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  2. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Magical realism - Wikipedia

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    Especially with regard to Latin America, the style breaks from the inarguable discourse of "privileged centers of literature". [41] This is a mode primarily about and for "ex-centrics": the geographically, socially, and economically marginalized.

  4. List of English words with disputed usage - Wikipedia

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    A aggravate – Some have argued that this word should not be used in the sense of "to annoy" or "to oppress", but only to mean "to make worse". According to AHDI, the use of "aggravate" as "annoy" occurs in English as far back as the 17th century. In Latin, from which the word was borrowed, both meanings were used. Sixty-eight percent of AHD4's usage panel approves of its use in "It's the ...

  5. Thesaurus (information retrieval) - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus is composed by at least three elements: 1-a list of words (or terms), 2-the relationship amongst the words (or terms), indicated by their hierarchical relative position (e.g. parent/broader term; child/narrower term, synonym, etc.), 3-a set of rules on how to use the thesaurus.

  6. Literal and figurative language - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the 1980s, the "standard pragmatic" model of comprehension was widely believed. In that model, it was thought the recipient would first attempt to comprehend the meaning as if literal, but when an appropriate literal inference could not be made, the recipient would shift to look for a figurative interpretation that would allow comprehension. [28]

  7. Presupposition - Wikipedia

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    The antecedent is the part preceded by the word "if," and the consequent is the part that is (or could be) preceded by "then." If the consequent contains a presupposition trigger, and the triggered presupposition is explicitly stated in the antecedent of the conditional, then the presupposition is blocked.

  8. Wikipedia:WOT - Wikipedia

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    Of course there is, look at Wikipedia's definition of the word; it's a serious charge. Haizum 22:19, 19 June 2006 (UTC) Capitalization is a serious charge? :) LOL! --kizzle 22:20, 19 June 2006 (UTC) Come on. I'm talking about the dictionary definition vs. the Wikipedia definition. Haizum 22:23, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

  9. Macedonia (terminology) - Wikipedia

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    These maps also differed somewhat in the boundaries given to Macedonia. Its only inarguable limits were the Aegean Sea and the Serbian and Bulgarian frontiers (as of 1885); where it bordered Old Serbia, Albania, and Thrace (all parts of Ottoman Rumelia) was debatable. [12]