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A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.

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Assumption 76% connected

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

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Book 76% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

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Premise 76% connected

A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

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Premiss 76% connected

Premise.

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Scene 76% connected

The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the st…

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Script 76% connected

A writing; a written document.

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Setting 76% connected

of Set

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Strategy 84% connected

The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship.

strategy vocabulary 55% interchangeable

A plausible description of a future situation.

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Capability noun · 89% connection

The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.

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Objective adjective · 89% connection

Of or pertaining to an object.

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Forecast verb · 81% connection

To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project.

Appears with this word in Strategic business vocabulary.
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Governance noun · 81% connection

Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.

Appears with this word in Strategic business vocabulary.
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Stakeholder noun · 81% connection

The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are deposited when a wager is laid.

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Transformation noun · 81% connection

The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition.

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Alignment noun · 80% connection

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…

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Priority adjective · 80% connection

The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.

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Analogy noun · 86% connection

an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Literature and rhetoric, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Logic and argument.
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Argument noun · 86% connection

a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your l…

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Argumentation noun · 86% connection

a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your l…

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Cogency noun · 86% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Conclusion noun · 86% connection

the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllo…

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Corollary noun · 86% connection

(logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition

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Debate noun · 86% connection

a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

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Deduction noun · 86% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Deductive reasoning noun · 86% connection

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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Derivation noun · 86% connection

a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions

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Entailment noun · 86% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Illation noun · 86% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Implication noun · 86% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Inference noun · 86% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Line noun · 86% connection

a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your l…

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Logic and argument.
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Logic noun · 86% connection

reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"

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Logical adjective · 86% connection

capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning; "a logical mind"

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Logic and argument.
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Presumption noun · 86% connection

(law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed

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Arrangement noun · 78% connection

A piece so adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte arrangement of Beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an o…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: preliminary, sketch, plot, main, incidents.
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Artiste noun · 78% connection

One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: preliminary, sketch, plot, main, incidents.
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Binocle noun · 78% connection

A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double-barre…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: preliminary, sketch, plot, main, incidents.
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Binocular noun · 78% connection

A binocular glass, whether opera glass, telescope, or microscope.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: preliminary, sketch, plot, main, incidents.
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Body noun · 78% connection

The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: preliminary, sketch, plot, main, incidents.
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Bouffe noun · 78% connection

Comic opera. See Opera Bouffe.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: preliminary, sketch, plot, main, incidents.
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