\b0\i0\fs24Brief paragraphs discriminating words of closely associated meaning from one another have been placed at a number of entries. They are signaled by an indented boldface italic \b\i syn.\b0\i0 Each paragraph begins with a list of the words to be discussed in it, followed by a concise statement of the element of meaning that the words have in common. The discriminations themselves are frequently amplified with verbal illustrations and illustrative quotations: \
\b\isyn\b0\i0 {\fs20 HASTE, HURRY, SPEED, EXPEDITION, DISPATCH} mean quickness in movement or action. {\fs20 HASTE} applies to personal action and implies urgency and precipitancy and often rashness {< }marry in \b0\i haste\b0\i0 and repent at leisure \'d0 \b0\i Old Proverb\b0\i0 { >} {\fs20 HURRY} often has a strong suggestion of agitated bustle or confusion {< }in the \b0\i hurry\b0\i0 of departure she forgot her toothbrus{\f0 >} {\fs20 SPEED} suggests swift efficiency in movement or action {< }the more haste, the less \b0\i speed\b0\i0 \'d0 \b0\i Old Proverb\b0\i0 { >} {< }exercises to increase your reading \b0\i speed\b0\i0 { >} {\fs20 EXPEDITION} and {\fs20 DISPATCH} both imply speed and efficiency in handling affairs but {\fs20 EXPEDITION} stresses ease or efficiency of performance and {\fs20 DISPATCH} carries a stronger suggestion of promptness in bringing matters to a conclusion {< }put her things on with remarkable \b0\i expedition\b0\i0 \'d0 Arnold Bennet{\f2 >} {< }there was no task in all the household ... which her mistress could not do far better and with more \b0\i dispatch\b0\i0 than she \'d0 Thomas Wolfe{ >} \
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\b0\i0\fs24When a word is included in a synonym paragraph, the main entry for that word is followed by a run-on \b\i syn\b0\i0 see \'d0 which refers to the entry where the synonym paragraph appears: \
\b0\i0\fs24When a word is a main entry at which there is a synonym paragraph and is also included in another paragraph elsewhere, the paragraph at the main entry is followed by a run-on \b\i syn\b0\i0 see in addition \'d0 which refers to the entry where the other paragraph may be found: \
\b {\fs20 \up8 3} let \b0\i vb\b0\i0 ...\
\b\i syn\b0\i0 {\fs20 LET, ALLOW, PERMIT} mean not to forbid or prevent .... \b\i syn\b0\i0 see in addition {\fs20 HIRE}\
\i0\b {\fs20 \up8 2} hire \b0\i vb\b0\i0 ...\
\b\i syn\b0\i0 {\fs20 HIRE, LET, LEASE, RENT, CHARTER} mean to engage or grant for use at a price .... \b0\i0\fs24\