#verbal_account__report__account  the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"
  supertype:  making_known__informing  a speech act that conveys information
  equal:  say (pm)
  subtype:  summary__summarization__summarisation  brief account that presents the main points in a concise form
     subtype:  literary_argument__argument  a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie; "the editor added the argument to the poem"
     subtype:  compendium  a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
     subtype:  abridgement__condensation__abridgment__capsule  a shortened version of a written work
     subtype:  conspectus  an overall summary
     subtype:  curriculum_vitae__CV__resume  a summary of your academic and work history
     subtype:  line_score  a summary of the scoring in a game (usually in tabular form)
     subtype:  synopsis__outline__abstract__precis__adumbration  a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
        subtype:  brief  a condensed written summary or abstract
        subtype:  apercu  a short synopsis
        subtype:  epitome  a brief abstract (as of an article or book)
     subtype:  overview  a general summary of a subject; "the treasurer gave a brief overview of the financial consequences"
     subtype:  recapitulation__recap__review  a summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
     subtype:  roundup.summary  a summary list; as in e.g. "a news roundup"
     subtype:  resume__sketch__survey  short descriptive summary (of events)
     subtype:  summing_up__summingup__summation__rundown  a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
  subtype:  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'")
  subtype:  direct_discourse__direct_quotation  a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., "he said `I am a fool'")
  subtype:  debriefing  report of a mission or task
  subtype:  anecdote  short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
  subtype:  narration__narrative__story__recital__yarn  an account describing incidents or events; "a farfetched narrative"; "after dinner he told the children stories of his adventures"
     subtype:  tall_tale  an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story
     subtype:  folktale__folk_tale  a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk
        subtype:  Arabian_Nights'_Entertainment__Arabian_Nights__Thousand_and_One_Nights  a collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century
     subtype:  sob_story__sobstory__sob_stuff__sobstuff  a sentimental story or personal distress; designed to arouse sympathy
     subtype:  fairytale__fairy_story__fairystory  a story about fairies; told to amuse children
     subtype:  nursery_rhyme__nurseryrhyme  a tale in rhymed verse for children
     subtype:  telling__relation__recounting  an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable"
  subtype:  gossip__comment__scuttlebutt  a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"
     subtype:  earful  an outpouring of gossip
     subtype:  rumor__rumour__hearsay  gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
     subtype:  word_of_mouth__grapevine__pipeline  gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth"
     subtype:  malicious_gossip__maliciousgossip__scandal__dirt  disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
     subtype:  talk_of_the_town__talk  idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"

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