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event

/ɪˈvent/

Beispiel: “The event starts at 6 p.m.”

Synonyme: case

hindsight

Substantiv

Beispiel: “In hindsight, the decision was wrong.”

Synonyme: retrospection

Antonyme: foresight

contagion

Substantiv

Beispiel: “Schools closed to prevent contagion.”

Synonyme: infection, spread

Antonyme: immunity

engender

Verb

Beispiel: “Trust can engender cooperation.”

Synonyme: cause, produce

Antonyme: prevent

calamity

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The flood was a calamity for the village.”

Synonyme: disaster, catastrophe

Antonyme: blessing

allegory

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The novel is an allegory of power.”

Synonyme: symbolic story

Antonyme: literal story

induce

Verb

Beispiel: “Stress can induce headaches.”

Synonyme: cause, trigger

Antonyme: prevent

hamper

Verb

Beispiel: “Bad weather can hamper delivery.”

Synonyme: hinder, obstruct

Antonyme: help

scenario

Substantiv

Beispiel: “This scenario is possible.”

Synonyme: situation, case

Antonyme: certainty

conference

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The conference starts tomorrow.”

Synonyme: meeting, event

Antonyme: private talk

presenter

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The presenter introduced the guest.”

Synonyme: host, speaker

Antonyme: audience

hygiene

Substantiv

Beispiel: “Good hygiene prevents disease.”

Synonyme: cleanliness

Antonyme: dirtiness

biography

Substantiv

Beispiel: “I read his biography.”

Synonyme: life story

Antonyme: fiction

novel

Substantiv

Beispiel: “I am reading a novel.”

Synonyme: fiction book

Antonyme: textbook

schedule

Substantiv

Beispiel: “My schedule is full today.”

Synonyme: timetable, plan

Antonyme: chaos

party

Substantiv

Beispiel: “We are going to a party.”

Synonyme: celebration

inexorably

Adverb

Beispiel: “Time moves inexorably forward.”

Synonyme: relentlessly, inevitably

Antonyme: hesitantly, reversibly

uneventful

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “Thankfully, the journey was uneventful.”

Synonyme: calm, ordinary

Antonyme: dramatic, eventful

demolition

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The old factory is scheduled for demolition.”

Synonyme: destruction, teardown

Antonyme: construction, restoration

prophetic

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “His warning now seems almost prophetic.”

Synonyme: predictive, visionary

Antonyme: unpredictive, ordinary

medal

Substantiv

Beispiel: “She won a gold medal in the race.”

Synonyme: award

Antonyme:

death

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The story is about life and death.”

Synonyme: end of life

Antonyme: life

cause

Verb

Beispiel: “Stress can cause headaches.”

Synonyme: reason, make happen

Antonyme: prevent

concurrence

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The proposal was approved with the concurrence of all departments.”

Synonyme: agreement, coincidence

Antonyme: disagreement, divergence

inclusively

Adverb

Beispiel: “The event was designed inclusively so everyone could participate.”

Synonyme: openly, without exclusion

Antonyme: exclusively, narrowly

immortalize

Verb

Beispiel: “The novel helped immortalize the city in popular culture.”

Synonyme: preserve forever, commemorate

Antonyme: erase, forget

fate

Substantiv

Beispiel: “She believed it was fate that brought them together.”

Synonyme: destiny

Antonyme: choice, chance

ending

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The movie had a surprising ending.”

Synonyme: finish, conclusion

Antonyme: beginning

during

Präposition

Beispiel: “Do not talk during the exam.”

Synonyme: throughout

Antonyme: before, after

accountability

Substantiv

Beispiel: “Accountability prevents “everyone’s job” from becoming nobody’s.”

Synonyme: responsibility

Antonyme: impunity

retrospective

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The museum hosted a retrospective of her early work.”

Synonyme: looking back

Antonyme: prospective

paralyzingly

Adverb

Beispiel: “The fear was paralyzingly intense.”

Synonyme: immobilizingly

Antonyme: empoweringly

happenstance

Substantiv

Beispiel: “Their meeting was pure happenstance, but it changed everything.”

Synonyme: chance

Antonyme: design

insensitively

Adverb

Beispiel: “He spoke insensitively about a painful event.”

Synonyme: tactlessly

Antonyme: sensitively

exploitation

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The law aims to prevent the exploitation of workers.”

Synonyme: abuse

Antonyme: protection

sponsorship

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The event relied on corporate sponsorship.”

Synonyme: backing

phase

Substantiv

Beispiel: “We are entering the final phase of the project.”

Synonyme: stage

entry

Substantiv

Beispiel: “Entry is free today.”

Synonyme: entrance

Antonyme: exit

after

Präposition

Beispiel: “Let’s talk after the meeting.”

Antonyme: before

before

Präposition

Beispiel: “Wash your hands before dinner.”

Synonyme: earlier

Antonyme: after

chronologically

Adverb

Beispiel: “Events were arranged chronologically.”

Synonyme: sequentially

Antonyme: randomly

seventy

Begleiter

Beispiel: “She is seventy years old.”

Synonyme: 70

Antonyme:

preliminary

/prɪˈlɪmɪneri/

Beispiel: “These are preliminary results.”

Synonyme: overture, prelude, exploratory

notwithstanding

/ˌnɑːtwɪðˈstændɪŋ/

Beispiel: “Notwithstanding the cost, we proceeded.”

Synonyme: nonetheless, nevertheless, withal

interpret

/ɪnˈtɝːprɪt/

Beispiel: “Data can be interpreted differently.”

Synonyme: render, understand, construe

influence

/ˈɪnfluəns/

Beispiel: “Friends can have a strong influence.”

Synonyme: charm, shape, determine

avoid

/əˈvɔɪd/

Beispiel: “Try to avoid making the same mistake.”

Synonyme: void, obviate, nullify

Antonyme: face, validate, confront