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Nouns (4)

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"

remark

n. a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account"

commentary, program commentary

n. description in a source language program written for documentation

Verbs (6)

gloss

v. provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written"

notice, point out, remark upon, comment upon, make a point

v. make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague"

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Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (100)

footnote, footer

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

article

n. nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

newspaper, paper

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

column, editorial, newspaper column

n. an article giving opinions or perspectives

gloss, rubric

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

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"

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

review, reappraisal, revaluation, reassessment

n. a new appraisal or evaluation

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"

assertion, averment, asseveration

n. a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

evaluation, rating, valuation

n. an appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high valuation on friendship"

lecture, talk, public lecture

n. a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"

criticism, unfavorable judgment

n. disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings; "the senator received severe criticism from his opponent"

suggestion, proposition, proffer

n. a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"

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. anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques"

record

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

study, report

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

utterance

n. the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication

articulation

n. the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech

expression, saying, locution

n. a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression"

statement

n. a nonverbal message; "a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention"

verbalization

n. expressing something in words

voice, vocalization

n. the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"

explication

n. a detailed explanation of the meaning of something

criticism, unfavorable judgment

n. disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings; "the senator received severe criticism from his opponent"

suggestion, proposition, proffer

n. a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"

utterance

n. the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication

articulation

n. the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech

expression, saying, locution

n. a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression"

statement

n. a nonverbal message; "a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention"

verbalization

n. expressing something in words

voice, vocalization

n. the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"

explain, explicate

v. make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"

clear up, clarify, elucidate

v. make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"

elaborate, expatiate, expound, expatiate on, expatiate upon, elaborate on, elaborate upon, flesh out, dilate on, enlarge on, expand on, dilate upon

v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

define

v. determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"

throw in, inject, put in, come in, interject, interpose

v. to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks"

Synonyms (5)

note, remark, mention, observe, make a remark

v. make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing"

Antonyms (0)

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