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substance

Noun : Physical matter; material.

Noun : A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.

Noun : The essential part of anything; the most vital part.

agency

Noun : The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.

Noun : (sociology, philosophy, psychology) The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.

Noun : A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved.

way

Noun : (heading) To do with a place or places.

Noun : A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.

Noun : A means to enter or leave a place.

instrumentality

Noun : (uncountable) The quality or condition of being instrumental; serving a purpose, being useful.

Noun : (countable, law) A governmental organ with a specific purpose.

Noun : (countable) Something that is instrumental; an instrument.

comes

Noun : (music) The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.

instrument

Noun : A device used to produce music.

Noun : A means or agency for achieving an effect.

Noun : A measuring or displaying device.

mode

Noun : (music) One of several ancient Greek scales.

Noun : (music) One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.

Noun : A particular means of accomplishing something.

lines

Noun : (film, theater) Words spoken by the actors.

Noun : (fortifications) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.

Noun : (education) A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out.

say

Verb : (transitive) To pronounce.

Verb : (transitive) To recite.

Verb : (transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.

format

Noun : The layout of a publication or document.

Noun : (by extension) The form of presentation of something.

Noun : (radio) The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc.

style

Noun : Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.

Noun : (historical) A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen.

Noun : A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus.

pattern

Noun : Model, example.

Noun : Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.

Noun : Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.

saying

Noun : A proverb or maxim.

Noun : (obsolete) That which is said; an utterance.

signify

Verb : To create a sign out of something.

Verb : To give (something) a meaning or an importance.

Verb : To show one’s intentions with a sign etc.; to indicate, announce.

tell

Verb : (transitive, archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.

Verb : (transitive, ditransitive) To narrate, to recount.

Verb : (transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.

form

Noun : (heading, physical) To do with shape.

Noun : The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.

Noun : A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.

fashion

Noun : (countable) A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.

Noun : (uncountable) Popular trends.

Noun : (countable) A style or manner in which something is done.

synonym

Noun : (semantics, strictly) A word whose meaning is the same as that of another word.

Noun : (semantics, loosely) A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.

Noun : (zoology) Any of the formal names for a taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).

sense

Noun : Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.

Noun : Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.

Noun : Sound practical or moral judgment.

equals

Noun : The symbol =

factor

Noun : (obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.

Noun : An agent or representative.

Noun : (law)

milieu

Noun : An environment or setting; a medium.

Noun : (specifically) A social environment or setting.

Noun : A group of people with a common point of view; a social class or group.

designate

Adjective : Designated; appointed; chosen.

Adjective : (UK) Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.

Verb : To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description

manner

Noun : Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything

Noun : Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing

Noun : One's customary method of acting; habit.

methodological

Adjective : Of, pertaining to, or using methodology or a methodology.

methodology

Noun : (originally sciences) The study of methods used in a field.

Noun : (loosely) A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field.

Noun : The implementation of such methods etc.

practice

Noun : Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.

Noun : An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.

Noun : (uncountable, especially medicine, art) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.

method

Noun : A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process).

Noun : (acting, often "the method") A technique for acting based on the ideas articulated by Konstantin Stanislavski and focusing on authentically experiencing the inner life of the character being portrayed.

Noun : (object-oriented programming) A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.

environment

Noun : The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.

Noun : The natural world or ecosystem.

Noun : All the elements that affect a system or its inputs and outputs.

sort

Noun : A general type.

Noun : Manner; form of being or acting.

Noun : (obsolete) Condition above the vulgar; rank.

medium

Noun : The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.

Noun : The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass.

Noun : A format for communicating or presenting information.

tactic

Noun : A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.

Noun : (military) A maneuver used against an enemy.

Noun : (chess) A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.

action

Noun : The effort of performing or doing something.

Noun : Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.

Noun : A way of motion or functioning.

mass

Noun : (physical) Matter, material.

Noun : A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.

Noun : (obsolete) Precious metal, especially gold or silver.

order

Noun : (countable) Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.

Noun : (countable) A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.

