| informed |  |  | 
| adj.  | 1. informed | having much knowledge or education.; "an informed public"; "informed opinion"; "the informed customer" | 
 |  ~ educated | possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge). | 
 |  ~ enlightened | having knowledge and spiritual insight. | 
 |  ~ abreast, au courant, au fait, up on | being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge.; "kept abreast of the latest developments"; "constant revision keeps the book au courant"; "always au fait on the latest events"; "up on the news" | 
 |  ~ advised | having received information.; "be kept advised" | 
 |  ~ conversant, familiar | (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly.; "conversant with business trends"; "familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar with those roads" | 
 |  ~ educated, enlightened | characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved.; "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate" | 
 |  ~ hep, hip, hip to | informed about the latest trends. | 
 |  ~ knowing, wise to, wise | evidencing the possession of inside information. | 
 |  ~ knowledgeable, knowing | alert and fully informed.; "a knowing collector of rare books"; "surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on" | 
 |  ~ privy | (followed by `to') informed about something secret or not generally known.; "privy to the details of the conspiracy" | 
 |  ~ well-read | well informed or deeply versed through reading.; "respect for a well-read man"; "well-read in medieval history" | 
 |  ~ sophisticated | having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire.; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book" | 
| reported |  |  | 
| adj.  | 1. reported | made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account.; "his reported opinion"; "the reported findings" | 
 |  ~ according | (followed by `to') as reported or stated by.; "according to historians" | 
 |  ~ notifiable | requiring that official notification be given.; "a notifiable disease" | 
 |  ~ reportable | meriting report.; "years of research produced no reportable results" | 
| account |  |  | 
| n. (communication) | 1. account, chronicle, history, story | a record or narrative description of past events.; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead" | 
 |  ~ history | the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings.; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view" | 
 |  ~ ancient history | a history of the ancient world. | 
 |  ~ etymology | a history of a word. | 
 |  ~ case history | detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment. | 
 |  ~ historical document, historical paper, historical record | writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.). | 
 |  ~ chronological record, annals | a chronological account of events in successive years. | 
 |  ~ biography, life history, life story, life | an account of the series of events making up a person's life. | 
 |  ~ record | anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events.; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques" | 
 |  ~ recital | a detailed account or description of something.; "he was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings" | 
| n. (communication) | 2. account, news report, report, story, write up | a short account of the news.; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious" | 
 |  ~ news | information reported in a newspaper or news magazine.; "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated" | 
 |  ~ newsletter, newssheet | report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group. | 
 |  ~ bulletin | a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast). | 
 |  ~ communique, despatch, dispatch | an official report (usually sent in haste). | 
 |  ~ urban legend | a story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false; contains elements of humor or horror and is popularly believed to be true. | 
 |  ~ exclusive, scoop | a news report that is reported first by one news organization.; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials" | 
| n. (state) | 3. account, business relationship | a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services.; "he asked to see the executive who handled his account" | 
 |  ~ brokerage account | a fund that a customer has entrusted to a securities brokerage.; "you can't get a brokerage account unless you have $20,000" | 
 |  ~ bank account | a fund that a customer has entrusted to a bank and from which the customer can make withdrawals.; "he moved his bank account to a new bank" | 
 |  ~ relationship | a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries. | 
 |  ~ short account | a brokerage account of someone who sells short (sells securities he does not own). | 
| n. (communication) | 4. account, explanation | a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc..; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account" | 
 |  ~ statement | a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc.; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" | 
 |  ~ explanandum, explicandum | (logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained. | 
 |  ~ explanans | (logic) statements that explain the explicandum; the explanatory premises. | 
 |  ~ simplification | an explanation that omits superfluous details and reduces complexity. | 
 |  ~ accounting | a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes.; "he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions" | 
 |  ~ reason | an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon.; "the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly" | 
 |  ~ justification | a statement in explanation of some action or belief. | 
 |  ~ exposition | an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse.; "we would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background" | 
 |  ~ explication | a detailed explanation of the meaning of something. | 
 |  ~ gloss, rubric | an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text. | 
 |  ~ deriving, etymologizing, derivation | (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase. | 
 |  ~ definition | a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol. | 
 |  ~ interpretation | an explanation that results from interpreting something.; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence" | 
 |  ~ walk-through | a thorough explanation (usually accompanied by a demonstration) of each step in a procedure or process.; "she gave me a walk-through of my new duties" | 
| n. (motive) | 5. account, score | grounds.; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful" | 
 |  ~ reason, ground | a rational motive for a belief or action.; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration" | 
| n. (attribute) | 6. account | importance or value.; "a person of considerable account"; "he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance" | 
 |  ~ importance | the quality of being important and worthy of note.; "the importance of a well-balanced diet" | 
| n. (possession) | 7. account, account statement, accounting | a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance.; "they send me an accounting every month" | 
 |  ~ financial statement, statement | a document showing credits and debits. | 
 |  ~ capital account | (finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date. | 
 |  ~ capital account | (economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities. | 
 |  ~ profit and loss, profit and loss account | an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss. | 
 |  ~ suspense account | an account used temporarily to carry doubtful receipts and disbursements or discrepancies pending their analysis and permanent classification. | 
 |  ~ balance | equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account. | 
 |  ~ expense account, travel and entertainment account | an account to which salespersons or executives can charge travel and entertainment expenses. | 
