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Last updated: 2008-10-07

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To indicate more information

To indicate an example

To indicate a cause or reason

To indicate a result or an effect

To conclude

To express an opinion

To describe or make

To prove

To compare or contrast

To indicate time

To indicate certainty

To indicate doubt

To summarize

To provide a condition

To express positive words

To show intelligence

To intensify

Said

Noted (said)

Precisely

Numerous

Praise

Call Forth



To indicate more information

Besides - Making an additional point; anywayFurthermoreIn additionMoreoverLikewiseIndeed In truthIn factAlsoAs wellForemost - Ranking above all others; Preceding all others in spatial positionFirst, Second, Third, FinallyFirstly, Secondly, Thirdly

To indicate an example

For exampleFor instanceIn particularParticularly - Specifically or especially distinguished from othersSpecificallyTo illustrateTo demonstrate

To indicate a cause or reason

Since

BecauseBecause ofDue toForFor the reason thatAsInasmuch as - SinceWhereby - As a result of which, By which, "the means whereby we achieved our goal"

To indicate a result or an effect

Accordingly - because of the reason givenConsequentlyHenceSoThereforeThusThusly - In the way indicatedThence - From that fact or reason or as a resultTherefrom - From that circumstance or sourceThereof - Of or concerning this or that, From that circumstance or sourceCorollary - A practical consequence that follows naturally, "blind jealousy is a frequent corollary of passionate love "

To conclude

For the aforementioned reasonsFor the aforementioned reasons, there is no doubt thatTo sum up the foregoing,Given these factsIn conclusionIn closingTo conclude

To express an opinion

In all due fairnessWith good judgment, (one/we may)

To describe or make



vividportraydepictexhibitillustrateexposepresentpaint a portrait

limn - Trace the shape of, make a portrait ofdelineaterepresentdemonstrateconstitute - Form or composeembodied - (adj) Expressed byembody - (v) Represent or express in tangible formembodiment

To prove

manifest - Provide evidence for; stand as proof ofattest - Provide evidence fortestify - Provide evidence forcertify - Provide evidence forendorse, indorse - Give support or one's approval toshew - Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experimentestablishinstance - (v) Clarify by giving an example ofexemplify - (v) Clarify by giving an example of

To compare or contrast

WhereasIn comparisonIn contrastHoweverAlthoughOn the other handLikewiseSimilarlyButYetWithal - Despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)Withal - Together with thisNevertheless - Despite anything to the contraryNonetheless - Despite anything to the contraryNotwithstanding - Despite anything to the contraryEven so - Despite anything to the contraryAll the same - Despite anything to the contrary

To indicate time

AfterBeforeCurrentlyDuringEventually

FinallyFirst, Second, etc.FormerlyImmediatelyInitiallyLastlyLaterMeanwhileNextOncePreviously



PreviouslySimultaneouslySoonSubsequentlySubsequent - Following in time and orderHitherto, Heretofore - Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time, The sun hasntrose hitherto.In due timeHenceforth

To indicate certainty

TrulySincerelyGenuinelySurelyRightfullyAbsolutelyIndubitablyCertainlyWithout doubtNeedless to say

To indicate doubt

Most likelyMore likelyPossiblyProbablyDubitable - Open to doubt or suspicionDubious - Distressed with uncertainty or doubt

To summarize

OverallTo summarizeIn summaryTo sum up

ParaphrasedBrieflyIn briefSumming upTo put it brieflyprcis - A sketchy summary, Make a summary (of)synopsis - A sketchy summaryapercu - A short synopsis

To provide a condition

provision, proviso - A stipulated conditionstipulate - Specify as a condition or requirement in a contractgivenifwhetherwheneverwhenwhile

To express positive words

magnificentgrandeur - The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand, the quality of being exalted in character or ideals or conductmagnanimous - The quality of being exalted in character or ideals or conductfantasticfantasticalphenomenalwonderfulextraordinarymarvelous



marveloussuperbgoodfinegreatavid - Emotionally desirableavid ambition to succeedexcellentspectacularprodigiousgrandbrilliantglorious - Bringing great happiness and thankfulnessillustrious - Widely known and esteemednotable - Worthy of noticerespectedimpressivesplendidsplendiferous - Having great beauty and splendorresplendent - Having great beauty and splendor, Richly and brilliantly colorfulflamboyant - Elaborately or excessively ornamented, Richly and brilliantly colorfulredoubtable - Having or worthy of prideformidable - Extremely impressive in strength or excellenceprowesssuperiorterrifictremendouswondrous - Extraordinarily goodwonderfulsublime - Inspiring awe, Lifted up or set highflair - natural talentknack - A special way of doing somethingoutshine - Attract more attention and praise than othersparamount - Having superior power and influencepredominantpreponderatingprevailing

To show intelligence

profoundshrewd hardheaded (practical experience and observation) intelligenceastuteacumen - Shrewdness shown by keen insightinsightfulsavvy - The cognitive condition of someone who understandscognition - The psychological result of perception, learning and reasoninggeniussmartsharpkeenmastermindEinstein - Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originalitywork of artfine artmaven - Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any fieldmavin - Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any fieldadept - Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any fieldwhiz - Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any fieldwizard - Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

To intensify

incrediblyexceedinglytoppingly - extremely wellextremelyextraordinarilytruly



reallyveryutterly - Completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers, With sublimity; in a sublime mannerabsolutelyperfectlysublimelydramaticallysheer - (adj.) Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as an intensifier; (adv.) Directly "he fell sheer into thewater"

Said

enounced, enunciated - Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain waypronounced - Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain wayarticulated - Express or state clearlyvocalized - Express or state clearlyposited - Put firmlystatedexpressedreportedalleged - Declared but not provedaverred - Report or maintain, To declare or affirm in a grave manner and formally as trueaffirmed, assertedwrotecomposedindited - Produce a literary workpenned - Produce a literary workspelt - Indicate or signifyvoiced, sounded - Give voice todemean - Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

Noted (said)

remarkeddenoted - Be a sign or indication of, "Her smile denoted that she agreed"observedcommentedmentionedreferredannouncednoticed

Precisely

explicitlyaccuratelyexpressly

exactlyincisively

Numerous

innumerablemanyvariousseveraldiverseumpteenumteenmyriad (noun and adj.)

Praise

extol - (v) Praise, glorify, or honorexaltglorifylaudproclaim



proclaimrevereidolizeworshipvenerate

Call Forth

evoke - Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)arouse - Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)elicit - Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)enkindle - Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)provoke - Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)inflame - Arouse or excite feelings and passionsawake - Stop sleepingconjure - Evoke or call forth, with or as if by magicinvoke - Evoke or call forth, with or as if by magicsummon - Gather or bring togetherinstill - deposit gradually

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