Noun : (uncountable) The state of being well arranged.

device

Noun : Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.

Noun : (computer hardware) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.

Noun : A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

process

Noun : A series of events which produce a result (the product).

Noun : (manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.

Noun : A path of succession of states through which a system passes.

type

Noun : A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.

Noun : An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.

Noun : An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.

measurement

Noun : The act of measuring.

Noun : Value (quantity, magnitude, extent or amount) determined by an act of measuring.

modality

Noun : The fact of being modal.

Noun : (logic) The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode.

Noun : (linguistics) The inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker; mood

machinery

Noun : The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.

Noun : The working parts of a machine as a group.

Noun : The collective parts of something which allow it to function.

significance

Noun : The extent to which something matters; importance

Noun : Meaning.

tract

Noun : An area or expanse.

Noun : (anatomy) A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract.

Noun : A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.

kind

Noun : A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.

Noun : A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.

Noun : (archaic) One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.

shape

Noun : The status or condition of something

Noun : Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.

Noun : The appearance of something in terms of its arrangement in space, especially its outline; often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure.

channels

Noun : Formal lines of command and procedure.

paraphernalia

Noun : Miscellaneous items, especially the set of equipment required for a particular activity.

Noun : (archaic, family law) Things a married woman owns, such as clothing and jewellery, apart from her dowry.

capability

Noun : the power or ability to generate an outcome

Noun : (computing) A digital token allowing a user or process to interact in a specified way with an object that is subject to access control.

facilities

Noun : Synonym of facility in certain contexts.

Noun : (euphemistic) Facilities for urination and defecation: a toilet; a lavatory.

capacity

Noun : The ability to hold, receive, or absorb

Noun : A measure of such ability; volume

Noun : The maximum amount that can be held

grounds

Noun : (law) Basis or justification for something.

Noun : The collective land areas that compose a larger area.

Noun : The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.

power

Noun : The ability to do or undergo something.

Noun : (social) The ability to coerce, influence, or control.

Noun : (countable) The ability to affect or influence.

basis

Noun : A physical base or foundation.

Noun : A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.

Noun : An underlying condition or circumstance.

purpose

Noun : The end for which something is done, is made or exists.

Noun : Function, role.

Noun : (Sense of having a) meaning for existing or doing something.

result

Verb : To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.

Verb : (intransitive, followed by "in") To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about

Verb : (law) To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.

entail

Verb : (transitive) To imply, require, or invoke.

Verb : (transitive) To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as a heritage.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To appoint hereditary possessor.

equipment

Noun : The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

Noun : Any items used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.

Noun : (slang, humorous) The male genitalia.

gimmick

Noun : A trick or device used to attain some end.

Noun : A clever ploy or strategy.

Noun : (electronics) A gimmick capacitor.

scope

Noun : The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.

Noun : (weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.

Noun : Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom.

use

Noun : The act of using.

Noun : (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.

Noun : (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.

wherewithal

Noun : The ability and means required to accomplish some task.

Verb : (archaic) In what way; how.

Verb : (archaic) By means of which.

extent

Noun : A range of values or locations.

Noun : The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends.

Noun : (computing) A contiguous area of storage in a file system.

opportunity

Noun : A chance for advancement, progress or profit.

Noun : A favorable circumstance or occasion.

Noun : (nonstandard, Euro-English) opportuneness

mechanism

Noun : (within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.

Noun : Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.

Noun : A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.

manners

Noun : Etiquette.

Noun : A surname from Norman.

case

Noun : An actual event, situation, or fact.

Noun : (now rare) A given condition or state.

Noun : A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession; the set of tasks involved in addressing the situation of a specific person or event.

assistance

Noun : Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.

event

Noun : An occurrence; something that happens.

Noun : A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)

Noun : One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.

source

Noun : The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.

Noun : Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.

Noun : A reporter's informant.

resource

Noun : Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.

Noun : A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.

Noun : Something that can be used to help achieve an aim, especially a book, equipment, etc. that provides information for teachers and students.

help

Noun : (uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.

