| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To form a strategy for: blueprint, cast, chart, contrive, design, devise, formulate, frame, lay1, plan, project, scheme, strategize, work out. Informal : dope out. Idioms: lay plans. See PLANNED. 2. To form mental images of: envisage, envision, fancy, fantasize, image, imagine, picture, see, think, vision, visualize. Informal : feature. See THOUGHTS. 3. To perceive and recognize the meaning of: accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand. Informal : savvy. Slang : dig. Chiefly British : twig. Scots : ken. Idioms: get (or have) a handle on, get the picture. See UNDERSTAND.
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