Interesting topic
Thanks brother
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Synonyms
Can you imagine how language would be if we always used the same words when speaking, reading and writing? If everything (person, place, object…) in the world had only one word to refer to it, the world would be a very boring place.
Well, in order to make language a lot more expressive and interesting we should try to vary the words we use as often as we can (but not too often).
That’s where synonyms come into the picture!
The word synonym is a composite of two Greek words: The prefix “syn” means “together” and “onym” is “name.” Synonyms- naming the same thing.
In other words, synonyms are words or phrases which share the exact same meaning or a very similar meaning.
For example:
Beautiful-pretty
Teenager-adolescent
Baby-toddler
Mother-mommy
Words from any part of speech (e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs or prepositions) can have synonyms, as long as they both have the same part of speech.
For example:
Amazing, awesome, incredible, astonishing (adjectives)
Car, auto, automobile, motorcar (nouns)
Participate, take part, join (verbs)
Quickly, fast, promptly (adverbs)
On, upon (prepositions)
When replacing a word with its synonym, make sure the meaning of the sentence in the specific context is maintained as well. Synonyms are defined according to certain senses of words.
For example:
This is my senior year at University.
Senior in this sentence cannot be replaced with the words elder or older, since the meaning of the sentence will change and will make less sense.
However, senior in the sense of fourth year can be replaced with the word last and the meaning will remain the same as in the original sentence.
Good speakers and writers often vary their vocabulary and so can you! The best way to expand your vocabulary is to use a thesaurus. A thesaurus is a source that provides you with a listing of similar or related words you can choose from in order to vary your word choice in your text. You can also try WhiteSmoke's free online dictionary, which offers you synonyms (and antonyms!) for any word you enter.
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The candle has blown out , extinguished
and darkness shrouded the whole place
Interesting topic
Thanks brother
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" اللهم استعملني في طاعتك "
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أستغفر الله العظيم التواب الرحيم لذنبي
وللمسلمين والمسلمات و المؤمنين والمؤمنات
الأحياء منهم والأموات إلى يوم الدين
That's a magnificent topic
~Thanks a lot
as always my brother
your topics are so useful
for both teachers and students
thank you for sharing us
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شكرا جزيلا
December, 10 2015
Thanks my brother on explained this word synonyms and give us several examples about it and I wait from you more.
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Thanks a lot from my deep heart
and I say
Really
U R the
leader
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