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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrangement, organization |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, aligning, array, assortment, cast, categorization, classification, codification, composition, computation, disposal, disposition, distribution, establishment, form, grouping, harmony, layout, line, lineup, management, method, neatness, ordering, orderliness, pattern, placement, plan, procedure, procession, progression, propriety, regularity, regulation, rule, scale, scheme, sequence, series, setup, standardization, structure, succession, symmetry, system, tidiness, uniformity |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
| Antonyms: | confusion, disorder, disorganization, mess, muddle |
| Main Entry: | organism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | living thing |
| Synonyms: | animal, being, body, creature, entity, morphon, person, plant, structure |
| Antonyms: | concept, inanimate |
| Main Entry: | organization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrangement, arranging |
| Synonyms: | alignment, assembling, assembly, chemistry, composition, configuration, conformation, constitution, construction, coordination, design, disposal, format, formation, forming, formulation, framework, grouping, harmony, institution, make-up, making, management, method, methodology, organism, organizing, pattern, plan, planning, regulation, running, situation, standard, standardization, structure, structuring, symmetry, system, unity, whole |
| Antonyms: | disorganization |
| Main Entry: | pavilion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | domed building or tent |
| Synonyms: | awning, canopy, cover, covering, dome, structure |
| Main Entry: | physique |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | build of human body |
| Synonyms: | anatomy, body, built, character, configuration, constitution, corpus, figure, form, frame, habit, habitus, makeup, muscles, nature, shape, structure, type |
| Main Entry: | plot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | story line |
| Synonyms: | action, design, development, enactment, events, incidents, movement, narrative, outline, picture, progress, scenario, scene, scheme, story, structure, subject, suspense, theme, thread, unfolding |
| Main Entry: | rack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | frame, framework |
| Synonyms: | arbor, bed, box, bracket, counter, furniture, holder, ledge, perch, receptacle, shelf, stand, structure, trestle |
| Notes: | rack is the linear gear and pinion is the circular gear in a mechanism rack is destruction and ruin is destitution; in rack and ruin, rack is a variation of wrack and wreck |
| Main Entry: | sum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, all, amount, body, bulk, entirety, entity, epitome, gross, integral, mass, quantity, reckoning, résumé, score, structure, sum total, summary, summation, synopsis, system, tally, totality, value, whole, works*, worth |
| Antonyms: | fraction, part |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | synthesis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combining; combination |
| Synonyms: | amalgam, amalgamation, blend, building a whole, coalescence, composite, compound, constructing, construction, entirety, forming, fusion, integrating, integration, making one, organism, organization, structure, unification, union, unit, welding, whole |
| Notes: | analysis is breaking down or taking apart; synthesis is bringing together |
| Antonyms: | division, separation |
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