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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

act, deed, human action, human activity go
something that people do or cause to happen

speech act go
the use of language to perform some act

informing, making known go
a speech act that conveys information

account, report
the act of informing by verbal report

noun.communication

8 Subcategories

summarization, summarisation go
the act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof)
indirect discourse go
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 go
a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., "he said `I am a fool'")
megillah go
(Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account
debriefing go
report of a mission or task
anecdote go
short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
yarn, narration, recital go
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
comment, gossip, scuttlebutt go
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people