glossary
A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document,…A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).
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1 sensesA list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).
At the back of the book you can find the glossary.
Glossar
глосса́рийglossárij, слова́рьslovárʹ
глоса́рійhlosárij, словничо́кslovnyčók
an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
Examples
7 sentencesThis bilingual glossary contains thousands of terms.
The key words are defined in the book's glossary.
Look up the words you don't know in the glossary.
This glossary formalizes the terms that had previously been used casually.
The editor asked me to append a glossary to the manuscript.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English glosarie, from Latin glossārium, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tFrom Middle English glosarie, from Latin glossārium, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”). Doublet of glossarium.
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Forms
plural: glossaries| Singular | glossary |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field:gloss
Word family
11 related wordsSee also
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