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A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak; When you have seen one, you have seen them all; What is learnt in the cradle lasts to the tombs; What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over; Where there is a will there is a way
Used in commerce to refer to ad valorem taxes, i.e., taxes based on the assessed value of real estate or personal property: ad victoriam: to/for victory: Used as a battle cry by the Romans. ad vitam aeternam: to eternal life: i.e., "to life everlasting". A common Biblical phrase ad vitam aut culpam: for life or until fault
List items should be formatted consistently in a list. Unless there is a good reason to use different list types in the same page, consistency throughout an article is also desirable. Use sentence case by default for list items, whether they are complete sentences or not. Sentence case is used for around 99% of lists on Wikipedia.
To spite the Romans, they refused to fight and killed each other quietly with their swords, until the last flung himself on his own blade. [37] 91–88 BC Social War: Italy, Roman Republic: Italic peoples: Eventually resulted in a Roman victory. However, Rome granted Roman citizenship to all of its Italian allies, to avoid another costly war ...
Tiebreak: Special game played when the score is 6–6 in a set to decide the winner of the set; the winner is the first to reach at least seven points with a difference of two points over the opponent. [123] [134] Tie: Synonymous with match, but used for team competitions such as the Davis Cup and Fed Cup.
2004 – The Stardust space probe flew by the comet Wild 2 and collected particle samples from its coma, which were later returned to Earth. 2016 – Nimr al-Nimr , a prominent Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia, was executed by the Saudi government along with 46 other people .
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