent
stand for (What does ATM stand for?)
protrude
stick out (The children were so thin their ribs stuck out.)
consider
take into account (These figures do not take account of changes into the rate of inflation.)
assume control
take over (His only reason for investing in the company was to take it over. Ruth moved into our apartment and promptly took over.)
occur
take place ()
think carefully
think through (The policy has not been taught through properly.)
discard
throw away (I never throw cloths away. I shouldn’t have thrown away the receipt.)
mention briefly
touch on (The report touched on the relationship between poverty and poor health.)
test
try out (I’m trying out a new computer.)
transform
turn into (The sofa turns into a bed. A few weeks later, winter had turned into spring.)
conclude
turn out (It was a difficult time but eventually things turned out all right.)
discover
turn up (Eventually my watch turned up in a coat pocket.) Turn up/down the radio! means to turn a switch on or off.
finish
wind up (OK, just to wind up, could I summarize what we’ve decided?)
exercise
work out (He works out with weights twice a week)
report
write up (I have to write up my report before the meeting.)
