ex-plication [ek-spli-key-shuhn]
Main Entry:
annotation [an-uh-tey-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: explanatory note
Synonyms: comment, commentary, definition, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, footnote, gloss, glossary, illustration, interpretation, note, observation
Antonyms: blank
Main Entry: definition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: description
Synonyms: analogue, annotation, answer, characterization, clarification, clue, comment, commentary, cue, delimitation, delineation, demarcation, denotation, determination, diagnosis, drift, elucidation, exemplification, explanation, explication, exposition, expounding, fixing, formalization, gloss, individuation, interpretation, key, outlining, rationale, rendering, rendition, representation, settling, signification, solution, statement of meaning, terminology, translation
Antonyms: ambiguity, nonsense, vagueness
Main Entry: description
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: account in speech, writing
Synonyms: ABCs, blow by blow, brief, characterization, chronicle, confession, declaration, definition, delineation, depiction, detail, explanation, explication, fingerprint, information, make, monograph, narration, narrative, picture, portraiture, portrayal, presentment, recital, recitation, record, recountal, rehearsal, report, representation, rundown, sketch, specification, statement, story, summarization, summary, tale, version, vignette, writeup, yarn
Antonyms: misrepresentation
Main Entry: essay
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: written discourse
Synonyms: article, composition, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, explication, exposition, manuscript, paper, piece, study, theme, thesis, tract, treatise
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, explication, 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
Antonyms: complication
Main Entry: exposé
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disclosure
Synonyms: betrayal, confession, construction, divulgence, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposal, exposition, exposure, interpretation, revelation, truth, uncovering
Antonyms: secret, silence
Main Entry: exposition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: written description
Synonyms: account, analysis, annotation, article, comment, commentary, composition, construal, construction, critique, delineation, details, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, editorial, elucidation, enucleation, enunciation, essay, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposé, expounding, history, illustration, interpretation, monograph, paper, piece, position paper, presentation, report, review, statement, story, study, tale, text, theme, thesis, tract, tractate, treatise
Main Entry: remark
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: comment, observation
Synonyms: acknowledgment, annotation, assertion, attention, back talk, bon mot, cognizance, comeback, commentary, conclusion, consideration, crack*, declaration, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposition, expression, gloss, heed, illustration, interpretation, mention, mind, note, notice, obiter dictum, observance, opinion, point, recognition, reflection, regard, saying, statement, talk, thought, two cents' worth, utterance, wisecrack, witticism, word
Antonyms: silence
Main Entry: solution
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: answer, resolution
Synonyms: Band-Aid, clarification, elucidation, explanation, explication, key, pay dirt, quick fix, result, solving, the ticket, unfolding, unraveling, unravelment
Antonyms: doubt, problem, quandary, question, trouble
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