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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | narrative, rendering |
| Synonyms: | account, concert, description, detailing, enumeration, fable, musical, musicale, narration, performance, portrayal, presentation, reading, recapitulation, recitation, recountal, recounting, rehearsal, relation, repetition, report, statement, story, tale, telling |
| Notes: | a recital is a musical performance by a soloist or two performers; a concert is a performance by a group |
| Main Entry: | anecdote |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interesting or amusing story |
| Synonyms: | chestnut, episode, fairy tale, fish story, gag, incident, long and short of it, narration, narrative, old chestnut, recital, relation, reminiscence, short story, sketch, tale, tall story, tall tale, yarn |
| Notes: | an antidote is a remedy or other agent used to neutralize or counteract the effects of a poison; an agent is a force or substance that relieves or counteracts; an anecdote is a short account of an interesting or humorous incident |
| Main Entry: | chronicle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account, narrative |
| Synonyms: | annals, archives, diary, history, journal, narration, prehistory, recital, record, recountal, register, report, story, version |
| Main Entry: | concert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | musical performance |
| Synonyms: | gig, jam session, musical, musicale, recital, rockfest, selections, show |
| Notes: | a recital is a musical performance by a soloist or two performers; a concert is a performance by a group |
| 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: | 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: | gig |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | show |
| Synonyms: | appearance, concert, employment, engagement, job, performance, recital |
| Main Entry: | history |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chronicle of events |
| Synonyms: | account, annals, autobiography, biography, diary, epic, journal, memoirs, narration, narrative, prehistory, recapitulation, recital, record, relation, report, saga, story, tale, version |
| Main Entry: | narration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | description, reading |
| Synonyms: | account, anecdote, explanation, narrative, recital, recountal, recounting, rehearsal, relation, report, story, storytelling, tale, telling, voice-over, yarn |
| Antonyms: | concealment, suppression |
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