Roget's Thesaurus. Peter Mark Roget

inertness &c. 172; irrelevancy &c. 10.

       V. have no -influence &c. 175.

       Adj. uninfluential[obs3], ineffective; inconsequential, nugatory;

       unconducing, unconducive, unconducting to[obs3]; powerless &c. 158;

       irrelevant &c. 10.

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      #176. Tendency.— N. tendency; aptness, aptitude; proneness, proclivity, bent, turn, tone, bias, set, leaning to, predisposition, inclination, propensity, susceptibility; conatus[Lat], nisus[Lat]; liability &c. 177; quality, nature, temperament; idiocrasy[obs3], idiosyncrasy; cast, vein, grain; humor, mood; drift &c. (direction) 278; conduciveness, conducement[obs3]; applicability &c. (utility) 644; subservience &c. (instrumentality) 631. V. tend, contribute, conduce, lead, dispose, incline, verge, bend to, trend, affect, carry, redound to, bid fair to, gravitate towards; promote &c. (aid) 707. Adj. tending &c. v.; conducive, working towards, in a fair way to, calculated to; liable &c. 177; subservient &c. (instrumental) 631; useful &c. 644; subsidiary &c. (helping) 707. Adv. for, whither.

      #177. Liability.— N. liability, liableness[obs3]; possibility, contingency; susceptivity[obs3], susceptibility, exposure. V. be -liable &c. adj.; incur, lay oneself open to; run the chance, stand a chance; lie under, expose oneself to, open a door to. Adj. liable, subject; in danger &c. 665; open to, exposed to, obnoxious to; answerable; unexempt from[obs3]; apt to; dependent on; incident to. contingent, incidental, possible, on the cards, within range of, at the mercy of.

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      #178. Concurrence.— N. concurrence, cooperation, coagency[obs3];

       union; agreement &c. 23; consilience[obs3]; consent, coincidence &c.

       (assent) 488; alliance; concert, additivity, synergy &c. 709; partnership

       &c. 712.

       common cause.

       V. concur, conduce, conspire, contribute; agree, unite; hang together,

       pull together, join forces, make common cause.

       &c. (cooperate) 709; help to &c. (aid) 707.

       keep pace with, run parallel; go with, go along with, go hand in hand

       with, coincide.

       Adj. concurring &c. v.; concurrent, in alliance with, banded together,

       of one mind, at one with, coinciding.

       Adv. with one consent.

      #179. Counteraction.— N. counteraction, opposition; contrariety &c. 14; antagonism, polarity; clashing &c. v.; collision, interference, inhibition, resistance, renitency, friction; reaction; retroaction &c. (recoil) 277; counterblast[obs3]; neutralization &c. (compensation) 30; vis inertiae[Lat]; check &c. (hindrance) 706. voluntary opposition &c. 708, voluntary resistance &c. 719; repression &c. (restraint) 751. opposites, action and reaction, yang and yin, yang-yin (contrariety) 14. V. counteract; run counter, clash, cross; interfere with, conflict with; contravene; jostle; go against, run against, beat against, militate against; stultify; antagonize, block, oppose &c. 708; traverse; withstand &c. (resist) 719; hinder &c. 706; repress &c. (restrain) 751; react &c. (recoil) 277. undo, neutralize; counterpoise &c. (compensate) 30; overpoise[obs3]. Adj. counteracting &c. v.; antagonistic, conflicting, retroactive, renitent, reactionary; contrary &c. 14. Adv. although &c. 30; in spite of &c. 708; against. Phr. "for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction" [Newton].

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       CLASS II

       WORDS RELATING TO SPACE

      SECTION I. SPACE IN GENERAL

      1. ABSTRACT SPACE % <—dimensions must be broken down separately—>

      #180. [Indefinite space.] Space.— N. space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace; room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, sweep, swing, spread. dimension, length &c. 200; distance &c. 196; size &c. 192; volume; hypervolume. latitude, play, leeway, purchase, tolerance, room for maneuver. spare room, elbow room, house room; stowage, roomage[obs3], margin; opening, sphere, arena. open space, free space; void &c. (absence) 187; waste; wildness, wilderness; moor, moorland; campagna[obs3]. abyss &c. (interval) 198; unlimited space; infinity &c. 105; world; ubiquity &c. (presence) 186; length and breadth of the land. proportions, acreage; acres, acres and perches, roods and perches, hectares, square miles; square inches, square yards, square centimeters, square meters, yards (clothing) &c.; ares, arpents[obs3]. Adj. spacious, roomy, extensive, expansive, capacious, ample; widespread, vast, world-wide, uncircumscribed; boundless &c. (infinite) 105; shoreless[obs3], trackless, pathless; extended. Adv. extensively &c. adj.; wherever; everywhere; far and near, far and wide; right and left, all over, all the world over; throughout the world, throughout the length and breadth of the land; under the sun, in every quarter; in all quarters, in all lands; here there and everywhere; from pole to pole, from China to Peru [Johnson], from Indus to the pole [Pope], from Dan to Beersheba, from end to end; on the face of the earth, in the wide world, from all points of the compass; to the four winds, to the uttermost parts of the earth.

      #180a. Inextension.— N. inextension[obs3], nonextension[obs3], point; dot; atom &c. (smallness) 32.

      #181. [Definite space.] Region.— N. region, sphere, ground, soil,

       area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit,

       circle; reservation, pale &c. (limit) 233; compartment, department;

       clearing.

       [political divisions: see property &c. 780 and Government &c. 737a.].

       arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march; patch, plot, parcel,

       inclosure, close, field, court; enclave, reserve, preserve; street &c.

       (abode) 189.

       clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude.

       biosphere; lithosphere.

       Adj. territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional.

      #182. [Limited space.] Place.— N. place, lieu, spot, point, dot; niche, nook &c. (corner) 244; hole; pigeonhole &c. (receptacle) 191; compartment; premises, precinct, station; area, courtyard, square; abode &c. 189; locality &c. (situation) 183. ins and outs; every hole and corner. Adv. somewhere, in some place, wherever it may be, here and there, in various places, passim.

      % 2. RELATIVE SPACE %

      #183. Situation.— N. situation, position, locality, locale, status,

       latitude and longitude; footing, standing, standpoint, post; stage; aspect,

       attitude, posture, pose.

       environment, surroundings (location) 184; circumjacence &c. 227[obs3].

       place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts; ground; bearings &c.

       (direction) 278; spot &c. (limited space) 182.

       topography, geography, chorography[obs3]; map &c. 554.

       V. be situated, be situate; lie, have its seat in.

       Adj. situate, situated; local, topical, topographical &c. n.

       Adv. in situ, in loco; here and there, passim; hereabouts,

       thereabouts, whereabouts; in place, here, there.

       in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in

       such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and

       such environs, amidst such and such entourage.

      #184. Location.— N. location, localization; lodgment; deposition, reposition; stowage, package; collocation;