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Synonyms
At many entries or senses in this dictionary, a synonym in small capital letters is provided before the boldface colon and the following defining text. These synonyms are all main entries or bold notes elsewhere in the dictionary. They serve as a helpful guide to the meaning of the entry or sense and also give the reader an additional term that might be substituted in a similar context. On the English-to-Spanish side synonyms are particularly abundant, since special care has been taken to guide the English speakerby means of synonyms, verbal illustrations, or usage notesto the meaning of the Spanish terms at each sense of a multisense entry.