Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for configuration

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineThinking and knowing

an arrangement of parts or elements

The outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

constellation

Same sentence, swapped: The outcome depends on the constellation of influences at the time.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for configuration as it is used in the sentence above.

snare
trap
taste

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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

interpretingnounrenderingan explanation of something that is not immediately obviousRidgeline keystonenounanchora central cohesive source of support and stabilityRidgelineHas a reason line mindnounintellectknowledge and intellectual abilityRidgeline neutraladjectiveimpersonalhaving no personal preferenceRidgelineHas a reason line givenadjectivegrantedacknowledged as a suppositionFoothillsHas a reason line grabnoun, verbcatchthe act of catching an object with the handsFoothills2 senses gradenounlevela position on a scale of intensity or amount or qualityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line commandingadjectiveoverlookingused of a height or viewpointRidgeline

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