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| Main Entry: | text |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subject matter of document |
| Synonyms: | argument, body, consideration, content, contents, context, document, extract, fundamentals, head, idea, issue, line, matter, motive, passage, point, quotation, sentence, stanza, subject, theme, thesis, topic, verse, vocabulary, wording, words, lines, main body, motify, paragraph |
| Main Entry: | text |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | book used in education |
| Synonyms: | assignment, handbook, manual, reader, reference, reference book, source, syllabus, textbook, class book, course book, required reading, schoolbook, workbook |
| Main Entry: | bible |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holy book; authoritative book |
| Synonyms: | authority, creed, doctrine, guide, guidebook, handbook, manual, testament, text, sacred writ, sacred writings, scripture, the good news |
| 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: | context |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | framework, circumstances |
| Synonyms: | ambience, background, conditions, connection, frame of reference, lexicon, relation, situation, substance, text, vocabulary |
| Main Entry: | handbook |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | document giving instruction, information |
| Synonyms: | bible, compendium, directory, encyclopedia, fundamentals, guide, guidebook, manual, text, textbook, enchiridion, instruction book, vade mecum |
| Main Entry: | lyrics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | words of a song |
| Synonyms: | book, text, theme, verse, words, libretto, lines |
| Main Entry: | manual |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | book giving instruction |
| Synonyms: | bible, compendium, guide, guidebook, handbook, primer, reference book, text, textbook, cookbook, enchiridion, schoolbook, workbook |
| Main Entry: | manuscript |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | book, script |
| Synonyms: | article, composition, document, hard copy, text, palimpsest |
| Main Entry: | prose |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written, nonrhythmic literature |
| Synonyms: | book, composition, essay, exposition, fiction, speech, story, talk, text, tongue*, writing, nonfiction |
| Antonyms: | poem, poetry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | proverb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saying referring to common fact, knowledge |
| Synonyms: | adage, aphorism, axiom, byword, catch phrase, dictum, epigram, gnome, maxim, moral, motto, platitude, precept, repartee, text, truism, witticism, word, apophthegm, daffodil, folk wisdom, saw |
| Main Entry: | topic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subject matter |
| Synonyms: | affair, argument, business, case, division, field, head, issue, material, matter, moot point, motif, motion, motive, point, problem, proposition, question, resolution, subject, text, theme, theorem, thesis, matter in hand, point in question |
| Main Entry: | subject matter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theme |
| Synonyms: | category, contents, subject, text, topic, focus of attention, subject of thought |
| Main Entry: | text file |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | basic document file |
| Synonyms: | file, text, ASCII file, data file, data set, word processing file |
| Main Entry: | book |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | published document |
| Synonyms: | album, bible, booklet, brochure, compendium, copy, dictionary, dissertation, edition, encyclopedia, essay, fiction, handbook, leaflet, lexicon, magazine, manual, monograph, novel, omnibus, opus, pamphlet, periodical, portfolio, primer, publication, reader, roll, scroll, text, textbook, thesaurus, tome, tract, treatise, volume, work, writing, atlas, bestseller, codex, folio, hardcover, nonfiction, octavo, offprint, opuscule, paperback, preprint, quarto, reprint, softcover, speller, vade mecum |
| 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: | 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: | theme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea, subject matter |
| Synonyms: | affair, argument, burden, business, case, head, keynote, line, matter, motif, motive, point, problem, proposition, question, stuff, subject, text, thesis, thought, topic, leitmotif, matter in hand, point at issue |
| Main Entry: | content |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | essence, meaning |
| Synonyms: | burden, composition, constitution, gist, idea, matter, significance, subject, subject matter, substance, text, thought |
| Main Entry: | material |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written matter |
| Synonyms: | data, evidence, facts, information, notes, reading, text, work |
| Notes: | germane and relevant indicate pertinence to a matter, but may not be essential; material means pertinent and necessary material is based on Latin materialis 'formed of matter'; materiel means 'personnel' or 'military arms or equipment' |
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