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Verb
S:
(v)
spot (spot%2:39:02::)
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recognize (recognize%2:39:01::)
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recognise (recognise%2:39:01::)
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distinguish (distinguish%2:39:00::)
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discern (discern%2:39:00::)
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pick out (pick_out%2:39:00::)
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make out (make_out%2:39:00::)
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tell apart (tell_apart%2:39:00::)
(detect with the senses)
"The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
S:
(v)
write out (write_out%2:32:00::)
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issue (issue%2:32:02::)
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make out (make_out%2:32:00::)
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cut (cut%2:32:00::)
(make out and issue)
"write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"
S:
(v)
make out (make_out%2:31:00::)
(comprehend)
"I cannot make out what this politician is saying"
S:
(v)
do (do%2:42:00::)
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fare (fare%2:42:00::)
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make out (make_out%2:42:00::)
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come (come%2:42:02::)
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get along (get_along%2:42:00::)
(proceed or get along)
"How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
sentence frame
S:
(v)
cope (cope%2:41:00::)
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get by (get_by%2:41:00::)
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make out (make_out%2:41:02::)
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make do (make_do%2:41:00::)
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contend (contend%2:41:00::)
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grapple (grapple%2:41:00::)
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deal (deal%2:41:00::)
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manage (manage%2:41:03::)
(succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available)
"We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
S:
(v)
sleep together (sleep_together%2:35:00::)
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roll in the hay (roll_in_the_hay%2:35:00::)
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love (love%2:35:00::)
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make out (make_out%2:35:00::)
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make love (make_love%2:35:00::)
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sleep with (sleep_with%2:35:00::)
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get laid (get_laid%2:35:00::)
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have sex (have_sex%2:35:00::)
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know (know%2:35:00::)
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do it (do_it%2:35:00::)
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be intimate (be_intimate%2:35:00::)
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have intercourse (have_intercourse%2:35:00::)
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have it away (have_it_away%2:35:00::)
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have it off (have_it_off%2:35:00::)
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screw (screw%2:35:04::)
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fuck (fuck%2:35:00::)
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jazz (jazz%2:35:00::)
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eff (eff%2:35:00::)
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hump (hump%2:35:00::)
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lie with (lie_with%2:35:00::)
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bed (bed%2:35:00::)
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have a go at it (have_a_go_at_it%2:35:00::)
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bang (bang%2:35:04::)
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get it on (get_it_on%2:35:00::)
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bonk (bonk%2:35:01::)
(have sexual intercourse with)
"This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
direct troponym
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full troponym
verb group
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
domain usage
sentence frame
S:
(v)
neck (neck%2:35:00::)
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make out (make_out%2:35:01::)
(kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion)
"The couple were necking in the back seat of the car"
S:
(v)
complete (complete%2:32:00::)
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fill out (fill_out%2:32:00::)
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fill in (fill_in%2:32:02::)
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make out (make_out%2:32:02::)
(write all the required information onto a form)
"fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"
S:
(v)
make out (make_out%2:32:03::)
(imply or suggest)
"Your remarks make me out to be stupid"
S:
(v)
make out (make_out%2:32:06::)
(try to establish)
"She made out that she know nothing about the crime"