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| Main Entry: |
notes
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outline |
| Synonyms: | annotation, draft, impressions, jottings, marginalia, record, report, rough draft, summary, synopsis |
| Main Entry: | overview |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | survey |
| Synonyms: | analysis, aperçu, audit, capsulization, critique, examination, inquiry, inspection, outline, pandect, précis, review, scrutiny, sketch, study, syllabus, synopsis, thumbnail, view |
| Main Entry: | précis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abridgment |
| Synonyms: | abstract, aperçu, compendium, condensation, digest, outline, pandect, rundown, résumé, sketch, summary, survey, syllabus, synopsis |
| Antonyms: | expansion |
| Main Entry: | prospectus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | details, outline of event |
| Synonyms: | announcement, catalogue, conspectus, design, list, plan, program, scheme, syllabus, synopsis |
| Main Entry: | résumé |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outline of experience |
| Synonyms: | CV, abstract, bio, biography, curriculum vitae, digest, epitome, précis, recapitulation, review, rundown, sum, summary, summation, summing-up, synopsis, vita, work history |
| Main Entry: | review |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critique; summary |
| Synonyms: | abstract, analysis, appraisal, article, assessment, blurb, book review, canvass, column, comment, commentary, criticism, discourse, discussion, dissertation, essay, evaluation, exposition, inspection, investigation, journal, judgment, magazine, mention, monograph, notice, organ, outline, pan, periodical, recapitulation, redraft, reviewal, revision, study, synopsis, theme, thesis, treatise, write-up |
| Notes: | a criticism is an evaluation or judgment of something, while critique is a somewhat elevated term for the same thing; review is used as a synonym for these but may also imply a more comprehensive study |
| Main Entry: | rundown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | summary |
| Synonyms: | briefing, outline, précis, recap, recapitulation, report, review, run-through, résumé, sketch, synopsis |
| Main Entry: | scenario |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | master plan; sequence of events |
| Synonyms: | book, outline, pages, plot, rundown, résumé, scheme, sides, sketch, story line, summary, synopsis |
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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