Noun : Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.

Noun : Documentation provided with computer software, etc. and accessed using the computer.

aid

Noun : (uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.

Noun : (countable) A helper; an assistant.

Noun : (countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.

potential

Noun : A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).

Noun : (physics) The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field.

Noun : (physics) The work (energy) required to move a reference particle from a reference location to a specified location in the presence of a force field, for example to bring a unit positive electric charge from an infinite distance to a specified point against an electric field.

formula

Noun : (mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.

Noun : (chemistry) A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.

Noun : A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.

ability

Noun : (obsolete) Suitableness.

Noun : (uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.

Noun : The legal wherewithal to act.

fact

Noun : Something actual as opposed to invented.

Noun : Something which is real.

Noun : Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.

empowered

Adjective : Having been given powers.

Adjective : (US) Having been given the power to make choices relevant to one's situation.

Adjective : (US) Acting with confidence.

virtue

Noun : (uncountable) Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.

Noun : A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person; an admirable quality.

Noun : Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins.

tool

Noun : A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.

Noun : Any piece of equipment used in a profession, e.g. a craftman's tools.

Noun : Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.

half

Noun : One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.

Noun : (sports) One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game.

Noun : Half of a standard measure, chiefly: (Britain) half a pint of beer or cider. (Refusing a pint) Just a half, thank you. (Offering to top up a pint glass) Do you want a half in that? (Minimizing the amount of drink taken) A swift half at the Pear Tree.

approaches

Noun : Movements to gain favour; advances.

Noun : (military) The covered roads, trenches, or other works made by besiegers or soldiers in their advances toward a place such as a fortress or military post.

framework

Noun : (literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.

Noun : (literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.

Noun : (figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.

tactics

Noun : (military) The military science that deals with achieving the objectives set by strategy.

Noun : (military) The employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each other.

Noun : A system of mode or procedure.

guess

Verb : To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.

Verb : To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.

Verb : (chiefly US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).

route

Noun : A course or way which is traveled or passed.

Noun : A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.

Noun : A road or path; often specifically a highway.

pressure

Noun : A pressing; a force applied to a surface.

Noun : A contrasting force or impulse of any kind

Noun : Distress.

approach

Verb : (intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.

Verb : (intransitive, golf, tennis) To play an approach shot.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.

haves

Noun : The wealthy or privileged, contrasted to those who are poor or deprived: the have-nots.

possibility

Noun : The quality of being possible.

Noun : A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.

Noun : An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.

bias

Noun : (countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.

Noun : (countable, textiles) The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.

Noun : (countable, textiles) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

therefore

Verb : (conjunctive) Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.

Verb : (conjunctive, archaic) for that; for it (in reference to a previous statement)

vector

Noun : (mathematics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.

Noun : (mathematics) An ordered tuple representing such.

Noun : (mathematics) Any member of a (generalized) vector space.

average

Noun : (mathematics) The arithmetic mean.

Noun : (statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.

Noun : (law, marine) Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.

resort

Noun : A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.

Noun : Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).

Noun : (obsolete) A place where one goes habitually; a haunt.

remedy

Noun : Something that corrects or counteracts.

Noun : (law) The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.

Noun : A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.

recourse

Noun : The act of seeking assistance or advice.

Noun : (uncountable, recourse to) The use of (someone or something) as a source of help in a difficult situation.

Noun : (obsolete) A coursing back, or coursing again; renewed course; return; retreat; recurrence.

intermediary

Adjective : Intermediate.

Noun : An agent acting as a mediator between sides to facilitate agreement or cooperation.

Noun : A person or organisation in an intermediate position (in a transaction, agreement, supply chain etc.)

direction

Noun : A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).

Noun : A general trend for future action.

Noun : Guidance, instruction.

track

Noun : A mark left by something that has passed along.

Noun : A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.

Noun : The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.

option

Noun : One of a set of choices that can be made.

Noun : The freedom or right to choose.

Noun : (finance, law) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile.

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