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1. (verb) beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4
a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
Synonyms: glucinium, atomic number 4, beryllium

2. (verb) be
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Synonyms: make up, comprise, follow, cost, equal, embody, personify, constitute, live, exist, represent

3. (verb) be
be identical to; be someone or something
Synonyms: make up, comprise, follow, cost, equal, embody, personify, constitute, live, exist, represent

4. (verb) be
occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
Synonyms: make up, comprise, follow, cost, equal, embody, personify, constitute, live, exist, represent

5. (verb) exist, be
have an existence, be extant
Synonyms: embody, subsist, comprise, follow, cost, survive, equal, make up, personify, live, constitute, exist, be, represent

6. (verb) be
happen, occur, take place
Synonyms: make up, comprise, follow, cost, equal, embody, personify, constitute, live, exist, represent

7. (verb) equal, be
be identical or equivalent to
Synonyms: personify, exist, live, equal, touch, be, represent, equate, embody, equalise, match, follow, equalize, rival, cost, make up, comprise, constitute

8. (verb) constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be
form or compose
Synonyms: play, follow, embody, act, found, live, institute, even up, make up, compensate, fabricate, appoint, establish, equal, symbolize, even out, present, lay out, exist, make, pay, incorporate, typify, be, exemplify, form, cost, reconcile, stand for, correct, invent, consist, plant, catch up with, manufacture, counterbalance, defend, represent, stage, conciliate, comprise, patch up, nominate, even off, name, symbolise, interpret, cook up, correspond, personify, contain, constitute, map, pay off, settle

9. (verb) be, follow
work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
Synonyms: conform to, play along, embody, espouse, make up, travel along, keep up, personify, fall out, keep an eye on, adopt, survey, comply, come after, abide by, be, live, cost, watch over, pursue, take after, equal, exist, watch, keep abreast, follow, represent, comprise, observe, surveil, succeed, accompany, come, postdate, trace, constitute, stick with, stick to

10. (verb) embody, be, personify
represent, as of a character on stage
Synonyms: personify, exist, live, equal, be, represent, personate, embody, comprise, body, cost, incarnate, substantiate, make up, follow, body forth, constitute

11. (verb) be
spend or use time
Synonyms: make up, comprise, follow, cost, equal, embody, personify, constitute, live, exist, represent

12. (verb) be, live
have life, be alive
Synonyms: personify, exist, live, hold out, equal, populate, last, represent, comprise, be, experience, hold up, subsist, know, embody, dwell, cost, live on, make up, endure, inhabit, survive, go, follow, constitute

13. (verb) be
to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form
Synonyms: make up, comprise, follow, cost, equal, embody, personify, constitute, live, exist, represent

14. (verb) cost, be
be priced at
Synonyms: make up, comprise, follow, cost, equal, embody, personify, constitute, live, exist, be, represent

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