| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The result or product of building up: accretion, buildup, enlargement, multiplication, proliferation. See INCREASE. 2. A progression from a simple form to a more complex one: evolution, evolvement, growth, progress, unfolding. See CHANGE. 3. Something significant that happens: circumstance, episode, event, happening, incident, news, occasion, occurrence, thing. See HAPPEN. 4. Steady improvement, as of an individual or a society: amelioration, betterment, improvement, melioration, progress. See BETTER.
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