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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | announcement |
| Synonyms: | ad, advertisement, brief, commendation, puff, spot |
| Main Entry: | article |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of writing |
| Synonyms: | beat*, blurb, column, commentary, composition, discourse, editorial, essay, exposition, feature, item, paper, piece, scoop*, spread, story, theme, think piece, treatise, write-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | item |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, article |
| Synonyms: | account, aspect, bit, blurb, bulletin, column, component, consideration, conversation piece, detail, dispatch, element, entry, feature, incidental, information, matter, minor point, minutia, news, note, notice, novelty, paragraph, particular, piece, point, report, scoop*, scrap, specific, story, thing, write-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | publicity |
| Synonyms: | advertisement, blurb, good word, hype*, mention, push*, write-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | promotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | publicity |
| Synonyms: | PR, advertising, advertising campaign, ballyhoo, blurb, buildup, hard sell, hoopla*, hype*, notice, pitch, pizzazz*, plug*, press*, press-agentry, promo, propaganda, public relations, publicity, puff, puffery, pushing, squib |
| Antonyms: | silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | publicity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promotion of something, someone |
| Synonyms: | PR, advertising, announcement, announcing, attention, ballyhoo, big noise, billing, blurb, boost*, broadcasting, build-up, clout*, commercial, currency, distribution, fame, handout, hoopla*, hype*, ink, limelight, noise*, notoriety, pitch, plug*, press, press-agentry, promo, promulgation, propaganda, public notice, public relations, puff, puffery, pushing, release, report, réclame, scratch*, spotlight*, spread, write-up |
| Antonyms: | secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | puff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advertisement |
| Synonyms: | advertising, blurb, boost*, buildup, commendation, favorable mention, good word, hype*, laudation, plug*, praise, press-agentry, promo, promotion, publicity, puffery, push*, sales talk, write-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | review |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critique; summary |
| Synonyms: | abstract, analysis, appraisal, article, assessment, blurb, book review, canvass, column, comment, commentary, criticism, discourse, discussion, dissertation, essay, evaluation, exposition, inspection, investigation, journal, judgment, magazine, mention, monograph, notice, organ, outline, pan, periodical, recapitulation, redraft, reviewal, revision, study, synopsis, theme, thesis, treatise, write-up |
| Notes: | a criticism is an evaluation or judgment of something, while critique is a somewhat elevated term for the same thing; review is used as a synonym for these but may also imply a more comprehensive study |
| Main Entry: | sound bite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very brief broadcast statement |
| Synonyms: | blurb, buzzword, clip, excerpt, fifteen minutes of fame, news item, newsbreak, notation, note, one-liner, outtake, passage, photo opportunity, piece, quotation, quote, saying, selection, slogan, snippet, spot news |
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