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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exhibition, proof |
| Synonyms: | appearance, demonstration, disclosure, display, explanation, exposure, expression, indication, instance, mark, materialization, meaning, phenomenon, revelation, show, sign, symptom, token |
| Antonyms: | concealment, cover, hiding, obscurity, vagueness |
| Main Entry: | overtone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | implication, hint |
| Synonyms: | association, connotation, flavor, inference, innuendo, intimation, meaning, nuance, sense, suggestion, tone, undercurrent, undertone |
| Main Entry: | plan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scheme, design, way of doing things |
| Synonyms: | aim, angle, animus, arrangement, big picture, contrivance, course of action, deal, device, disposition, expedient, game plan, gimmick, ground plan, idea, intent, intention, layout, machination, meaning, means, method, orderliness, outline, pattern, picture, platform, plot, policy, procedure, program, project, projection, proposal, proposition, purpose, scenario, stratagem, strategy, suggestion, system, tactics, treatment, trick, undertaking |
| Notes: | an elevation is a two-dimensional scale drawing of something as if one were viewing it from one side; a section is a two-dimensional scale drawing of one part or detail of an object or structure; and a plan is a two-dimensional scale drawing showing the view of an object or structure as if one were looking down on it from above |
| Main Entry: | significant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | telling, meaningful |
| Synonyms: | cogent, compelling, convincing, denoting, eloquent, expressing, expressive, facund, forceful, heavy, important, indicative, knowing, meaning, momentous, powerful, pregnant, representative, rich, sententious, serious, sound, suggestive, symbolic, valid, weighty |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, meaningless, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | spirit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | atmosphere, essence |
| Synonyms: | feeling, genius, gist, humor, intent, intention, meaning, purport, purpose, quality, sense, substance, temper, tenor, timbre, tone |
| Main Entry: | thrust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point of communication |
| Synonyms: | burden, core, effect, gist, meaning, meat*, pith, purport, sense, short, substance, upshot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | understanding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief |
| Synonyms: | acceptation, conception, conclusion, estimation, idea, import, impression, inkling, intendment, interpretation, judgment, knowledge, meaning, message, notion, opinion, perception, purport, sense, significance, significancy, signification, sympathy, view, viewpoint |
| Antonyms: | disbelief, mistake |
| Main Entry: | upshot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end result |
| Synonyms: | aftereffect, aftermath, burden, climax, completion, conclusion, consequence, core, culmination, denouement, development, effect, end, ending, event, eventuality, finale, finish, gist, issue, meaning, meat*, outcome, payoff, pith, purport, result, sense, sequel, substance, termination, thrust |
| Antonyms: | cause, origin, source |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | value |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage, worth |
| Synonyms: | account, bearing, benefit, caliber, condition, connotation, consequence, content, denotation, desirability, distinction, drift, eminence, esteem, estimation, excellence, finish, force, goodness, grade, help, implication, import, importance, interpretation, mark, marketability, meaning, merit, power, preference, profit, purpose, quality, regard, repute, sense, serviceableness, significance, state, stature, substance, superiority, use, usefulness, utility, valuation |
| Notes: | a color's value is its brightness, its chroma is its strength, and its hue is its position in the spectrum |
| Antonyms: | detriment, disadvantage |
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