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reach a state of acceptance <~ with her child's death>

7 : to engage in bargaining

Synonyms

[1a] administer, allocate, apportion, dispense, distribute, mete, parcel, portion, prorate—more at ADMINISTER

[3] concern, cover, pertain, treat—more at CONCERN

[5b] market, merchandise, put up, retail, sell, vend

3deal noun 1 : an act of buying and selling : TRANSACTION

2 : treatment received

3 : an often secret agreement or arrangement for mutual advantage

4 : something acquired by or as if by bargaining; especially : an advantageous purchase : BARGAIN

Synonyms

[1] sale, trade, transaction—more at SALE

[3] accord, agreement, bargain, compact, contract, convention, covenant, pact, settlement, understanding—more at AGREEMENT

[4] bargain, buy, steal—more at BARGAIN

4deal noun : wood or a board of fir or pine

deal·er noun : one that deals; especially : a person who makes a business of buying and selling goods

Synonyms

merchant, trader, trafficker—more at MERCHANT

seller, vendor—more at VENDOR

deal·er·ship noun : an authorized sales agency

deal·ing noun 1 : a way of acting or of doing business

2 plural : friendly or business transactions

Synonyms

usually dealings intercourse, relations

dean noun [ORIGIN: ME deen, fr. MF deien, fr. LL decanus, lit., chief of ten, fr. Gk dekanos, fr. deka ten]

1 : a clergyman who is head of a group of canons or of joint pastors of a church

2 : the head of a division, faculty, college, or school of a university

3 : a college or secondary school administrator in charge of counseling and disciplining students

4 : the senior member of a body or group

— dean·ship noun

Synonyms

elder, senior; also better, superior

Antonyms

baby

dean·ery noun, plural -er·ies : the office, jurisdiction, or official residence of a clerical dean

1dear adjective 1 : highly valued : PRECIOUS

2 : AFFECTIONATE, FOND

3 : high in price : EXPENSIVE

4 : HEARTFELT

— dear·ly adverb

— dear·ness noun

Synonyms

[1] beloved, darling, favorite, loved, pet, precious, special, sweet

[3] costly, expensive, high, precious, valuable—more at COSTLY

2dear noun : a loved one : DARLING

Synonyms

beloved, darling, honey, love, sweet, sweetheart—more at SWEETHEART

Dear John noun : a letter (as to a soldier) in which a woman breaks off a marital or romantic relationship

dearth noun 1 : scarcity that makes dear : FAMINE

2 : an inadequate supply : LACK

Synonyms

[1, 2] deficiency, deficit, failure, famine, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, want—more at DEFICIENCY

death noun 1 : the end of life

2 : the cause of loss of life

3 : the state of being dead

4 : the passing or destruction of something inanimate

5 : SLAUGHTER

Synonyms

[1] decease, demise, doom, end, passing, quietus; also casualty, fatality; martyrdom, self-destruction, suicide; annihilation, destruction, ending, expiration, extermination, ruin

Antonyms

birth

[4] demise, expiration, termination; also dispersion, dissolution; shutdown; decease, doom, end, ending, passing, quietus; suicide; annihilation, destruction, ruin

Antonyms

beginning, creation, start

death·bed noun 1 : the bed in which a person dies

2 : the last hours of life

death·blow noun : a destructive or killing stroke or event

death grip noun : an extremely tight grip or hold

death·less adjective : not subject to death or destruction : IMMORTAL <~ fame>

Synonyms

ceaseless, dateless, endless, eternal, everlasting, immortal, permanent, perpetual, undying, unending—more at EVERLASTING

death·like adjective : of, relating to, or suggestive of death : DEATHLY

death·ly adjective 1 : causing death : FATAL

2 : of, relating to, or suggesting death

— deathly adverb

Synonyms

[1] baleful, deadly, fatal, fell, lethal, mortal, murderous, pestilent, vital—more at DEADLY

[2] dead, mortal; also ghostly, phantom, spectral; inactive, inert, inoperative, lifeless, quiescent, still; macabre; baleful,

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