All call the tune synonyms
call the tune
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- administer β If someone administers something such as a country, the law, or a test, they take responsibility for organizing and supervising it.
- control β Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
- organize β to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- run β execution
- attend β If you attend a meeting or other event, you are present at it.
- oversee β to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
- manage β to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- regulate β to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- direct β to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- supervise β to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
- handle β a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- operate β to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- order β an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- impose β to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- prescribe β to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- lay down β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- adapt β If you adapt to a new situation or adapt yourself to it, you change your ideas or behaviour in order to deal with it successfully.
- predispose β to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- incline β to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.
- tempt β to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- shepherd β a male given name.
- head β Edith, 1897β1981, U.S. costume designer.
- accompany β If you accompany someone, you go somewhere with them.
- lead β to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
- chaperon β (esp formerly) an older or married woman who accompanies or supervises a young unmarried woman on social occasions
- ordain β to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- rule β a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- usher β James, 1581β1656, Irish prelate and scholar.
- convey β To convey information or feelings means to cause them to be known or understood by someone.
- govern β to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- chair β A chair is a piece of furniture for one person to sit on. Chairs have a back and four legs.
- guide β to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
- steer β to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- pilot β a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- decree β A decree is an official order or decision, especially one made by the ruler of a country.
- set β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- bid β A bid for something or a bid to do something is an attempt to obtain it or do it.
- pronounce β to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- regiment β Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
- instruct β to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- bulldoze β If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer.
- prompt β done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- distribute β to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- actuate β If a person is actuated by an emotion, that emotion makes them act in a certain way. If something actuates a device, the device starts working.
- rank β Otto [awt-oh] /ΛΙt oΚ/ (Show IPA), 1884β1939, Austrian psychoanalyst.
- bend β When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend.
- determine β If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- array β An array of different things or people is a large number or wide range of them.