Roget

American

[roh-zhay, roh-zhay, rozh-ay] / roʊˈʒeɪ, ˈroʊ ʒeɪ, ˈrɒʒ eɪ /

noun

Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.

Roget British

/ ˈrɒʒeɪ /

noun

Peter Mark . 1779–1869, English physician, who on retirement devised a Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (1852), a classified list of synonyms

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If Euro 7 were used to stop sales of the highest-emitting tyres, "you would already remove a lot of particles from the market", Roget said.

From Reuters ● May 17, 2023

Big, Titanic: A dazzling insight leads Peter Roget to his life’s work — and to immortality.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022

Cyrille Roget, a scientific and innovation expert at the French tyre maker, won't confirm the Bolt reports, but tells the BBC Michelin will have more to say later this year.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2022

“To be able to work with them on it and be able to work with Roget for the first time” means something, Anderson says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2021

SEE The Roget dictionary of synonyms and antonyms.

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