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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 6386530" data-attributes="member: 2525">It's better than a dictionary, as it takes internationally recognized dictionaries and runs an algorithm to try and give a big picture of consensus of definitions.&nbsp; A synonym is &quot;a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase&quot;.&nbsp; If you think that is &quot;not remotely the same&quot; then do I need to look up the word &quot;remotely&quot; too? Looks like hyperbole to me.Yes but it's not the word &quot;following&quot; it's a phrase.&nbsp; The phrase is &quot;Following time, following order, following place&quot;.&nbsp; And those things DO mean &quot;next&quot;.&nbsp; If I tell you &quot;the following preview is rated PG 13&quot; I do not mean a preview you're going to see at some other movie on some other day that simply comes at some random time after that message, I mean &quot;the following preview, as in the preview that follows in time from this message, or follows in order from this message, or follows in place after this message&quot;.&nbsp; Which is what subsequent means.I think Mearls has done an excellent job in accuracy, and your claim that he's &quot;well below .500 on the accuracy&quot; just looks like yet more hyperbole.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 6386530, member: 2525"] It's better than a dictionary, as it takes internationally recognized dictionaries and runs an algorithm to try and give a big picture of consensus of definitions. A synonym is "a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase". If you think that is "not remotely the same" then do I need to look up the word "remotely" too? Looks like hyperbole to me. Yes but it's not the word "following" it's a phrase. The phrase is "Following time, following order, following place". And those things DO mean "next". If I tell you "the following preview is rated PG 13" I do not mean a preview you're going to see at some other movie on some other day that simply comes at some random time after that message, I mean "the following preview, as in the preview that follows in time from this message, or follows in order from this message, or follows in place after this message". Which is what subsequent means. I think Mearls has done an excellent job in accuracy, and your claim that he's "well below .500 on the accuracy" just looks like yet more hyperbole. [/QUOTE]

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