Collins English Thesaurus Essential. Collins Dictionaries

Collins English Thesaurus Essential

Collins English Thesaurus Essential - Collins Dictionaries

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bringing about, execution, completion, realization, fulfilment, attainment, consummationaccord NOUN 1 The party was made legal under the 1991 peace accords. = treaty, contract, agreement, arrangement, settlement, pact, deal (informal) 2 I found myself in total accord. = sympathy, agreement, concert, harmony, accordance, unison, rapport, conformity, assent, unanimity, concurrence ◼ OPPOSITE: conflict ▸ VERB On his return home, the government accorded him the rank of Colonel. = grant, give, award, render, assign, present with, endow with, bestow on, confer on, vouchsafe (old-fashioned), impart with ◼ OPPOSITE: refuse ● accord with something Such an approach accords with the principles of Socialist ideology. = agree with, match, coincide with, fit with, square with, correspond with, conform with, concur with, tally with, be in tune with (informal), harmonize with, assent withaccordance NOUN ● in accordance with = in agreement with, consistent with, in harmony with, in concert with, in sympathy with, in conformity with, in assent with, in congruence withaccordingly ADVERB 1 We have different backgrounds. Accordingly we will have different futures. = consequently, so, thus, therefore, hence, subsequently, in consequence, ergo, as a result 2 It is a difficult job and they should be paid accordingly. = appropriately, correspondingly, properly, suitably, fitlyaccost VERB = confront, challenge, address, stop, approach, oppose, halt, greet, hail, buttonholeaccount NOUN 1 I gave a detailed account of what had happened that night. = description, report, record, story, history, detail, statement, relation, version, tale, explanation, narrative, chronicle, portrayal, recital, depiction, narration 2 These obscure little groups were of no account in national politics. = importance, standing, concern, value, note, benefit, use, profit, worth, weight, advantage, rank, import (formal), honour, consequence, substance, merit, significance, distinction, esteem, usefulness, repute, momentousness 3 a detailed account of all expenditures = ledger, charge, bill, statement, balance, tally, invoice, computation ▸ VERB The first day of the event was accounted a success. = consider, rate, value, judge, estimate, think, hold, believe, count, reckon, assess, weigh, calculate, esteem (formal), deem, compute, gauge, appraise, regard as ● account for something 1 Computers account for 5% of the country's electricity consumption. = constitute, make, make up, compose, comprise 2 How do you account for the company's high staff turnover? = explain, excuse, justify, clarify, give a reason for, give an explanation for, illuminate, clear up, answer for, rationalize, elucidate 3 The squadron accounted for seven enemy aircraft in the first week. = put out of action, kill (informal), destroy, put paid to, incapacitate ● on account of He declined to give the speech on account of a sore throat. = by reason of, because of, owing to, on the basis of, for the sake of, on the grounds ofaccountability NOUN = responsibility, liability, culpability, answerability, chargeabilityaccountable ADJECTIVE = answerable, subject, responsible, obliged, liable, amenable, obligated, chargeableaccountant NOUN = auditor, book-keeper, bean counter (informal)accounting NOUN = accountancy, auditing, book-keepingaccoutrements PLURAL NOUN = paraphernalia, fittings, dress, material, clothing, stuff, equipment, tackle, gear, things, kit, outfit, trimmings, fixtures, array, decorations, baggage, apparatus, furnishings, trappings, garb, adornments, ornamentation, bells and whistles, impedimenta, appurtenances, equipageaccredit VERB 1 The degree programme is fully accredited by the Institute of Engineers. = approve, support, back, commission, champion, favour, guarantee, promote, recommend, appoint, recognize, sanction, advocate, license, endorse, warrant, authorize, ratify, empower, certify, entrust, vouch for, depute 2 The discovery of runes is, in Norse mythology, accredited to Odin. = attribute, credit, assign, ascribe, trace to, put down to, lay at the door ofaccredited ADJECTIVE = authorized, official, commissioned, guaranteed, appointed, recognized, sanctioned, licensed, endorsed, empowered, certified, vouched for, deputed, deputizedaccrue VERB = accumulate, issue, increase, grow, collect, gather, flow, build up, enlarge, follow, ensue, pile up, amass, spring up, stockpileaccumulate VERB = build up, increase, grow, be stored, collect, gather, pile up, amass, stockpile, hoard, accrue, cumulate ◼ OPPOSITE: disperseaccumulation NOUN 1 accumulations of dirt = collection, increase, stock, store, mass, build-up, pile, stack, heap, rick, stockpile, hoard 2 The rate of accumulation decreases with time. = growth, collection, gathering, build-up, aggregation, conglomeration, augmentationaccuracy NOUN = exactness, precision, fidelity, authenticity, correctness, closeness, truth, verity, nicety, veracity, faithfulness, truthfulness, niceness, exactitude, strictness, meticulousness, carefulness, scrupulousness, preciseness, faultlessness, accurateness ◼ OPPOSITE: inaccuracyaccurate ADJECTIVE 1 a more accurate description of the terrain = precise, right, close, regular, correct, careful, strict, exact, faithful, explicit, authentic, spot-on, just, clear-cut, meticulous, truthful, faultless, scrupulous, unerring, veracious ◼ OPPOSITE: inaccurate 2 Their prediction was accurate. = correct, right, true, exact, faithful, spot-on (Brit. informal), faultless, on the money (informal)accurately ADVERB 1 The test can accurately predict what a bigger explosion would do. = precisely, rightly, correctly, closely, carefully, truly, properly, strictly, literally, exactly, faithfully, meticulously, to the letter, justly, scrupulously, truthfully, authentically, unerringly, faultlessly, veraciously 2 The book is more accurately described by its subtitle. = exactly, rightly, closely, correctly, definitely, truly, properly, precisely, nicely, strictly, faithfully, explicitly, unequivocally, scrupulously, truthfullyaccusation NOUN = charge, complaint, allegation, indictment, impeachment, recrimination, citation, denunciation, attribution, imputation, arraignment, incriminationaccuse VERB 1 He accused me of being lazy. = point a or the finger at, blame for, denounce, attribute to, hold responsible for, impute blame to ◼ OPPOSITE: exonerate 2 Her assistant was accused of theft and fraud by the police. = charge with, indict for, impeach for, arraign for, cite, tax with, censure with, incriminate for, recriminate for ◼ OPPOSITE: absolveaccustom VERB = familiarize, train, coach, discipline, adapt, instruct, make used, school, season, acquaint, inure, habituate, acclimatize, make conversantaccustomed ADJECTIVE 1 I was accustomed to being the only child amongst adults. = used, trained, familiar, disciplined, given to, adapted, acquainted, in the habit of, familiarized, seasoned, inured, habituated, exercised, acclimatized ◼ OPPOSITE: unaccustomed 2 He took up his accustomed position at the fire. = usual, established, expected, general, common, standard, set, traditional, normal, fixed, regular, ordinary, familiar, conventional, routine, everyday, customary, habitual, wonted ◼ OPPOSITE: unusual

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