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The word glossary is derived from a Greek word meaning what?

glossary

[glos-uh-ree, glaw-suh-] / ˈglɒs ə ri, ˈglɔ sə- /
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When a client asked her a year ago to design a glossary to train an artificial intelligence system, translator Jessica Spengler realised she was going to train her own replacement.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

Even writing a note about their deadlock was contentious, with two jurors wanting to include language about how the judge didn’t provide a glossary of legal terms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

Health risks and other information contained in this glossary come from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025

Here, you’ll find a glossary breaking down what all the ridiculous terms that get batted around when talking about crypto actually mean.

From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2025

His book begins with a glossary to help the reader make sense of these new words.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

If you find yourself confused by any of these idioms, please consult one of the many “Love Island” glossaries the internet has to offer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2022

There is something about all the interlocked plotlines and the phone book glossaries of characters that I have found hard to parse without the benefit of words on a page.

From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2022

“We were looking through the glossaries to try to find some interesting names,” Bluestone recalled.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2016

Updated daily, the site already contains glossaries for more than 1000 languages from 23 different language families, including 145,000 words.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 30, 2015

Holism is in some of the scientific glossaries but has not yet made it into most standard dictionaries of English.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas


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