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Pratique inglês no seu dispositivo Android.
Adjetivo
Exemplo: “Is there a direct bus to the airport?”
Sinônimos: straight, immediate
Antônimos: indirect
Substantivo
Exemplo: “The director is in the office.”
Sinônimos: manager, leader
Antônimos: employee
/dəˈrekʃən/
Exemplo: “Can you give me directions to the museum?”
Sinônimos: charge, counsel, guidance
Exemplo: “The article was full of innuendo.”
Sinônimos: hint, suggestion
Antônimos: direct statement
Exemplo: “The poem contains an allusion to history.”
Sinônimos: reference, hint
Exemplo: “He made an oblique reference to the issue.”
Sinônimos: indirect, slanted
Antônimos: direct
Verbo
Exemplo: “The word can connote danger.”
Sinônimos: suggest, imply
Antônimos: denote
Exemplo: “He did not allude to the problem.”
Sinônimos: hint, refer indirectly
Antônimos: state clearly
Exemplo: “The director will oversee the project.”
Sinônimos: supervise, manage
Antônimos: ignore
Exemplo: “My supervisor checked the report.”
Sinônimos: manager, boss
Antônimos: trainee
Exemplo: “Look at the product catalog.”
Sinônimos: list, directory
Antônimos: single item
Exemplo: “This recipe is easy.”
Sinônimos: cooking instructions
Antônimos: random cooking
Exemplo: “Read the instruction carefully.”
Sinônimos: direction, guide
Antônimos: confusion
Exemplo: “Vocational training can lead directly to employment.”
Sinônimos: career-oriented, technical
Antônimos: academic, general
Exemplo: “The audience had unmediated access to the artist online.”
Sinônimos: direct, immediate
Antônimos: mediated, filtered
Exemplo: “The phrase is figurative, not literal.”
Sinônimos: symbolic, metaphorical
Antônimos: literal, direct
Exemplo: “The denotation of the word is simple, but its connotation is complex.”
Sinônimos: literal meaning, direct reference
Antônimos: connotation, implication
Exemplo: “The superintendent inspected the building.”
Sinônimos: supervisor, manager
Antônimos: worker
Exemplo: “They moved to the south for warmer weather.”
Sinônimos: southern direction
Antônimos: north
Exemplo: “They traveled to the north of the country.”
Sinônimos: northern direction
Antônimos: south
Exemplo: “Thank you for your frank opinion.”
Sinônimos: honest, direct
Antônimos: secretive, dishonest
Exemplo: “Turn left at the corner.”
Sinônimos: rotate, go
Antônimos: stay
Exemplo: “The statement used euphemistic language to avoid direct blame.”
Sinônimos: indirect, softened
Antônimos: blunt, explicit
Exemplo: “The poem is widely read as an allegorical account of political oppression.”
Sinônimos: symbolic, figurative
Exemplo: “Without context, the numbers are meaningless.”
Sinônimos: pointless, insignificant
Antônimos: meaningful, significant
Exemplo: “I urge you to check the data again.”
Sinônimos: encourage strongly, push
Antônimos: discourage
Exemplo: “She will lead the new project team.”
Sinônimos: guide, direct
Antônimos: follow
Exemplo: “Save the file in the blue folder.”
Sinônimos: directory, file holder
Antônimos: loose file
Exemplo: “The guide is prescriptive: it tells you exactly what to do.”
Sinônimos: directive
Antônimos: descriptive
Exemplo: “Are you implying that I lied?”
Sinônimos: suggest
Antônimos: state
Exemplo: “I can’t control the weather.”
Sinônimos: manage
Antônimos: lose control
Preposição
Exemplo: “I am against this plan.”
Sinônimos: opposed to
Antônimos: for
Exemplo: “Walk toward the door.”
Sinônimos: to
Antônimos: away from
Exemplo: “There are trees around the house.”
Sinônimos: near
Antônimos: far
Advérbio
Exemplo: “He euphemistically referred to layoffs as “restructuring.””
Sinônimos: indirectly
Antônimos: bluntly
Exemplo: “He steered the car carefully.”
Sinônimos: guide
Antônimos: mislead
Exemplo: “Move forward, please.”
Sinônimos: ahead
Antônimos: back
Exemplo: “This answer is right.”
Sinônimos: correct
Antônimos: wrong
Exemplo: “The teams had divergent priorities for the quarter.”
Exemplo: “There was an implicit assumption that prices would rise.”
/ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt/
Exemplo: “Don’t equivocate—answer directly.”
Sinônimos: prevaricate, palter, tergiversate
/trend/
Exemplo: “This trend is growing.”
Sinônimos: slew, drift, slue
/ˈfoʊkəs/
Exemplo: “Try to focus on your work.”
Sinônimos: nidus, stress, concentrate
Antônimos: dim, slur, blear
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