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(n)
The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
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A vocal, instrumental or visual performance by a soloist.
(v)
To produce by writing.
The aggregate of past events.
A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
(journalism, newspapers) An individual item of news.
A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
(informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.
A trivial lie, a fib.
A floor or level of a building or ship.
(countable) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
Alternative form of tarradiddle. [A trivial lie, a fib.]
(uncountable) A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving.
(literature) The plot of a story.
(narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
The act and skills of presenting stories and tales.
One who narrates or tells stories.
An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.
The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.
(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.
(uncountable) The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
A person of extraordinary fame or accomplishments.
A brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.
A person's life story, especially one published.
(adj)
Having been written.
Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
(uncountable) Theatrical plays in general.
A writer of history.
(adv)
According to history: formerly, in the past, traditionally.
A historical romance.
The act or style of writing.
The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.
Historical records; chronicles; history.
One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.
A digital image or file meant to be printed on paper.
A piece of nonfiction writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc.
(informal) information.
Something that explains or makes understandable.
A specific form or variation of something.
(uncountable) Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
(usually uncountable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.
A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
Connection or association; the condition of being related.
(obsolete) A history, a non-fiction account of the past.
(authorship, cinematography) A script for a movie or a television show; especially, the former specifically.
A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
The manner in which two things may be associated.
An important or main item.
A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
A distinct physical object.
(countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
News or information that has been reported; media coverage of a topic or event.
A small dot or mark.
Such creation in journalism, as contrasted with other aspects such as analysis and opinion.
A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
Information about current events disseminated by the media.
(uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference.
An installment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.
The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.
(journalism) The amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media or other media.
A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
The state of being actual or real; realness.
An actual event, situation, or fact.
A regulation, law, guideline.
An occurrence; something that happens.
A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
(chiefly US, idiomatic) A warning or call to pay attention; an advisory notice; a notice of what is to happen; a holler.
An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
(countable, uncountable) An event or occurrence.
A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
(uncountable) an attitude of consideration or high regard
(often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
(countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.
The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.