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glossary

[ glos-uh-ree, glaw-suh- ]

noun

, plural glos·sa·ries.
  1. a list of terms in a special subject, field, or area of usage, with accompanying definitions.
  2. such a list at the back of a book, explaining or defining difficult or unusual words and expressions used in the text.


glossary

/ ɡlɒˈsɛərɪəl; ˈɡlɒsərɪ /

noun

  1. an alphabetical list of terms peculiar to a field of knowledge with definitions or explanations Sometimes calledgloss
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • glossarial, adjective
  • glosˈsarially, adverb
  • ˈglossarist, noun
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Other Words From

  • glos·sar·i·al [glo-, sair, -ee-, uh, l, glaw-], adjective
  • glos·sari·al·ly adverb
  • glossa·rist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of glossary1

1350–1400; Middle English glossarye < Latin glōssarium difficult word requiring explanation < Greek glōssárion, diminutive of glôssa tongue, language; later taken as a collection of such words, by construing suffix as Latin -ārium -ary; gloss 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of glossary1

C14: from Late Latin glossārium; see gloss ²
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Example Sentences

The document included a glossary of terms to be used to address the LGBTQ and intersex community, and it came from the Madras High Court.

Bustle parent company BDG’s Inclusivity Guide, created by the company’s Inclusion Council, goes over how to promote diversity “while not being tokenizing,” and also includes a glossary of terms to avoid, according to a spokesperson.

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The page includes a pandemic glossary, a vaccine explainer and a guide to identifying misinformation.

If you’re new to the chat and wondering about acronyms, here’s a glossary of frequently-used chat terms.

A glossary of what all those strange phrases in classic Christmas songs really mean.

The nine-page glossary in the back of the book is helpful, but only up to a point.

The downside is that you may read in a perpetual state of glossary-checking and Goodreads-searching.

The essential glossary here: “Molly” is a slang word for MDMA, a drug often used for date rape; “that” is the date raping.

Plus, read an account of an escape from Scientology's Sea Org and a Scientology glossary.

He prepared a glossary of provincial and archological words, intended for a supplement to Johnson's Dictionary.

It has a complete glossary of terms, and is illustrated with two hundred original drawings.

Except for yogh, h-stroke and paired , unusual letters appear only in the editorial material (introduction, notes and glossary).

The preceding examples give most of the more important weak verbs; others can be found in the Glossary.

Also, of the pronoun me; as in d m'endyte, G 32; see M' in the Glossary, p. 157.

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