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How to sign: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
"The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun";

Similiar / Same: match, correspond, jibe, gibe, agree, fit, check

Categories: be, equal

Within this category: adhere, align, answer, befit, coincide, consist, correlate, corroborate, harmonize, homologize, look, meet, parallel, pattern, resemble, rhyme, square, twin

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How to sign: gain points in a game
"The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season";

Similiar / Same: score, rack up, hit

Categories: advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win

Within this category: ace, convert, convert, convert, eagle, equalize, have, hole up, homer, kick, par, shoot, walk

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How to sign: determine the sum of
"Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town";

Similiar / Same: tot, tot up, summate, tote up, add together, total, sum, add up, sum up, add

Categories: count, enumerate, number, numerate