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WRITTEN REPORT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A written document describing the findings of some individual or group

Example:

this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale

Synonyms:

report; study; written report

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("written report" is a kind of...):

document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "written report"):

assay (a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance)

case study (a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure)

white book; white paper (a government report; bound in white)

blue book (a report published by the British government; bound in blue)

green paper (a preliminary report of government proposals that is published in order to stimulate discussion)

progress report (a report of work accomplished during a specified time period)

position paper (a report that explains or justifies or recommends some particular policy)

medical report (a report of the results of a medical examination of a patient)

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