LAID DOWN Synonyms: 144 Similar and Opposite Words

laid down

verb

past tense of lay down

as in enacted

to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action the city council promises to lay down new ordinances that will force dog walkers to clean up after their animals

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as in declared

to state clearly and strongly at the risk of their popularity, the parents laid down the rules for the party and wouldn't accept any arguments

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as in specified

to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly the supervisor laid down the procedure for a complaint of sexual harassment

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as in relinquished

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress commanded the surrounded troops to lay down their weapons

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In subsequent decades, Congress enacted a series of major reductions to the estate tax.

— Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Some states, including California, have enacted measures about AI, including requiring entities to be transparent when it is used.

— Chandelis Duster, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of enacted

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Before Kenya reported its case, there had been no active cases outside Congo since Uganda declared its outbreak over in late August.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Busan Mayor Park Chun Jae-soo declared the festival open, delivering his first opening-night address as mayor.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of declared

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The test will cost somewhere between about $500 (the current Medicare payment for Cologuard, the benchmark specified in the MCED Coverage Act) and $949 (Grail’s current list price).

— H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
Head coach Dave Canales has not specified what Legette’s injury is.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of specified

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These firms also passed a due diligence check, including any regulatory disclosures.

— Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Vienna researchers found the clock’s signal changed slightly depending on where the laser passed through the crystal.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of passed

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His comments come after the NFL filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on Thursday, which supported New Jersey regulators and asserted that sports contracts on prediction markets fall under gambling and not financial swaps.

— Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
During the briefing, Vance asserted that these schools are improperly using J-1 visas, the main class of visa used by international postdocs, to bring in cheap labor rather than relying on domestic researchers.

— Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of asserted

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The General Assembly created the Board of Regents, defined its authority, and now has the power to investigate and change that structure.

— Dr. Matthew Warshauer, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
Legal experts on the other side question the notion that a public nuisance can be defined so broadly to include both the sale of a legal product and the impact on carbon pollution, much of it coming from China and India.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of defined

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Two Black men are rendered in graphite, eyes closed, mouths open with yearning, disclosing sighs of ecstasy or prayer.

— Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
In 1991, Saint Laurent closed his fall-winter 1991 Rive Gauche runway show with a finale parade rendered almost entirely in gold fabrics.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 9 Oct. 2026

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