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| NOUN: | Slang. An old-fashioned person who is reluctant to change or innovate: fogy, fossil, fuddy-duddy, mossback. Informal : stick-in-the-mud. See NEW. | | VERB: | 1. To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use: acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adapt, adjust, conform, fashion, fit1, reconcile, suit, tailor. See CHANGE. 2. To be compatible or in correspondence: accord, agree, check, chime, comport with, conform, consist, correspond, fit1, harmonize, match, tally. Informal : jibe1. Archaic : quadrate. See AGREE. 3. To make equal: equalize, equate, even1, level. See SAME. 4. To set right by giving what is due: clear, discharge, liquidate, pay (off or up), satisfy, settle. See PAY. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Slang. Conforming to established practice or standards: button-down, conformist, conventional, establishmentarian, orthodox, straight, traditional. See USUAL. 2. Owing or being owed nothing: even1, quit, quits. See PAY. 3. Free from bias in judgment: disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, fair, fair-minded, impartial, indifferent, just, nonpartisan, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced. Idioms: fair and square. See FAIR. 4. Having four equal sides and four right angles: quadrate. See GEOMETRY. | | ADVERB: | With precision or absolute conformity: bang, dead, direct, directly, exactly, fair, flush, just, precisely, right, smack1, squarely, straight. Slang : smack-dab. See PRECISE.
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