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  • 21serious-minded — adjective acting with or showing thought and good sense a sensible young man • Syn: ↑thoughtful • Similar to: ↑serious • Derivationally related forms: ↑serious mindedness, ↑thoughtfulness …

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  • 22serious — [[t]sɪ͟əriəs[/t]] ♦ 1) ADJ GRADED Serious problems or situations are very bad and cause people to be worried or afraid. Crime is an increasingly serious problem in Russian society... The government still face very serious difficulties... Doctors… …

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  • 23serious — adjective Etymology: Middle English seryows, from Anglo French or Late Latin; Anglo French serious, from Late Latin seriosus, alteration of Latin serius weighty, serious; probably akin to Old English swǣr heavy, sad Date: 15th century 1.… …

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  • 24serious — adj. 1 bad/dangerous VERBS ▪ be, look, seem, sound ▪ become, get ▪ By this time the riots were getting serious. ▪ …

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  • 25serious — /ˈsɪəriəs / (say searreeuhs) adjective 1. of grave or solemn disposition or character; thoughtful. 2. of grave aspect. 3. being in earnest; not trifling. 4. demanding earnest thought or application: serious reading; serious music. 5. weighty or… …

  • 26serious-minded — adjective Date: 1845 having a serious disposition or trend of thought • serious mindedly adverb • serious mindedness noun …

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  • 27thought — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, accommodatingness, address, admonition, advertence, advertency, advice, advising, advocacy, affirmation, agreeableness, alertness, allegation, answer, antelope, anticipation, apostrophe, apprehension,… …

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  • 28thought — I. past and past participle of think II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thōht; akin to Old English thencan to think more at think Date: before 12th century 1. a. the action or process of thinking ; cogitation b. s …

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  • 29thought — 1. The faculty of reasoning. 2. The process or act of thinking. 3. The result of thinking. t. broadcasting the delusion of experiencing one s thoughts, as they occur, as being broadcast from one s head to the external world where other people can …

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  • 30serious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. grave, momentous, solemn; earnest, resolute; important, weighty; alarming, critical. See importance. Ant., lightweight, insignificant. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Involving danger] Syn. grave, severe …

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