DEAL (dealt)

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• DEAL (noun)
  The noun DEAL has 9 senses:

1. a particular instance of buying or selling
2. an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
3. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent
4. a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
5. wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
6. the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
7. the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement)
8. the act of distributing playing cards
9. the act of apportioning or distributing something

  Familiarity information: DEAL used as a noun is familiar.

• DEAL (verb)
  The verb DEAL has 13 senses:

1. deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression
2. take action with respect to (someone or something)
3. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
4. come to terms or deal successfully with
5. administer or bestow, as in small portions
6. do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
7. be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
8. behave in a certain way towards others
9. distribute to the players in a game
10. direct the course of; manage or control
11. give out as one's portion or share
12. give (a specific card) to a player
13. sell

  Familiarity information: DEAL used as a verb is familiar.

• DEAL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A particular instance of buying or selling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

business deal; deal; trade

Context examples:

it was a package deal / I had no further trade with him / he's a master of the business deal

Hypernyms ("deal" is a kind of...):

dealing; dealings; transaction (the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deal"):

arms deal (a deal to provide military arms)

penny ante (a business deal on a trivial scale)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

An agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bargain; deal

Context examples:

he made a bargain with the devil / he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals

Hypernyms ("deal" is a kind of...):

agreement; understanding (the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

spate; peck; mint; mickle; tidy sum; slew; lot; quite a little; hatful; great deal; good deal; whole lot; muckle; whole slew; raft; mass; stack; wad; batch; plenty; pile; heap; deal; flock; pot; mess; sight

Context examples:

a batch of letters / a deal of trouble / a lot of money / he made a mint on the stock market / it must have cost plenty

Hypernyms ("deal" is a kind of...):

large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deal"):

deluge; flood; inundation; torrent (an overwhelming number or amount)

haymow (a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation)

Sense 4

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Meaning:

A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("deal" is a kind of...):

board; plank (a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes)

Sense 5

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Meaning:

Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

softwood; deal

Hypernyms ("deal" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deal"):

pulpwood (softwood used to make paper)

Sense 6

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Meaning:

The cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

hand; deal

Context examples:

I didn't hold a good hand all evening / he kept trying to see my hand

Hypernyms ("deal" is a kind of...):

accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)

Meronyms (parts of "deal"):

long suit (in a hand, the suit having the most cards)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deal"):

poker hand (the 5 cards held in a game of poker)

bridge hand (the cards held in a game of bridge)

Sense 7

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Meaning:

The type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Context example:

he got a good deal on his car

Hypernyms ("deal" is a kind of...):

final result; outcome; result; resultant; termination (something that results)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deal"):

fair deal; square deal (fair treatment)

raw deal (unfair treatment)

Sense 8

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Meaning:

The act of distributing playing cards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the deal was passed around the table clockwise

Hypernyms ("deal" is a kind of...):

distribution (the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning)

Domain category:

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deal"):

misdeal (an incorrect deal)

Holonyms ("deal" is a part of...):

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

Sense 9

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Meaning:

The act of apportioning or distributing something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions

Hypernyms ("deal" is a kind of...):

allocation; allotment; apportioning; apportionment; assignation; parceling; parcelling (the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deal"):

new deal (a reapportioning of something)

• DEAL (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

deal; plow; handle; treat; cover; address

Context examples:

This book deals with incest / The course covered all of Western Civilization / The new book treats the history of China

Hypernyms (to "deal" is one way to...):

broach; initiate (bring up a topic for discussion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deal"):

theologise; theologize (treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character)

discourse; discuss; talk about (to consider or examine in speech or writing)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Take action with respect to (someone or something)

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context examples:

How are we going to deal with this problem? / The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students

Hypernyms (to "deal" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

look at; consider; deal; take

Context examples:

Take the case of China / Consider the following case

Hypernyms (to "deal" is one way to...):

think about (have on one's mind, think about actively)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deal"):

warm to (become excited about)

abstract (consider apart from a particular case or instance)

dally; play; trifle (consider not very seriously)

contemplate (consider as a possibility)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 4

