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what's what
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the way things are |
| Synonyms: | fact, truth of the matter, where it's at, whole story |
| Main Entry: | information |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | facts, news |
| Synonyms: | advice, ammo, break*, chapter and verse, clue, confidence, counsel, cue, data, dirt*, dope*, dossier, earful, enlightenment, erudition, illumination, info, inside story, instruction, intelligence, knowledge, leak, learning, lore, lowdown, material, message, network, notice, notification, orientation, propaganda, report, science, scoop, score, tidings, tip, what's what, whole story, wisdom, word* |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | particular |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detail |
| Synonyms: | ABC's, article, bottom line, brass tacks, case, chapter and verse, circumstance, clue, cue, element, fact, facts of life, feature, gospel, item, know*, lowdown, nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts, picture, point, rundown, scoop*, score*, speciality, specific, specification, story, thing*, what's what, whole story |
| Antonyms: | generality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | facts of existence |
| Synonyms: | absoluteness, actuality, authenticity, being, bottom line, brass tacks, certainty, concreteness, corporeality, deed, entity, existence, genuineness, how things are, like it is, materiality, matter, name of the game, nuts and bolts, object, palpability, perceptibility, phenomenon, presence, real world, realism, realness, sensibility, solidity, substance, substantiality, substantive, tangibility, truth, validity, verisimilitude, verity, way of it, what's what |
| Antonyms: | belief, fantasy, hypothesis, imagination, theory |
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| Main Entry: | particular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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censorious, dainty, delicate, difficult to please, fastidious, finical, hard to please, hypercritical, jimp, lickerish, nice, particular, pleasing, queasy, querulous, scrupulous, squeamish, strait-laced, thin-skinned
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| Concept: | Information. |
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-nouns
information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge; publicity., communication, intimation; notice, notification; enunciation, annunciation; announcement; communiqué; representation, round robin, presentment., case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition; news; return (record); account (description); statement (affirmation)., mention; acquainting; instruction (teaching); outpouring; intercommunication, communicativeness., informant, authority, teller, intelligencer, reporter, exponent, mouthpiece;, informer, eavesdropper, delator, detective; sleuth; mouchard, spy, newsmonger; messenger; amicus curiae., valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide; guidebook, handbook; vade mecum; manual; map, plan, chart, gazetteer; itinerary (journey)., hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, subaudition, cue, byplay; gesture (indication); gentle hint, broad hint; verbum sapienti; word to the wise; insinuation (latency).
-verbs
tell; inform, inform of; acquaint, acquaint with; impart, impart to; make acquainted with, apprise, advise, enlighten, awaken., let fall, mention, express, intimate, represent, communicate, make known; publish; notify, signify, specify, convey the knowledge of., let one know, have one to know; give one to understand; give notice; set before, lay before, put before; point out, put into one's head; put one in possession of; instruct (teach); direct the attention to., announce, annunciate; report, report progress; bringword, send word, leave word, write word; telegraph, telephone; wire; retail, render an account; give an account (describe)); state (affirm)., disclose., show cause; explain (interpret)., hint; given an inkling of; give a hint, drop a hint, throw out a hint; insinuate; allude to, make allusion to; glance at; tip the wink (indicate); suggest, prompt, give the cue, breathe; whisper, whisper in the ear., give a bit of one's mind; tell one plainly, tell once for all; speak volumes., undeceive, unbeguile; set right, correct, open the eyes of, disabuse., be informed of; know; learn; get scent of, gather from; awaken to, open one's eyes to; become alive, become awake to; hear, overhear, understand., come to one's ears, come to one's knowledge; reach one's ears.
-adjectives
informed; communique; reported; published., expressive; explicit (open), (clear) [more]; plain spoken, (artless) [more]., nuncupative, nuncupatory; declaratory, expository; enunciative; communicative, communicatory.
-adverbs
from information received.
-phrases
a little bird told me.
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