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Verb
Example: “The meeting did not last very long.”
Synonyms: final, continue
Antonyms: first, end quickly
Example: “The medicine can prolong life.”
Synonyms: extend, lengthen
Antonyms: shorten
Noun
Example: “The accident caused emotional trauma.”
Synonyms: shock, injury
Antonyms: healing
Example: “His legacy is still important today.”
Synonyms: heritage, inheritance
Antonyms: new beginning
Example: “The conflict lasted many years.”
Synonyms: disagreement, fight
Antonyms: peace
Example: “I pay with a card.”
Synonyms: plastic card
Antonyms: cash
Adverb
Example: “The poem remains enduringly popular.”
Synonyms: lastingly, persistently
Antonyms: briefly, temporarily
Example: “The material has excellent elasticity.”
Synonyms: flexibility, stretchiness
Antonyms: rigidity, stiffness
Example: “The team’s domination lasted for years.”
Synonyms: control, supremacy
Antonyms: submission, equality
Adjective
Example: “At last, the wires were untangled.”
Synonyms: unknotted, straightened
Antonyms: tangled, knotted
Example: “Do not remove the price tag.”
Synonyms: label, mark
Antonyms: untag
Example: “The course briefly covers medieval scholasticism.”
Synonyms: medieval philosophy
Antonyms:
Example: “We watched a film last night.”
Synonyms: movie
Example: “The city saw a tourism boom last year.”
Synonyms: growth, success surge
Antonyms: decline, crash
Example: “Our team beat the champions last night.”
Synonyms: defeat, hit
Antonyms: lose
Example: “This is the final answer.”
Synonyms: last, ending
Antonyms: first, temporary
Example: “Water goes through the tube.”
Synonyms: pipe
Example: “She has long black hair.”
Synonyms: lengthy
Antonyms: short
Example: “You can undo the last change in the document.”
Synonyms: reverse, cancel
Antonyms: do, apply
Example: “The company changed its logo last year.”
Synonyms: brand mark, symbol
Example: “She was the first person to arrive.”
Synonyms: initial
Antonyms: last
Example: “The deal collapsed when the intermediary changed terms at the last minute.”
Synonyms: middleman
Antonyms: principal
Example: “Social media highlights the ephemerality of attention.”
Synonyms: transience
Antonyms: permanence
Example: “They spontaneously changed the plan at the last minute.”
Synonyms: impulsively
Antonyms: deliberately
Example: “The company aims to grow sustainably over the next decade.”
Synonyms: responsibly
Antonyms: recklessly
Example: “We need a sustainable model, not short-term fixes.”
Synonyms: viable
Antonyms: unsustainable
Example: “I like tea and coffee; the latter is better.”
Synonyms: second
Antonyms: former
Example: “He completed his apprenticeship last year.”
Synonyms: training
Antonyms: mastery
Example: “The current system is unsustainable.”
Synonyms: unviable
Antonyms: sustainable
Example: “He finally finished his work.”
Synonyms: at last
Example: “It is cold in December.”
Synonyms: month
Example: “Sales declined last quarter.”
Synonyms: decrease, drop
Antonyms: increase
/aɪˈkɑːnəklæst/
Example: “She is an iconoclast in her field.”
Synonyms: image breaker
/ɪˈfemərəl/
Example: “Fame can be ephemeral.”
Synonyms: transient, transitory, fugacious
/ˈsɝːveɪ/
Example: “We ran a survey last week.”
Synonyms: appraise, view, study
/trɪp/
Example: “We had a great trip last weekend.”
Synonyms: slip, jaunt, stumble
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