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Nouns (11)

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, comment, input

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

comment, commentary, program commentary

n. description in a source language program written for documentation

gossip, comment, scuttlebutt

n. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"

Verbs (5)

comment

v. explain or interpret something

comment, notice, remark, point out

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

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Fuzzynyms (112)

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

history, account, chronicle, story

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

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

appraisal

n. an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something

reappraisal, revaluation, review, reassessment

n. a new appraisal or evaluation

report, news report, story, account, write up

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)

valuation

n. assessed price; "the valuation of this property is much too high"

lecture, public lecture, talk

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"

opinion, legal opinion, judgment, judgement

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"

report card, report

n. a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment; "his father signed his report card"

utterance, vocalization

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

saying, expression, 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, verbalisation

n. the activity of expressing something in words

voice

n. something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression; "the wee small voice of conscience"; "the voice of experience"; "he said his voices told him to do it"

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, vocalization

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

saying, expression, 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, verbalisation

n. the activity of expressing something in words

voice

n. something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression; "the wee small voice of conscience"; "the voice of experience"; "he said his voices told him to do it"

slander

n. words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

word

n. a verbal command for action; "when I give the word, charge!"

commission, charge, direction

n. a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury"

command, bid, bidding, dictation

n. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate

v. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate

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?"

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

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

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