#making_known__informing a speech act that conveys information
supertype: #speech_act the use of language to perform some act
subtype: #apprisal__telling__notification informing by words
subtype: #notice advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement or contract; "we received a notice to vacate the premises"; "he gave notice two months before he moved"
subtype: #pink_slip__pinkslip__dismissal__dismission official notice that you have been fired from your job
subtype: #disclosure__revelation__revealing making something evident
subtype: #tattle__singing__telling disclosing information or giving evidence about another
subtype: #display behavior that makes your feelings public; "a display of emotion"
subtype: #histrionics__histrionic a deliberate display of emotion for effect
subtype: #sackcloth_and_ashes__sackclothandashe a display of extreme remorse or repentance or grief
subtype: #divulgence__divulgement the act of divulging something
subtype: #discovery something that is discovered
subtype: #discovery.disclosure (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case
subtype: #giveaway an unintentional disclosure
subtype: #informing__ratting to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors)
subtype: #leak unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
subtype: #exposure.disclosure the disclosure of something secret; "they feared exposure of their campaign plans"
subtype: #expose__unmasking the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
subtype: #muckraking the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures)
subtype: #presentation.making_known__introduction__intro formally making a person known to another or to the public
subtype: #reintroduction an act of renewed introduction
subtype: #briefing detailed instructions, as for a military operation
subtype: #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"
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"
subtype: #warning a message informing of danger
subtype: #alarmism needless warnings
subtype: #alert__alerting a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
subtype: #caution__caveat a warning against certain acts: "a caveat against unfair practices"
subtype: #false_alarm a warning that is given about something that fails to occur
subtype: #forewarning__premonition an early warning about a future event
subtype: #strategic_warning__strategicwarning (military) a warning prior to the start of a threatening act
subtype: #warning_of_war (military) a warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends war or is preparing for war and is on a course that increases the risk of war
subtype: #tactical_warning (military) a warning after the initiation of a hostile act
subtype: #warning_of_attack (military) a warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends to launch an attack in the near future
subtype: #threat a warning that something unpleasant is immanent; "they were under threat of arrest"
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