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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feature, specific aspect |
| Synonyms: | ABCs, accessory, article, brass tacks, chapter and verse, circumstantiality, component, count, cue, design, dope*, element, fact, factor, fine point, fraction, item, meat and potatoes, minor point, minutia, nicety, nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts, part, particular, peculiarity, plan, point, portion, respect, schedule, singularity, specialty, specification, structure, technicality, thing, trait, trivia, triviality |
| Antonyms: | whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | detail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | specify, make clear |
| Synonyms: | analyze, catalog, circumstantiate, communicate, delineate, depict, describe, designate, elaborate, embellish, enumerate, epitomize, exhibit, fly speck, get down to brass tacks, individualize, itemize, lay out, narrate, particularize, portray, produce, quote chapter and verse, recapitulate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, reveal, set forth, show, specialize, spell out, spread, stipulate, summarize, sweat details, tell, uncover |
| Antonyms: | hide, misrepresent, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | detail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign specific task |
| Synonyms: | allocate, appoint, charge, commission, delegate, detach, send |
| Main Entry: | account |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written description of past events |
| Synonyms: | ABCs, annal, blow by blow, bulletin, chronicle, detail, explanation, history, lowdown, make*, narration, narrative, play by play, recital, report, run-down, score, story, tab, take, tale, the picture, the whole picture, version |
* = 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: | armed force, artillery, battalion, battery, brigade, cavalry, column, command, company, corps, detail, division, flight, formation, infantry, legion, outfit, patrol unit, platoon, regiment, soldiers, soldiery, squad, troops, wing |
| Main Entry: | article |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section of document |
| Synonyms: | branch, chapter, clause, detail, division, element, head, heading, item, matter, paragraph, part, passage, piece, point, portion, provision |
| 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, fork out, give, grant, hand out, hand over, indicate, mete, prescribe, relegate, shell out, specify, stipulate |
| Antonyms: | keep |
| Main Entry: | attach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attribute, ascribe |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, appoint, assign, associate, connect, consign, designate, detail, earmark, impute, invest with, lay, name, place, put, second, send |
| Antonyms: | disunite, take away |
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