There tends to be a link between how "compact" a causative device is and its semantic meaning. [2] The normal English causative verb [3] or control verb used in periphrasis is make rather …

Thesaurus Linguae Latinae A modern English thesaurus A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a …

Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or …

Cause, such as a social cause, a pursuit, belief, or purpose of one or more people, that they advocate for, or donate or share resources to support or advance, e.g.,: a (n)

The partitive verbs roughly correspond with atelic verbs in Garey's definition, that is, the action normally does not have a result or goal, and it would be logically and grammatically incorrect …

Owing to its origin in ancient Greece and Rome, English rhetorical theory frequently employs Greek and Latin words as terms of art. This page explains commonly used rhetorical terms in …

List of English words with disputed usageSome English words are often used in ways that are contentious among writers on usage and prescriptive commentators. The contentious usages …

List of English-language expressions related to deathThis is a list of words and phrases related to death in alphabetical order. While some of them are slang, others euphemize the …