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| Main Entry: | item |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, article |
| Synonyms: | account, aspect, bit, blurb*, bulletin, column, component, consideration, detail, dispatch, element, entry, feature, incidental, information, matter, news, note, notice, novelty, particular, piece, point, report, scoop*, scrap, specific, story, thing, write-up, conversation piece, minor point, minutia, paragraph |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bulletin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | message, notification |
| Synonyms: | account, announcement, break, calendar, communication, communiqué, dispatch, flash*, handout, hot wire, item, list, news, news flash*, notice, program, publication, release, report, scoop*, skinny*, statement, the dope, what's going down, what's happening |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | circumstance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation, condition |
| Synonyms: | Moira, accident, action, adjunct, affair, article, case, cause, coincidence, concern, contingency, crisis, destiny, detail, doom, element, episode, event, exigency, fact, factor, fate, feature, fortuity, go, happening, happenstance, incident, intervention, item, juncture, kismet, lot, matter, occasion, occurrence, particular, phase, place, point, portion, proviso, respect, scene, status, stipulation, supervention, thing, time, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | clause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | provision in document |
| Synonyms: | article, catch*, chapter, codicil, condition, fine print, heading, item, joker*, limitation, part, passage, point, provision, proviso, requirement, rider, section, small print*, specification, stipulation, ultimatum, kicker, paragraph, string attached to something |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | component |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, element |
| Synonyms: | constituent, factor, fixings, ingredient, item, making, peripheral, piece, segment, unit, makings, plug-in |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | couple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pair of things |
| Synonyms: | brace, couplet, duo, item, set, span, team, twosome, yoke, deuce, doublet, dyad, husband and wife, newlyweds, twain |
| Main Entry: | factor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | determinant |
| Synonyms: | agency, agent, aid, antecedent, aspect, board, cause, circumstance, component, consideration, constituent, element, fixin's, influence, ingredient, instrument, instrumentality, item, makin's, means, part, part and parcel, point, portion, thing |
| Main Entry: | instance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | case, situation |
| Synonyms: | case history, case in point, detail, example, exponent, ground, illustration, item, occasion, occurrence, particular, precedent, proof, reason, representative, sample, specimen, time, exemplification, sampling |
| Main Entry: | particular |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detail |
| Synonyms: | ABC's, article, bottom line*, brass tacks*, case, chapter and verse*, circumstance, clue, cue, element, fact, facts of life, feature, gospel, item, know*, lowdown, nitty-gritty*, nuts and bolts*, picture, point, rundown*, scoop*, score*, speciality, specific, specification, story, thing*, what's what, whole story |
| Antonyms: | generality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | specification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | requirement, qualification |
| Synonyms: | blueprint, condition, designation, detail, item, particular, stipulation, term, particularization, spec |
| Antonyms: | uncertainty, vagueness, generalization |
| Main Entry: | bit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny piece |
| Synonyms: | atom, butt, chicken feed*, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, parcel, part, particle, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, section, segment, share, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, trace, trickle, driblet, peanuts, shard, shaving, tittle |
| Notes: | a bit is a single unit of computer information and a byte is a sequence of adjacent bits, usually eight, operated on as a unit by a computer |
| Antonyms: | whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | element |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | essential feature |
| Synonyms: | aspect, basic, basis, bit, component, constituent, detail, drop, facet, factor, fundamental, hint, ingredient, item, material, matter, member, part, particle, particular, piece, portion, principle, root, section, stem, subdivision, trace, unit, view |
| Main Entry: | entity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | object that exists |
| Synonyms: | article, being, body, creature, existence, individual, item, material, matter, organism, presence, quantity, single, something, stuff, subsistence, substance, thing, singleton |
| Antonyms: | abstract, concept, idea |
| Main Entry: | feature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic |
| Synonyms: | affection, angle, article, aspect, attribute, character, component, constituent, detail, earmark*, element, facet, factor, gag*, gimmick, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, individuality, ingredient, item, mark, peculiarity, point, property, quality, savor, slant*, specialty, trait, twist*, unit, virtue, differential, integrant, notability, particularity, speciality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | object |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thing able to be seen/felt/perceived |
| Synonyms: | article, body, bulk, commodity, doodad*, doohickey*, entity, fact, gadget, gizmo*, item, mass, matter, phenomenon, reality, something, substance, thingamajig*, volume, widget*, whatchamacallit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | part |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece, portion of something |
| Synonyms: | allotment, any, apportionment, articulation, atom, bit, bite, branch, chip, chunk, component, constituent, cut, department, detail, division, element, extra, factor, fraction, fragment, helping, hunk, ingredient, installment, item, limb, lot, lump, measure, member, moiety, molecule, organ, parcel, particle, partition, piece, quantum, quota, ration, scrap, section, sector, segment, share, side, slab, slice, sliver, splinter, subdivision, unit, meed, module |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | piece |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part |
| Synonyms: | allotment, bit, bite, chunk, cut, division, dole, end, example, fraction, fragment, half, hunk, instance, interest, iota, item, length, lot, lump, member, moiety, morsel, parcel, percentage, portion, quantity, quota, sample, scrap, section, segment, share, shred, slice, specimen, gob, smithereen |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | subject |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | issue, matter |
| Synonyms: | affair, argument, business, case, chapter, class, core, course, discussion, gist, head, idea, item, material, meat*, motif, motion, motive, object, point, problem, proposal, question, resolution, study, subject matter, substance, text, theme, theorem, thesis, thought, topic, field of reference, matter at hand, principal object |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | substance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entity, element |
| Synonyms: | actuality, animal, being, body, bulk, core, corpus, fabric, force, hunk, individual, item, mass, material, matter, object, person, phenomenon, reality, something, staple, stuff, texture, thing, concreteness |
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