LAYING OUT Synonyms: 158 Similar and Opposite Words

laying out

verb

present participle of lay out

as in spending

to hand over or use up in payment he laid out big bucks for a new lawnmower that runs by itself

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as in planning

to work out the details of (something) in advance the transatlantic balloonists laid out a backup plan in case of an emergency

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as in classifying

to put into a particular arrangement plants in the botanical gardens are laid out according to biogeographic region

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as in displaying

to present so as to invite notice or attention for the historic celebration, the museum laid out its full collection of native artifacts

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Recording a good voiceover can mean finding a narrator, booking studio time, or spending hours trying to get a usable take yourself.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 20 Sep. 2026
Campaign The two candidates are spending millions of dollars to get elected, and the money is apparent with the high frequency of television commercials, sometimes as often as four times per hour on one station.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of spending

Verb

As talks between the two sides continue — with the expectation that the situation could come to a head as soon as Sunday night — antimerger activists are planning a series of rallies in Oakland, Los Angeles and New York.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Weida, a passenger on the bus, was planning to celebrate his 32nd birthday with his family this Saturday.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of planning

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When a government committee chaired by Oppenheimer recommended strongly against the development of the H-bomb, the Atomic Energy Commission buried the report by classifying it as secret.

— Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
Some need only light intelligence—converting structured output into natural language, organizing OCR results or classifying simple requests.

— Nitin Gupta, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of classifying

Verb

And, like any good party, someone had a notion that the others loved — and so the players trudged back onto the field to have a team photo taken in front of the Crown Vision board still displaying a congratulatory message to the White Sox.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
Pay attention to people-search sites displaying your address, age, relatives, phone numbers or email addresses.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of displaying

Verb

Lee’s fiction, like 19th-century novels, seeks to engender sympathy by paying close attention to the lives of many varied characters.

— Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
That raised their borrowing costs — the US will spend more money this year paying interest on the national debt than on its military — which leaves less to cushion the economic fallout.

— Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of paying

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The short clip highlights a lavish chandelier and floral centerpieces, and even shows Melania carefully arranging elegant silverware and glassware on the dinner table.

— StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 19 Sep. 2026
For this development, the team worked with two-dimensional hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites, arranging alternating organic and inorganic layers into precise crystalline structures.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of arranging

Verb

The American Film Market is partnering with AMC to further engage both buyers and audiences, giving AMC A-List and B-List Movie Club members access to screenings and presentations from exhibiting companies.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
The new museum officially opens Tuesday, featuring 100,000 square feet of space spread across more than 30 galleries, exhibiting a mind-bending range of visual storytelling.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

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