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Nouns (20)

n. the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"

account

n. the quality of taking advantage; "she turned her writing skills to good account"

account

n. a number giving individual and group access to various network ressources to ensure proper access capabilities

explanation

n. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"

report

n. the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"

score

n. grounds; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful"

brokerage account

n. a fund that a customer has entrusted to a securities brokerage; "you can't get a brokerage account unless you have $20,000"

bank account

n. a fund that a customer has entrusted to a bank and from which they can make withdrawals; "he moved his bank account to a new bank"

business relationship

n. a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services; "he asked to see the executive who handled his account"

story, history, chronicle

n. a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"

bill, invoice

n. an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe"

accounting, account statement

n. a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; "they send me an accounting every month"

story, report, write up, news report

n. a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"

Verbs (2)

calculate, keep an account of

v. keep an account of

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (151)

exegesis

n. an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible)

exposition, expounding, construal

n. a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic

version

n. an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint; "his version of the fight was different from mine"

alibi

n. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question

excuse, self-justification

n. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"

annotation, note, notation

n. a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope"

footnote, footer

n. a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

observation, reflection, reflexion

n. a remark expressing careful consideration

account, story, history, chronicle

n. a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"

yarn, story, tale, narration, narrative

n. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"

study, report

n. a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"

summary, summarization

n. a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

plea

n. (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)

portrayal, portraiture, portrait

n. a word picture of a person's appearance and character

account, report

n. the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"

systematization, systematisation, rationalization, rationalisation

n. systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale

direction, instruction

n. a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them"

guideline, rule of thumb, guidelines

n. a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action; "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam"

manual, instructions, book of instructions, operating instructions

n. a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it

sketch, vignette

n. a brief literary description

sketch, cartoon

n. a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

rumor, rumour, hearsay

n. gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

description

n. the act of describing something

summary, summarization

n. a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

account, explanation

n. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"

pass, fling, whirl, crack, go, offer

n. a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

joke, jest, jocularity

n. activity characterized by good humor

snap, child's play, walkover, cinch, pushover, duck soup, piece of cake

n. activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules; "Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child"

echo

n. a reply that repeats what has just been said

study, report

n. a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"

sketch, vignette

n. a brief literary description

sketch, cartoon

n. a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

version

n. an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint; "his version of the fight was different from mine"

chronology

n. a record of events in the order of their occurrence

epic, epic poem

n. a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

saga

n. a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account

comment, commentary

n. a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"

footnote, footer

n. a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

gloss, rubric

n. an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text

observation, reflection, reflexion

n. a remark expressing careful consideration

account, explanation

n. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"

daily, gazette

n. (newspaper)

periodical

n. a publication that appears at fixed intervals

rag, sheet, tabloid

n. newspaper with half-size pages

introduction, insertion, intromission

n. the act of putting one thing into another

yarn, story, tale, narration, narrative

n. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"

novel

n. a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

proceedings, minutes, transactions

n. a written account of what transpired at a meeting

interpretation

n. an explanation that results from interpreting something; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence"

judgment, judgement, opinion

n. the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge"

record

n. a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase"

copy, transcript

n. a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)

journal, diary

n. a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

journal, daybook

n. a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred

n. a book in which names and transactions are listed

n. an official written record of names or events or transactions

study, report

n. a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"

analysis, critique

n. a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed

assessment, appraisal

n. the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

comment, commentary

n. a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"

review, reappraisal, revaluation, reassessment

n. a new appraisal or evaluation

line

n. text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza"

article

n. nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

regard, view, see, reckon, take to be, consider

v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

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Antonyms (3)

fabrication, fiction, fable

n. a deliberately false or improbable account

account

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