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(v)
(transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite
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(transitive) To show or illustrate by example.
(transitive, figurative) To make something clear to (someone); to give knowledge or understanding to.
(transitive, figurative) To clarify or make something understandable.
(by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
(intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
(n)
A general description of some subject.
To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
(transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
Something which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
(transitive) To make prominent; emphasize.
(transitive) To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.
(transitive) To display, demonstrate, show, or present.
(transitive) To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify.
(transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
(transitive) To draw a chart or map of.
To be an epitome of.
(transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
(transitive) To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
(transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
(transitive) To represent in words.
(transitive) To be symbolic of; to represent.
(transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
(transitive) To underline; to mark a line beneath text.
(transitive, sometimes with 'of') To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
(transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
(intransitive) To relate to, concern, or be relevant to.
(transitive) To refer to literally; to convey as objective meaning.
(transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
(ambitransitive) To speak clearly; to enunciate.
To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis.
(transitive) To communicate knowledge to.
(transitive) To show, display, or present; to prove or make evident
(adj)
Demonstrative, exemplative, showing an example or demonstrating.
The current moment or period of time.
(transitive) To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it.
(transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
(transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate.
(transitive) To draw a graph, to record graphically.
(transitive) To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK, a Statement of Special Educational Needs.
(transitive) To make legitimate.
(transitive) To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.
(medicine) Initialism of posterior capsular opacification.
To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath.
(figurative) To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.
Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
(transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
(transitive) To embody, exemplify; to represent by a form, image, model, or resemblance.
(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length.
(transitive) To add annotation to.
(ambitransitive) To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review.
(transitive) To place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
(intransitive) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.
(transitive) To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.
a representation by picture or portraiture
British standard spelling of emphasize.
explanation
The visual emphasis of text by means of a highlight.
To observe or inspect carefully or critically.
(British spelling) Alternative form of summarize. [(ambitransitive) To prepare a summary of (something).]
(transitive) To be typical of.
To communicate; to make known; to portray.
(ambitransitive) To summarize or repeat in concise form.
(transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail.
An occasion when something is shown.
(transitive) To epitomize something by expressing it as a brief summary.
(transitive) To form a mental picture of (something); to picture (something) in the mind; to envisage.
having been demonstrated or verified beyond doubt
(transitive) To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.
clarifying by use of examples
(transitive) To draw an outline of; to describe.
To place something or someone in a particular context.
(transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).
(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
(transitive) To subject to analysis.
(transitive) To say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.
(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.
Having highlights.
(transitive) To infer by extending known information.
(transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
(transitive) To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
(transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
(transitive) To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.
A surname.