| n. (communication) | 8. account, report | the act of informing by verbal report.; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple" | 
 |  ~ summarisation, summarization | the act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly. | 
 |  ~ indirect discourse | a report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g.,.; "he said `I am a fool' would be modified to `he said he is a fool'" | 
 |  ~ direct discourse, direct quotation | a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g.,.; "he said `I am a fool'" | 
 |  ~ making known, informing | a speech act that conveys information. | 
 |  ~ megillah | (Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account.; "he insisted on giving us the whole megillah" | 
 |  ~ debriefing | report of a mission or task. | 
 |  ~ anecdote | short account of an incident (especially a biographical one). | 
 |  ~ recital, yarn, narration | the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events.; "his narration was hesitant" | 
 |  ~ scuttlebutt, gossip, comment | a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people.; "the divorce caused much gossip" | 
| n. (communication) | 9. account, bill, invoice | an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered.; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe" | 
 |  ~ financial statement, statement | a document showing credits and debits. | 
 |  ~ electric bill | a bill for money owed for electricity used. | 
 |  ~ hotel bill | statement of charges for staying in a hotel. | 
 |  ~ doctor's bill, medical bill | statement of charges for medical services. | 
 |  ~ phone bill, telephone bill | statement of charges for telephone service. | 
 |  ~ reckoning, tally | a bill for an amount due. | 
 |  ~ tax bill | money owed for taxes. | 
 |  ~ tab, chit, check | the bill in a restaurant.; "he asked the waiter for the check" | 
| n. (attribute) | 10. account | the quality of taking advantage.; "she turned her writing skills to good account" | 
 |  ~ gain, profit | the advantageous quality of being beneficial. | 
| v. (stative) | 11. account | be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something.; "Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam" | 
 |  ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | 
| v. (possession) | 12. account, calculate | keep an account of. | 
 |  ~ credit | accounting: enter as credit.; "We credit your account with $100" | 
 |  ~ balance | compute credits and debits of an account. | 
 |  ~ overbalance | cause to be off balance.; "It is not desirable to overbalance the budget" | 
 |  ~ debit | enter as debit. | 
 |  ~ compound | calculate principal and interest. | 
 |  ~ bill, charge | demand payment.; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights" | 
| v. (communication) | 13. account, describe, report | to give an account or representation of in words.; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental" | 
 |  ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" | 
| v. (communication) | 14. account, answer for | furnish a justifying analysis or explanation.; "I can't account for the missing money" | 
 |  ~ declare | state emphatically and authoritatively.; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" | 
| narrate |  |  | 
| v. (communication) | 1. narrate | provide commentary for a film, for example. | 
 |  ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" | 
| v. (communication) | 2. narrate, recite, recount, tell | narrate or give a detailed account of.; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" | 
 |  ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" | 
 |  ~ relate | give an account of.; "The witness related the events" | 
 |  ~ crack | tell spontaneously.; "crack a joke" | 
 |  ~ yarn | tell or spin a yarn. | 
 |  ~ rhapsodise, rhapsodize | recite a rhapsody. | 
| recount |  |  | 
| n. (act) | 1. recount | an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election. | 
 |  ~ counting, count, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally | the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order.; "the counting continued for several hours" | 
| v. (communication) | 2. recount | count again.; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made" | 
 |  ~ count, numerate, enumerate, number | determine the number or amount of.; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" | 
| relate |  |  | 
| v. (cognition) | 1. associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in | make a logical or causal connection.; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" | 
 |  ~ remember | exercise, or have the power of, memory.; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others" | 
 |  ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" | 
 |  ~ interrelate | place into a mutual relationship.; "I cannot interrelate these two events" | 
 |  ~ correlate | bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation.; "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information" | 
 |  ~ identify | conceive of as united or associated.; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus" | 
 |  ~ free-associate | associate freely.; "Let's associate freely to bring up old memories" | 
 |  ~ have in mind, think of, mean | intend to refer to.; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" | 
| v. (stative) | 2. bear on, come to, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on | be relevant to.; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" | 
 |  ~ allude, advert, touch | make a more or less disguised reference to.; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" | 
 |  ~ center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around | center upon.; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work" | 
 |  ~ go for, apply, hold | be pertinent or relevant or applicable.; "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone" | 
 |  ~ involve, affect, regard | connect closely and often incriminatingly.; "This new ruling affects your business" | 
 |  ~ matter to, interest | be of importance or consequence.; "This matters to me!" | 
| v. (communication) | 3. relate | give an account of.; "The witness related the events" | 
 |  ~ recount, narrate, tell, recite | narrate or give a detailed account of.; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" | 
| v. (stative) | 4. interrelate, relate | be in a relationship with.; "How are these two observations related?" | 
 |  ~ interrelate | place into a mutual relationship.; "I cannot interrelate these two events" | 
 |  ~ predicate | make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition.; "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'" | 
 |  ~ tutor | act as a guardian to someone. | 
 |  ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | 
 |  ~ tie in | be in connection with something relevant.; "This ties in closely with his earlier remarks" | 
| v. (social) | 5. relate | have or establish a relationship to.; "She relates well to her peers" | 
 |  ~ harmonise, harmonize | bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously.; "harmonize the different interests" | 
 |  ~ oblige, obligate, bind, hold | bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted.; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" | 
 |  ~ interact | act together or towards others or with others.; "He should interact more with his colleagues" | 
 |  ~ connect | establish a rapport or relationship.; "The President of this university really connects with the faculty" | 
 |  ~ disrespect | show a lack of respect for. | 
 |  ~ mesh | work together in harmony. | 
 |  ~ take back | resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband. | 
 |  ~ get along with, get on, get on with, get along | have smooth relations.; "My boss and I get along very well" | 
 |  ~ bind, bond, attach, tie | create social or emotional ties.; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" | 
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