{"id":762,"date":"2011-09-25T17:53:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-25T17:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/?page_id=762"},"modified":"2011-09-25T17:54:47","modified_gmt":"2011-09-25T17:54:47","slug":"solution-25-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/?page_id=762","title":{"rendered":"Solution 25-1"},"content":{"rendered":"

In spoken language,\u00a0stand <\/em>is the most frequent,\u00a0endure <\/em>the least frequent, in written language,\u00a0bear <\/em>is the most frequent,\u00a0stand <\/em>the least frequent.<\/p>\n

As there (almost) always seems to be\u00a0some <\/em>kind of difference, some linguists claim there isn’t anything like absolute synonymy. Certainly, it is, if it exists, extremely rare. There is, however, something like complete synonymy. In general, the term is used rather more loosely to refer to all words which are similar in meaning.<\/p>\n

Here is an exercise in identifying synonyms. Which of the following verbs are synonyms? Note: it is sometimes two, sometimes three or more words that belong together.<\/p>\n

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  1. bash<\/li>\n
  2. beat<\/li>\n
  3. begin<\/li>\n
  4. cast<\/li>\n
  5. commence<\/li>\n
  6. close<\/li>\n
  7. conceal<\/li>\n
  8. hide<\/li>\n
  9. hit<\/li>\n
  10. hop<\/li>\n
  11. jump<\/li>\n
  12. launch<\/li>\n
  13. leap<\/li>\n
  14. punch<\/li>\n
  15. shut<\/li>\n
  16. smack<\/li>\n
  17. skip<\/li>\n
  18. spring<\/li>\n
  19. start<\/li>\n
  20. throw<\/li>\n
  21. thump<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00bb\u00a0Solution<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    In spoken language,\u00a0stand is the most frequent,\u00a0endure the least frequent, in written language,\u00a0bear is the most frequent,\u00a0stand the least frequent. As there (almost) always seems to be\u00a0some kind of difference, some linguists claim there isn’t anything like absolute synonymy. Certainly, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":760,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/762"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=762"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":767,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/762\/revisions\/767"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}