WordNet is a semantic lexicon for the English language. It was created and is being maintained at the Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University under the direction of psychology professor George A. Miller.
The purpose is twofold: to produce a combination of dictionary and thesaurus that is more intuitively usable, and to support automatic text analysis and artificial intelligence applications.
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1. NOUN. (be)
a light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element
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2. VERB. (be)
spend or use time
"I may be an hour"
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3. VERB. (be)
work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
"He is a herpetologist"
"She is our resident philosopher"
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4. VERB. (be)
have an existence, be extant
"Is there a God?"
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come, preexist, kick around, knock about, kick about, coexist, prevail, hold, obtain, dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in, endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril, flow, distribute,
5. VERB. (be)
have the quality of being
(copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
"John is rich"
"This is not a good answer"
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look, suffer, hurt, be well, suffer, feel, stay, remain, rest, continue, sparkle, scintillate, coruscate, confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate, rank, point, want, need, require, compact, pack, rest, cut, seethe, boil, mope, moon around, moon about, look, appear, seem, appear, seem, owe, belong, cover, represent, account, cut across, begin, start, begin, stand, specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate, go, make sense, add up, consist, comprise, prove, turn out, turn up, account for, remain, stand by, stick by, stick, adhere, loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around, total, number, add up, come, amount, count, matter, weigh, rate, deserve, merit, buy, shine, fall, depend, underlie, stink, subtend, delimit, incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate, contain, take, hold, cost, be, measure, hum, buzz, seethe, pass, abound, disagree, disaccord, discord, gape, yawn, yaw, tend, be given, lean, incline, run, run, go, figure, enter, press, rage, relate, interrelate, rut, stagnate, stagnate, come in handy, squat, hoodoo, impend, range, run, stay, stay on, continue, remain, sell, translate, head, head up, come in for, compare, fall, come, run into, encounter, gravitate, pay, diverge, shine, iridesce, lie, stand, hang, litter, suit, end, terminate, fit, lend, let go, belong, belong, wind, curve, jumble, mingle, promise, accept, take, clean, draw, wash, balance, hail, come, act, test, seem, answer, beat, hold, contain, connect, sell, sell, kill, make, deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify, consist, work, lubricate, breathe, trim, swing, osculate, retard, transplant, cohere, object, stick, recognize, distribute, put out,
6. VERB. (be)
have life, be alive
"Our great leader is no more"
"My grandfather lived until the end of war"
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7. VERB. (be)
be identical to
be someone or something
"The president of the company is John Smith"
"This is my house"
8. VERB. (be)
form or compose
"This money is my only income"
"The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"
"These constitute my entire belonging"
"The children made up the chorus"
"This sum represents my entire income for a year"
"These few men comprise h
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make, compose, form, constitute, make, range, straddle, fall into, fall under, present, pose, supplement,
9. VERB. (be)
occupy a certain position or area
be somewhere
"Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"
"What is behind this behavior?"
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stretch, stretch along, attend, go to, occupy, fill, dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate, inhabit, occupy, stand back, keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay away, reach, extend to, touch, run, go, pass, lead, extend, go, lead, cover, extend, extend, poke out, reach out, lie, sit, face, straddle, follow, center on, lie, rest, belong, go, come,
10. VERB. (be)
be identical or equivalent to
"One dollar equals 1, rubles these days!"
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equate, correspond, match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree, represent, stand for, correspond, translate,
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11. VERB. (be)
represent, as of a character on stage
"Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
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12. VERB. (be)
be priced at
"These shoes cost $1"
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be,
