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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | details, outline of event |
| Synonyms: | announcement, catalogue, conspectus, design, list, plan, program, scheme, syllabus, synopsis |
| Main Entry: | list |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | record, tabulation |
| Synonyms: | account, agenda, archive, arrangement, ballot, bill, brief, bulletin, calendar, canon, catalog, catalogue, census, checklist, contents, dictionary, directory, docket, draft, enumeration, file, gazette, index, inventory, invoice, lexicon, lineup, listing, loop, manifest, memorandum, menu, outline, panel, poll, program, prospectus, register, roll, roll call, row, schedule, screed, scroll, series, slate, statistics, syllabus, table, tally, thesaurus, ticket, timetable, vocabulary |
| Main Entry: | plan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written description; diagram |
| Synonyms: | agenda, agendum, blueprint, chart, delineation, draft, drawing, form, illustration, layout, map, projection, prospectus, representation, road map, rough draft, scale drawing, sketch, time line, view |
| 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: | summary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short statement of main points |
| Synonyms: | abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, analysis, aperçu, brief, capitulation, case, compendium, condensation, conspectus, core, digest, epitome, essence, extract, inventory, long and short of it, nutshell, outline, pandect, prospectus, précis, recap, recapitulation, reduction, rehash, report, review, roundup, run-through, rundown, résumé, sense, skeleton, sketch, sum and substance, summing-up, survey, syllabus, synopsis, version, wrap-up |
| Notes: | a paraphrase is a restatement or rewording of a text or passage for the purpose of clarification; a summary is a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; a summation is a summary or argument reviewing the principal points made and expressing conclusions |
| Antonyms: | detail, dissertation, thesis |
| Main Entry: | feeler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | an effort to discover opinion |
| Synonyms: | advance, approach, essay, hint, intimation, overture, probe, proposal, prospectus, sample, straw vote, test, trial balloon |
| Main Entry: | catalogue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | document |
| Synonyms: | archive, brief, bulletin, calendar, cartulary, catalog, charts, classification, compendium, directory, docket, draft, enumeration, gazette, gazetteer, hit list, index, inventory, list, magazine, prospectus, record, register, roll, roster, schedule, slate, specification, syllabus, synopsis |
| Main Entry: | position paper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | paper stating beliefs |
| Synonyms: | manifesto, outline, plank, platform, policy report, prospectus, research paper, statement of belief, statement of principles |
| Main Entry: | catalog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | directory |
| Synonyms: | book, brief, catalogue, file, flyer, index, inventory, list, price list, prospectus, record, register, roll, roster, schedule, tally |
| Main Entry: | recap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | summary |
| Synonyms: | abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, analysis, aperçu, brief, capitulation, case*, compendium, condensation, conspectus, core, digest, epitome, essence, extract, inventory, long and short of it, nutshell, outline, pandect, prospectus, précis, recapitulation, reduction, rehash, report, review, roundup, run-through, rundown, résumé, sense, skeleton, sketch, sum, sum and substance, summation, summing-up, survey, syllabus, synopsis, version, wrap-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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