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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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: | passage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excerpt from document |
| Synonyms: | clause, extract, paragraph, piece, portion, quotation, reading, section, sentence, text, transition, verse |
| Notes: | a passage is a one-way boat crossing; a voyage is a round trip journey by sea |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | text |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subject matter of document |
| Synonyms: | argument, body, consideration, content, contents, context, document, extract, fundamentals, head, idea, issue, line, lines, main body, matter, motify, motive, paragraph, passage, point, quotation, sentence, stanza, subject, theme, thesis, topic, verse, vocabulary, wording, words |
| Main Entry: | indentation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | division |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, indention, paragraph, section |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | [Motion through] Passage. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
-verbs
pass, pass through; perforate (hole); penetrate, permeate, thread, thrid, enfilade; go through, go across; go over, pass over; cut across; ford, cross; pass and repass, work; make one's way, thread one's way, worm one's way, force one's way; make a passage, form a passage; cut one's way through; find its way, find its vent; transmit, make way, clear the course; traverse, go over the ground.
-adjectives
passing; intercurrent; endosmosmic, endosmotic.
-adverbs
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