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Adjektiv
Beispiel: “Is there a direct bus to the airport?”
Synonyme: straight, immediate
Antonyme: indirect
Substantiv
Beispiel: “The director is in the office.”
Synonyme: manager, leader
Antonyme: employee
/dəˈrekʃən/
Beispiel: “Can you give me directions to the museum?”
Synonyme: charge, counsel, guidance
Beispiel: “The article was full of innuendo.”
Synonyme: hint, suggestion
Antonyme: direct statement
Beispiel: “The poem contains an allusion to history.”
Synonyme: reference, hint
Beispiel: “He made an oblique reference to the issue.”
Synonyme: indirect, slanted
Antonyme: direct
Verb
Beispiel: “The word can connote danger.”
Synonyme: suggest, imply
Antonyme: denote
Beispiel: “He did not allude to the problem.”
Synonyme: hint, refer indirectly
Antonyme: state clearly
Beispiel: “The director will oversee the project.”
Synonyme: supervise, manage
Antonyme: ignore
Beispiel: “My supervisor checked the report.”
Synonyme: manager, boss
Antonyme: trainee
Beispiel: “Look at the product catalog.”
Synonyme: list, directory
Antonyme: single item
Beispiel: “This recipe is easy.”
Synonyme: cooking instructions
Antonyme: random cooking
Beispiel: “Read the instruction carefully.”
Synonyme: direction, guide
Antonyme: confusion
Beispiel: “Vocational training can lead directly to employment.”
Synonyme: career-oriented, technical
Antonyme: academic, general
Beispiel: “The audience had unmediated access to the artist online.”
Synonyme: direct, immediate
Antonyme: mediated, filtered
Beispiel: “The phrase is figurative, not literal.”
Synonyme: symbolic, metaphorical
Antonyme: literal, direct
Beispiel: “The denotation of the word is simple, but its connotation is complex.”
Synonyme: literal meaning, direct reference
Antonyme: connotation, implication
Beispiel: “The superintendent inspected the building.”
Synonyme: supervisor, manager
Antonyme: worker
Beispiel: “They moved to the south for warmer weather.”
Synonyme: southern direction
Antonyme: north
Beispiel: “They traveled to the north of the country.”
Synonyme: northern direction
Antonyme: south
Beispiel: “Thank you for your frank opinion.”
Synonyme: honest, direct
Antonyme: secretive, dishonest
Beispiel: “Turn left at the corner.”
Synonyme: rotate, go
Antonyme: stay
Beispiel: “The statement used euphemistic language to avoid direct blame.”
Synonyme: indirect, softened
Antonyme: blunt, explicit
Beispiel: “The poem is widely read as an allegorical account of political oppression.”
Synonyme: symbolic, figurative
Beispiel: “Without context, the numbers are meaningless.”
Synonyme: pointless, insignificant
Antonyme: meaningful, significant
Beispiel: “I urge you to check the data again.”
Synonyme: encourage strongly, push
Antonyme: discourage
Beispiel: “She will lead the new project team.”
Synonyme: guide, direct
Antonyme: follow
Beispiel: “Save the file in the blue folder.”
Synonyme: directory, file holder
Antonyme: loose file
Beispiel: “The guide is prescriptive: it tells you exactly what to do.”
Synonyme: directive
Antonyme: descriptive
Beispiel: “Are you implying that I lied?”
Synonyme: suggest
Antonyme: state
Beispiel: “I can’t control the weather.”
Synonyme: manage
Antonyme: lose control
Präposition
Beispiel: “I am against this plan.”
Synonyme: opposed to
Antonyme: for
Beispiel: “Walk toward the door.”
Synonyme: to
Antonyme: away from
Beispiel: “There are trees around the house.”
Synonyme: near
Antonyme: far
Adverb
Beispiel: “He euphemistically referred to layoffs as “restructuring.””
Synonyme: indirectly
Antonyme: bluntly
Beispiel: “He steered the car carefully.”
Synonyme: guide
Antonyme: mislead
Beispiel: “Move forward, please.”
Synonyme: ahead
Antonyme: back
Beispiel: “This answer is right.”
Synonyme: correct
Antonyme: wrong
Beispiel: “The teams had divergent priorities for the quarter.”
Beispiel: “There was an implicit assumption that prices would rise.”
/ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt/
Beispiel: “Don’t equivocate—answer directly.”
Synonyme: prevaricate, palter, tergiversate
/trend/
Beispiel: “This trend is growing.”
Synonyme: slew, drift, slue
/ˈfoʊkəs/
Beispiel: “Try to focus on your work.”
Synonyme: nidus, stress, concentrate
Antonyme: dim, slur, blear
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