a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanat…
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Critical review
an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
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consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Analysis and evaluation.evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professio…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Analysis and evaluation.discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Analysis and evaluation.the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Analysis and evaluation.reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Analysis and evaluation.reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Analysis and evaluation.open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups; "This school is completely desegregated"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Analysis and evaluation.shape or form to required dimensions
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Analysis and evaluation.derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical d…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Analysis and evaluation.evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professio…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Analysis and evaluation.act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Analysis and evaluation.a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questi…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Analysis and evaluation.consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Analysis and evaluation.precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes e…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Analysis and evaluation.a relation between people; (‘relationship’ is often used where ‘relation’ would serve, as in ‘the relationship between inflation and u…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Analysis and evaluation.make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Analysis and evaluation.an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious; "the edict was subject to many interpretations"; "he annoyed us with his…
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a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citatio…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: essay, article, gives, critical, evaluation.A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: essay, article, gives, critical, evaluation.Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: essay, article, gives, critical, evaluation.The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and auth…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: essay, article, gives, critical, evaluation.the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the he…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: essay, article, gives, critical, evaluation.A betting man who "makes a book." See To make a book, under Book, n.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: essay, article, gives, critical, evaluation.The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; as, the bosom…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: essay, article, gives, critical, evaluation.Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: essay, article, gives, critical, evaluation.a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citatio…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: essay, article, gives, critical, evaluation.a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citatio…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: essay, article, gives, critical, evaluation.The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: essay, article, gives, critical, evaluation.a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citatio…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: essay, article, gives, critical, evaluation.characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; "a critical reading"; "a critical dissertation"; "a critical analysis of Melville's…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: essay, article, gives, critical, evaluation.
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