glossary

UK /ˈɡlɒs.ə.ɹi/ US /ˈɡlɑ.sə.ɹi/

noun 1

Definitions

noun

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).

At the back of the book you can find the glossary.

Collocations

ADJ.

bilingual, developed, pernicious

The textbook included a developed glossary that explained all the technical terms clearly.

VERB + GLOSSARY

find, know, questions

I had to find the glossary at the back of the textbook to understand the technical terms.

GLOSSARY + NOUN

terms

I checked the glossary terms at the back of the textbook to understand the unfamiliar vocabulary.

PREP.

from, in

I looked up the unfamiliar word in the glossary at the back of the textbook.

ADV.

awfully

I found the technical manual awfully confusing until I checked the glossary at the back.

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Synonyms

noun — an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized

gloss

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

At the back of the book you can find the glossary.

Wiktionary

The key words are defined in the book's glossary.

Tatoeba · #2332756

Look up the words you don't know in the glossary.

Tatoeba · #2332758

The essay itself isn't a problem, but all these pernicious questions and glossary make me awfully mad!

Tatoeba · #3495511

This glossary formalizes the terms that had previously been used casually.

Tatoeba · #6990748

The glossary was developed from one which he had collected with the help of the email list.

Tatoeba · #12183769

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