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| Main Entry: | details |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | analysis |
| Synonyms: | minutiae, fine points, particulars, specifics, technicalities |
| Main Entry: | detail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feature, specific aspect |
| Synonyms: | accessory, article, brass tacks*, chapter and verse*, component, count, cue, design, dope*, element, fact, factor, fraction, item, meat and potatoes*, nicety, nitty-gritty*, nuts and bolts*, part, particular, peculiarity, plan, point, portion, respect, schedule, specialty, specification, structure, technicality, thing, trait, trivia, ABCs, circumstantiality, fine point, minor point, minutia, singularity, triviality |
| Antonyms: | whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | detail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | specify, make clear |
| Synonyms: | analyze, catalog, communicate, delineate, depict, describe, designate, elaborate, embellish, enumerate, epitomize, exhibit, itemize, lay out, narrate, portray, produce, recapitulate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, reveal, show, specialize, spell out, spread, stipulate, summarize, tell, uncover, circumstantiate, fly speck, get down to brass tacks, individualize, particularize, quote chapter and verse, set forth, sweat details |
| Antonyms: | hide, misrepresent, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | detail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military troop |
| Synonyms: | army, assignment, body, detachment, duty, fatigue, force, organization, party, squad, unit, KP, kitchen police, special force |
| Main Entry: | detail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign specific task |
| Synonyms: | allocate, appoint, charge, commission, delegate, detach, send |
| Main Entry: | contents |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elements of larger object |
| Synonyms: | capacity, cargo, connotation, details, essence, filling, freight, gist, guts, implication, innards, inside, lading, load, meaning, nub, packing, shipment, significance, size, space, stuffing, subject matter, substance, sum, text, volume, chapters, constituents, divisions, furnishing, ingredients, subjects, themes, topics |
| Main Entry: | data |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information in visible form |
| Synonyms: | brass tacks*, chapter and verse*, circumstances, details, dope, dossier, evidence, facts, goods, knowledge, notes, picture, proof, scoop, score, statistics, testimony, abstracts, compilations, conclusions, documents, experiments, figures, info, input, materials, measurements, memorandums, reports, results, whole story |
| Notes: | data (plural noun) is a collection of facts, observations, or measurements from which conclusions may be drawn while datum (singular noun) is an item of factual information derived from measurement or research |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | facts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inside information |
| Synonyms: | bottom line*, brass tacks*, certainty, clue, cue, data, details, dope*, gospel, reality, scoop*, score*, story, info, inside dope, like it is, lowdown, numbers, poop, whole story |
| Antonyms: | lies |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | whys and wherefores |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reasons |
| Synonyms: | details, causes, explanations, justifications, whys |
| Main Entry: | exposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written description |
| Synonyms: | account, analysis, annotation, article, comment, commentary, composition, construction, critique, delineation, details, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, editorial, elucidation, essay, exegesis, explanation, exposé, history, illustration, interpretation, monograph, paper, piece, position paper, presentation, report, review, statement, story, study, tale, text, theme, thesis, tract, treatise, construal, enucleation, enunciation, explication, expounding, tractate |
| Main Entry: | program |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agenda, list |
| Synonyms: | arrangements, bill, bulletin, business, calendar, card, catalog, curriculum, details, docket, index, order of business*, plan, record, schedule, slate, syllabus, timetable, affairs, appointments, chores, happenings, lineup, listing, meetings, memoranda, necessary acts, order of events, order of the day, plans, preparations, series of events, things to do |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | terms |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conditions, agreement |
| Synonyms: | charge, circumstances, conclusion, condition, details, fee, fine print, nitty-gritty*, payment, premise, premises, price, provision, provisions, proviso, rate, reservation, small print*, stipulation, treaty, understanding, items, particulars, points, provisos, qualifications, size of it, specifications, stipulations, strings, what it is |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dope |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inside news |
| Synonyms: | account, details, facts, information, knowledge, tip*, developments, info, lowdown |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | account |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written description of past events |
| Synonyms: | bulletin, chronicle, detail, explanation, history, make*, narration, narrative, recital, report, run-down, score, story, tab, take, tale, version, ABCs, annal, blow by blow, lowdown, play by play, the picture, the whole picture |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adjunct |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addition; help |
| Synonyms: | accessory, addendum, appendage, appendix, appurtenance, associate, auxiliary, complement, detail, partner, subordinate, supplement |
| Antonyms: | detriment, lessening, subtraction |
| Main Entry: | army |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military force, usually for land |
| Synonyms: | artillery, battalion, battery, brigade, cavalry, column, command, company, corps, detail, division, flight, formation, infantry, legion, outfit, platoon, regiment, squad, wing, armed force, patrol unit, soldiers, soldiery, troops |
| Main Entry: | article |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section of document |
| Synonyms: | branch, chapter, clause, detail, division, element, head, heading, item, matter, part, passage, piece, point, portion, provision, paragraph |
| Main Entry: | assign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set apart for a reason |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, appoint, apportion, appropriate, consign, designate, detail, determine, dish out*, distribute, divide, earmark, fix, give, grant, hand out*, hand over, indicate, mete, prescribe, relegate, shell out*, specify, stipulate, fork out* |
| Antonyms: | keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attribute, ascribe |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, appoint, assign, associate, connect, consign, designate, detail, earmark, impute, lay, name, place, put, second, send, invest with |
| Antonyms: | disunite, take away |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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