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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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: | bit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny piece |
| Synonyms: | atom, butt, chicken feed, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, driblet, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, parcel, part, particle, peanuts, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, section, segment, shard, share, shaving, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, tittle, trace, trickle |
| 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: | 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*, kicker, limitation, paragraph, part, passage, point, provision, proviso, requirement, rider, section, small print, specification, stipulation, string attached to something, ultimatum |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | component |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, element |
| Synonyms: | constituent, factor, fixings, ingredient, item, making, makings, peripheral, piece, plug-in, segment, unit |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | couple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pair of things |
| Synonyms: | brace, couplet, deuce, doublet, duo, dyad, husband and wife, item, newlyweds, set, span, team, twain, twosome, yoke |
| Main Entry: | detail |
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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