S: (v) be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)) "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
S: (v) be (be identical to; be someone or something) "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"
S: (v) be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere) "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
S: (v) exist, be (have an existence, be extant) "Is there a God?"
S: (v) be (happen, occur, take place) "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen"
S: (v) equal, be (be identical or equivalent to) "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"
S: (v) match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics) "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
S: (v) consist (be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous) "Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end"
S: (v) look (accord in appearance with) "You don't look your age!"
S: (v) answer (match or correspond) "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave"
S: (v) coincide (be the same) "our views on this matter coincided"
S: (v) correlate (to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation) "Do these facts correlate?"
S: (v) parallel (be parallel to) "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
S: (v) twin, duplicate, parallel (duplicate or match) "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"
S: (v) square (be compatible with) "one idea squares with another"
S: (v) corroborate, underpin, bear out, support (support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm) "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
S: (v) resemble (appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to) "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work"
S: (v) look like (bear a physical resemblance to) "She looks like her mother"
S: (v) come to life (be lifelike, as of a painting) "If you look at it long enough, this portrait comes to life!"
S: (v) take after (be similar to a relative) "She takes after her father!"
S: (v) border on, approach (come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character) "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz"
S: (v) converge (approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit)
S: (v) imitate (appear like, as in behavior or appearance) "Life imitate art"
S: (v) ape (imitate uncritically and in every aspect) "Her little brother apes her behavior"
S: (v) emulate (imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software)
S: (v) represent, stand for, correspond (take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to) "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an `h' in Greek stands for an `s' in Latin"
S: (v) translate (be equivalent in effect) "the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power"
S: (v) constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be (form or compose) "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
S: (v) be, follow (work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function) "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher"
S: (v) embody, be, personify (represent, as of a character on stage) "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"