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Meaning:

Come to terms or deal successfully with

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

make do; grapple; get by; cope; manage; deal; contend; make out

Context examples:

We got by on just a gallon of gas / They made do on half a loaf of bread every day

Hypernyms (to "deal" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deal"):

extemporize; improvise (manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand)

fend (try to manage without help)

cut; hack (be able to manage or manage successfully)

rub along; scrape along; scrape by; scratch along; squeak by; squeeze by (manage one's existence barely)

cope with; match; meet (satisfy or fulfill)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 5

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Meaning:

Administer or bestow, as in small portions

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

distribute; dispense; dish out; deal out; mete out; parcel out; shell out; dole out; lot; allot; administer; deal

Context examples:

administer critical remarks to everyone present / dole out some money / shell out pocket money for the children / deal a blow to someone

Hypernyms (to "deal" is one way to...):

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deal"):

allot; assign; portion (give out or allot)

reallot (allot again)

deal (distribute to the players in a game)

apply; give (give or convey physically)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sense 6

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Meaning:

Do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

sell; trade; deal

Context examples:

She deals in gold / The brothers sell shoes

Hypernyms (to "deal" is one way to...):

transact (conduct business)

Domain category:

commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deal"):

market (deal in a market)

pyramid (use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal)

black marketeer (deal on the black market)

deal (sell)

push (sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs))

hawk; huckster; monger; peddle; pitch; vend (sell or offer for sale from place to place)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Also:

deal out (administer or bestow, as in small portions)

trade (engage in the trade of)

Sense 7

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Meaning:

Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

handle; manage; care; deal

Context examples:

I can deal with this crew of workers / This blender can't handle nuts / She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old

Hypernyms (to "deal" is one way to...):

command; control (exercise authoritative control or power over)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deal"):

process (deal with in a routine way)

misconduct; mishandle; mismanage (manage badly or incompetently)

direct (be in charge of)

carry on; conduct; deal (direct the course of; manage or control)

touch (deal with; usually used with a form of negation)

juggle (deal with simultaneously)

coordinate (bring into common action, movement, or condition)

mind; take care (be in charge of or deal with)

dispose of (deal with or settle)

come to grips; get to grips (deal with (a problem or a subject))

work (cause to operate or function)

organise; organize (cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea)

administer; administrate (work in an administrative capacity; supervise)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 8

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Meaning:

Behave in a certain way towards others

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

He deals fairly with his employees

Hypernyms (to "deal" is one way to...):

acquit; bear; behave; carry; comport; conduct; deport (behave in a certain manner)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 9

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Meaning:

Distribute to the players in a game

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

Who's dealing?

Hypernyms (to "deal" is one way to...):

administer; allot; deal; deal out; dish out; dispense; distribute; dole out; lot; mete out; parcel out; shell out (administer or bestow, as in small portions)

Domain category:

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deal"):

misdeal (deal cards wrongly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 10

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Meaning:

Direct the course of; manage or control

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

conduct; carry on; deal

Context example:

You cannot conduct business like this

Hypernyms (to "deal" is one way to...):

care; deal; handle; manage (be in charge of, act on, or dispose of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deal"):

racketeer (carry on illegal business activities involving crime)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 11

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Meaning:

Give out as one's portion or share

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

portion out; divvy up; apportion; share; deal

Hypernyms (to "deal" is one way to...):

distribute; give out; hand out; pass out (give out)

"Deal" entails doing...:

divide; part; separate (come apart)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 12

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Meaning:

Give (a specific card) to a player

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

He dealt me the Queen of Spades

Hypernyms (to "deal" is one way to...):

give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)

Domain category:

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sense 13

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Meaning:

Sell

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

deal hashish

Hypernyms (to "deal" is one way to...):

deal; sell; trade (do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood)

Domain category:

commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something