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Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
Storyworth is a subscription service that prompts users to answer a question about their life, their beliefs, or their values, all of which get recorded and printed at the end of the year ...
Storytime, a 2007 Australian short film directed by Jub Clerc Storytime (film) , a 1997 short animated comedy film written, directed and animated by Terry Gilliam Storytime (TV programme) , a British children's television programme which aired on BBC Two from 1987 to 1997
Storytime critics say what they mean is that they fear drag queens will “groom” children for a future queer lifestyle, and they fear the events will include sexual content.
Visitors to Los Angeles' Getty Villa, modeled after the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, get a glimpse of otium as experienced at an ancient Roman villa. Otium is a Latin abstract term which has a variety of meanings, including leisure time for "self-realization activities" [1] such as eating, playing, relaxing, contemplation, and academic endeavors.
A film such as 'A Day In the Life of...' does, however, demonstrate one very important point. Though the passage of time can itself be the theme of the story, film time is not real time. A day in the life of an animal is presented in thirty or fifty minutes of film time. The film is a compressed, a speeded-up, account of a day.