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| Main Entry: | description |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account in speech, writing |
| Synonyms: | brief, chronicle, confession, declaration, definition, delineation, depiction, detail, explanation, fingerprint, information, make, monograph, narration, narrative, picture, portrayal, recital, recitation, record, rehearsal, report, representation, rundown, sketch, specification, statement, story, summary, tale, version, vignette, yarn, ABCs, blow by blow, characterization, explication, portraiture, presentment, recountal, summarization, writeup |
| Antonyms: | misrepresentation |
| Main Entry: | description |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, kind |
| Synonyms: | brand, breed, category, character, classification, feather, genre, genus, ilk, nature, order, sort, species, stripe, type, variety, kidney |
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-nouns
description, account, statement, report; expose (disclosure) [more] specification, particulars; state of facts, summary of facts; brief (abstract) [more]; return (record) [more]; catalogue raisonne (list) [more]; guidebook (information) [more]., delineation (representation) [more]; sketch; monograph; minute account, detailed account, particular account, circumstantial account, graphic account; narration, recital, rehearsal, relation., historiography, chronography; historic Muse, Clio; history; biography, autobiography; necrology, obituary., narrative, history; memoir, memorials; annals (chronicle) [more]; saga; tradition, legend, story, tale, historiette; personal narrative, journal, life, adventures, fortunes, experiences, confessions; anecdote, ana, trait., work of fiction, novel, romance, Minerva press; fairy tale, nursery tale; fable, parable, apologue; dime novel, penny dreadful, shilling shocker, relator; raconteur, historian (recorder) [more]; biographer, fabulist, novelist.
-verbs
describe; set forth (state) [more]; draw a picture, picture; portray (represent) [more]; characterize, particularize; narrate, relate, recite, recount, sum up, run over, recapitulate, rehearse, fight one's battles over again., unfold a tale (disclose) [more]; tell; give an account of, render an account of; report, make a report, draw up a statement., detail; enter into particulars, enter into details, descend to particulars , descend to details; itemize.
-adjectives
descriptive, graphic, narrative, epic, suggestive, well-drawn; historic; traditional, traditionary; legendary; anecdotic, storied; described
-phrases
furor scribendi.
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| Main Entry: | clarification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explanation |
| Synonyms: | description, elucidation, exposition, illumination, interpretation, resolution, solution, simplification, unravelment, vivification |
| Antonyms: | complication, misunderstanding, muddle |
| Main Entry: | commentary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | analysis |
| Synonyms: | annotation, appreciation, comment, consideration, criticism, critique, description, discourse, exegesis, explanation, exposition, gloss, narration, notes, observation, remark, review, treatise, obiter dictum, voice-over |
| Main Entry: | diagram |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drawing, sketch of form or plan |
| Synonyms: | big picture*, blueprint, chart, description, design, draft, figure, floor plan, game, game plan, layout, outline, perspective, representation, rough draft, ground plan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | epithet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nickname |
| Synonyms: | appellation, description, designation, name, sobriquet, tag, title |
| Notes: | an epitaph is an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there, while an epithet is a defamatory or abusive word or phrase |
| Main Entry: | explanation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clarification; reason |
| Synonyms: | account, annotation, answer, breakdown, brief, cause, comment, commentary, confession, definition, demonstration, description, details, display, elucidation, evidence, example, excuse, exposition, expression, gloss, history, illustration, information, interpretation, justification, meaning, mitigation, motive, narration, note, recital, rendition, report, resolution, sense, showing, significance, specification, statement, story, summary, tale, talking, telling, vindication, writing, explication |
| Antonyms: | complication |
| Main Entry: | formula |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | set preparation; rule, recipe |
| Synonyms: | blueprint, canon, code, credo, creed, custom, description, direction, equation, form, maxim, method, modus operandi, precept, prescription, principle, procedure, rite, ritual, rote, theorem, way, formulary, rubric, specifications |
| Main Entry: | identification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | labeling; means of labeling |
| Synonyms: | ID*, assimilation, badge, bracelet, credentials, description, establishment, papers, passport, recognition, tag, testimony, apperception, cataloging, classifying, dog tag, identity bracelet, letter of introduction, letter of recommendation, naming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | form, pattern |
| Synonyms: | cast, cavity, character, class, depression, description, design, die, frame, image, impression, kind, lot, matrix, model, nature, shape, sort, stamp, type, womb |
| Main Entry: | narrative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | story, tale |
| Synonyms: | account, anecdote, book, chronicle, description, detail, fiction, history, line, narration, plot, recount, report, statement, version, yarn*, chronology, long and short of it, potboiler |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | news |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information, revelation |
| Synonyms: | account, advice, announcement, broadcast, bulletin, cable, cognizance, communication, copy, data, description, disclosure, discovery, dispatch, enlightenment, exposé, hearsay, intelligence, knowledge, leak, message, narration, news flash, recital, recognition, release, report, rumor, scandal, scoop*, specification, statement, story, telecast, telegram, telling, tidings*, word*, communiqué, eye-opener, front-page news, headlines, itemization, lowdown, particularization, the goods |
| Antonyms: | history |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recital |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | narrative, rendering |
| Synonyms: | account, concert, description, enumeration, fable, musical, narration, performance, portrayal, presentation, reading, recapitulation, recitation, rehearsal, relation, repetition, report, statement, story, tale, telling, detailing, musicale, recountal, recounting |
| Main Entry: | rehearsal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preparation for performance |
| Synonyms: | call, description, drill, dry run*, experiment, practice, reading, recital, recitation, relation, shakedown*, trial balloon*, tryout, workout, going-over, practice session, prep, readying, recounting, rehearsing, retelling, run-through, test flight, trial performance |
| Antonyms: | cold turkey |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sketch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drawing, outline |
| Synonyms: | account, blueprint, cartoon, chart, compendium, configuration, copy, delineation, depiction, description, design, diagram, digest, doodle, draft, figuration, figure, form, illustration, likeness, monograph, painting, picture, piece, plan, portrayal, précis, report, representation, rough, shape, skeleton, summary, survey, syllabus, version, vignette, adumbration, aperçu |
| Main Entry: | sort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type, variety |
| Synonyms: | array, batch, battery, body, brand, breed, category, character, class, clutch, denomination, description, family, genus, group, ilk, kind, lot, make, nature, number, order, parcel, quality, race, set, species, stamp, stripe, style, suite, likes, likes of |
| Main Entry: | species |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, variety |
| Synonyms: | breed, category, collection, description, division, group, kind, lot, nature, number, order, sort, stripe*, type, likes |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | portrayal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depiction |
| Synonyms: | copy, description, imitation, likeness, portrait, replica, representation |
| Main Entry: | brand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type, kind |
| Synonyms: | cast, character, class, description, grade, make, quality, sort, species, variety |
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