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n. one of a class of artifacts; "an article of clothing"

n. nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

n. (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase

n. a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

mail, email, electronic messaging, e-mail, electronic mail, message handling, mailing, Internet Mail, Internet mail, email message, posting, mail message

n. (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in

article

v. bind by a contract; especially for a training period

object, inanimate object, physical object

n. a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"

device

n. an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"

thing

n. an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was"

gimmick, gizmo, dohickey, dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gubbins, thingamabob, thingumabob, thingmabob, thingamajig, thingumajig, thingmajig, thingummy

n. something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use"

contrivance, appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gizmo, widget

n. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

element

n. one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe; "the alchemists believed that there were four elements"

item

n. a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection; "they reduced the price on many items"

piece

n. a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"

part, piece

n. a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"

gunpoint, point

n. the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun"

level, floor, storey, story

n. a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"

newspaper, paper

n. a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements; "he read his newspaper at breakfast"

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"

item, point

n. a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first"

review, recap, recapitulation

n. a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion

account, 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"

provision, condition, proviso

n. a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision"

essay

n. an analytic or interpretive literary composition

tract, pamphlet

n. a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet

treatise

n. a formal exposition

essay, composition, paper, theme, report

n. an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition"

dissertation, thesis

n. a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree

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