espoused
Definitions
Verb
- Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- Take in marriage
- Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
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| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | response | 2 | 77 |
| 2 | supposed | 2 | 65 |
| 3 | exposed | 2 | 34 |
| 4 | disposed | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | posed | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | spouses | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | spouse | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | spouted | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | sprouted | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | despised | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | deposed | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | espouses | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | repulsed | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | deloused | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | predisposed | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | espouse | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | sprouse | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | spouse's | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | spouts | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | soured | 2 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 9
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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📰 This Word in the News:
Rep. Elise Stefanik echoed racist theory allegedly espoused by Buffalo suspect
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