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S: (v) realize#3 (realize%2:36:00::), realise#4 (realise%2:36:00::), actualize#1 (actualize%2:36:00::), actualise#1 (actualise%2:36:00::), substantiate#3 (substantiate%2:36:04::) (make real or concrete; give reality or substance to) "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"

S: (v) actualize#2 (actualize%2:32:00::), actualise#2 (actualise%2:32:00::) (represent or describe realistically)

S: (v) represent#12 (represent%2:32:12::) (describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality) "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"

S: (v) describe#1 (describe%2:32:00::), depict#2 (depict%2:32:01::), draw#8 (draw%2:32:00::) (give a description of) "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"

S: (v) set forth#1 (set_forth%2:32:00::), expound#2 (expound%2:32:01::), exposit#1 (exposit%2:32:00::) (state) "set forth one's reasons"

S: (v) elaborate#1 (elaborate%2:32:00::), lucubrate#1 (lucubrate%2:32:00::), expatiate#1 (expatiate%2:32:00::), exposit#2 (exposit%2:32:01::), enlarge#4 (enlarge%2:32:04::), flesh out#2 (flesh_out%2:32:00::), expand#6 (expand%2:32:10::), expound#1 (expound%2:32:00::), dilate#2 (dilate%2:32:10::) (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing) "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

S: (v) clarify#1 (clarify%2:32:00::), clear up#1 (clear_up%2:32:00::), elucidate#1 (elucidate%2:32:00::) (make clear and (more) comprehensible) "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"

S: (v) explain#1 (explain%2:32:00::), explicate#1 (explicate%2:32:00::) (make plain and comprehensible) "He explained the laws of physics to his students"

S: (v) inform#1 (inform%2:32:00::) (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to) "I informed him of his rights"

S: (v) communicate#2 (communicate%2:32:00::), intercommunicate#2 (intercommunicate%2:32:00::) (transmit thoughts or feelings) "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"

S: (v) interact#1 (interact%2:41:00::) (act together or towards others or with others) "He should interact more with his colleagues"

S: (v) act#1 (act%2:41:00::), move#8 (move%2:41:00::) (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)) "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"