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Noun

S: (n) return (return%1:21:00::), issue (issue%1:21:00::), take (take%1:21:00::), takings (takings%1:21:00::), proceeds (proceeds%1:21:00::), yield (yield%1:21:00::), payoff (payoff%1:21:02::) (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property) "the average return was about 5%"

Verb

S: (v) continue (continue%2:32:00::), go on (go_on%2:32:00::), carry on (carry_on%2:32:00::), proceed (proceed%2:32:00::) (continue talking) "`I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

S: (v) proceed (proceed%2:38:00::), go forward (go_forward%2:38:00::), continue (continue%2:38:00::) (move ahead; travel onward in time or space) "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"
S: (v) go (go%2:41:00::), proceed (proceed%2:41:00::), move (move%2:41:01::) (follow a procedure or take a course) "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"
S: (v) proceed (proceed%2:30:00::), go (go%2:30:01::) (follow a certain course) "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"

direct troponym / full troponym
direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (v) happen (happen%2:30:00::), hap (hap%2:30:00::), go on (go_on%2:30:00::), pass off (pass_off%2:30:00::), occur (occur%2:30:00::), pass (pass%2:30:00::), fall out (fall_out%2:30:00::), come about (come_about%2:30:00::), take place (take_place%2:30:00::) (come to pass) "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

S: (v) break (break%2:30:01::), recrudesce (recrudesce%2:30:01::), develop (develop%2:30:03::) (happen) "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
S: (v) arise (arise%2:30:00::), come up (come_up%2:30:00::) (result or issue) "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
S: (v) result (result%2:30:00::) (come about or follow as a consequence) "nothing will result from this meeting"
S: (v) intervene (intervene%2:30:00::) (occur between other event or between certain points of time) "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"
S: (v) transpire (transpire%2:30:09::) (come about, happen, or occur) "Several important events transpired last week"
S: (v) give (give%2:30:13::) (occur) "what gives?"
S: (v) supervene (supervene%2:30:00::) (take place as an additional or unexpected development)
S: (v) proceed (proceed%2:30:00::), go (go%2:30:01::) (follow a certain course) "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"
S: (v) come (come%2:30:01::) (come to pass; arrive, as in due course) "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"
S: (v) fall (fall%2:30:00::) (occur at a specified time or place) "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"
S: (v) anticipate (anticipate%2:30:00::) (be a forerunner of or occur earlier than) "This composition anticipates Impressionism"
S: (v) develop (develop%2:30:05::) (be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest) "The plot developed slowly"
S: (v) recur (recur%2:30:00::), repeat (repeat%2:30:00::) (happen or occur again) "This is a recurring story"
S: (v) go off (go_off%2:30:01::), come off (come_off%2:30:00::), go over (go_over%2:30:00::) (happen in a particular manner) "how did your talk go over?"
S: (v) come around (come_around%2:30:06::), roll around (roll_around%2:30:00::) (happen regularly) "Christmas rolled around again"
S: (v) happen (happen%2:30:01::), materialize (materialize%2:30:00::), materialise (materialise%2:30:00::) (come into being; become reality) "Her dream really materialized"
S: (v) happen (happen%2:30:02::), befall (befall%2:30:00::), bechance (bechance%2:30:00::) (happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance) "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana)
S: (v) befall (befall%2:30:01::), bechance (bechance%2:30:01::), betide (betide%2:30:00::) (become of; happen to) "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"
S: (v) concur (concur%2:30:00::), coincide (coincide%2:30:00::) (happen simultaneously) "The two events coincided"
S: (v) backfire (backfire%2:41:00::), backlash (backlash%2:41:00::), recoil (recoil%2:41:00::) (come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect) "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"; "the political movie backlashed on the Democrats"
S: (v) chance (chance%2:41:01::) (be the case by chance) "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
S: (v) break (break%2:41:15::) (happen or take place) "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months"
S: (v) fall (fall%2:42:04::), shine (shine%2:42:00::), strike (strike%2:42:00::) (touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly) "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"
S: (v) turn out (turn_out%2:42:01::) (prove to be in the result or end) "It turns out that he was right"
S: (v) synchronize (synchronize%2:42:00::), synchronise (synchronise%2:42:00::), contemporize (contemporize%2:42:00::), contemporise (contemporise%2:42:00::) (happen at the same time)

sentence frame

S: (v) continue (continue%2:42:01::), go on (go_on%2:42:00::), proceed (proceed%2:42:00::), go along (go_along%2:42:00::), keep (keep%2:42:07::) (continue a certain state, condition, or activity) "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"