Gloss - English meaning

verb

Add notes to (a text or diagram) giving explanation or comment.

Usage examples:

For japanese speakers who use english as a second language, it is helpful to annotate this text in …

verb

To add notes or remarks on a piece of writing

verb

To add a short explanation or opinion to a text or image

Usage examples:

Annotated editions of shakespeare's plays help readers to understand old words., an annotated bibli…

noun

A note by way of explanation or comment added to a text or diagram.

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Marginal annotations

noun

A short explanation or note added to a text or image, or the act of adding short explanations or notes

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The annotation of literary texts makes them more accessible., the revised edition of the book inclu…

noun

A description or piece of information added to data, for example a label saying whether a word is a noun, a verb, etc., or the act of adding this

Usage examples:

Computerized spoken-dialect data with annotations is available., manual annotation is usually perfo…

noun

The quality or state of giving out or reflecting light.

Usage examples:

We can change the brightness of the bulb

noun

The quality of shining with, or of producing, a lot of light

Usage examples:

The brightness of the snow made him blink., the moon's brightness fluctuates as it orbits the plane…

noun

The quality of having very strong colour

Usage examples:

I love the brightness of the colours in this room.

noun

Intense brightness of light.

Usage examples:

The nights were dark, lit only by the brilliance of aegean stars

noun

Great skill or intelligence

Usage examples:

Her first novel showed signs of brilliance.

noun

Great brightness of light or colour

Usage examples:

I had never seen diamonds shine with such brilliance before.

verb

Polish (something, especially metal) by rubbing.

Usage examples:

To burnish copper, i would probably use a drill with a pad attached to the end

noun

The shine on a highly polished surface.

Usage examples:

She wiped them off and underneath the furry tendrils of dust, the burnish of the old polish still g…

verb

To rub metal until it is smooth and shiny

noun

The disguising of military personnel, equipment, and installations by painting or covering them to make them blend in with their surroundings.

Usage examples:

On the trenches were pieces of turf which served for camouflage

verb

Hide or disguise the presence of (a person, animal, or object) by means of camouflage.

Usage examples:

The caravan was camouflaged with netting and branches from trees

noun

The use of leaves, branches, paints, and clothes for hiding soldiers or military equipment so that they cannot be seen against the area around them

Usage examples:

A camouflage jacket

noun

A verbal or written remark expressing an opinion or reaction.

Usage examples:

You asked for comments on the new proposals

verb

Express an opinion or reaction in speech or writing.

Usage examples:

The company would not comment on the venture

verb

To express an opinion

Usage examples:

The lawyer won’t comment publicly on the case., [ c ] one of his comments had to do with the state …

noun

An expression of opinions or offering of explanations about an event or situation.

Usage examples:

A biting social commentary about the divide between rich and poor

noun

A series of remarks describing an event, esp. on radio or television, or a set of written notes explaining or expressing an opinion on a text or subject

Usage examples:

[ c ] the television commentary on the olympic games

noun

A spoken description of an event on the radio or television that is broadcast as the event happens, or the action of providing this description

Usage examples:

Commentary on the commentary on the olympic games was much better on the other channel., after reti…

verb

Interpret (a word or action) in a particular way.

Usage examples:

His words could hardly be construed as an apology

verb

To understand the meaning of something in a particular way

Usage examples:

That comment could be construed in either of two ways.

verb

To understand the meaning, especially of other people's actions and statements, in a particular way

Usage examples:

Any changes to the plan would be construed as indecision.

noun

A detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory.

Usage examples:

A critique of marxist historicism

verb

Evaluate (a theory or practice) in a detailed and analytical way.

Usage examples:

The authors critique the methods and practices used in the research

noun

A report of something such as a political situation or system, or a person's work or ideas, that examines it and provides a judgment, especially a negative one

Usage examples:

Critique of a marxist critique of neo-liberal policy

verb

Give (someone or oneself) a different appearance in order to conceal one's identity.

Usage examples:

We took elaborate measures to disguise ourselves as locals

noun

A means of altering one's appearance to conceal one's identity.

Usage examples:

I put on dark glasses as a disguise

verb

To give a new appearance to a person or thing, especially in order to hide its true form

Usage examples:

Disguise yourself he disguised himself by wearing a false beard., minor skin imperfections can usua…

verb

Make (something) clear; explain.

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Work such as theirs will help to elucidate this matter

verb

To explain or make clear

Usage examples:

[ t ] i hope my book will elucidate the complex issues we face.

verb

To explain something or make something clear

Usage examples:

I don't understand. you'll have to elucidate., the reasons for the change in weather conditions hav…

noun

Explanation that makes something clear; clarification.

Usage examples:

Work that led to the elucidation of the structure of proteins

noun

The act of explaining something or making something clear

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These figures need elucidation., a diagram was provided for further elucidation.

noun

Critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture.

Usage examples:

The task of biblical exegesis

noun

An explanation of a text, especially from the bible, after its careful study

verb

Make (an idea or situation) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts.

Usage examples:

They explained that their lives centred on the religious rituals

verb

Make plain and comprehensible

verb

To make something clear or easy to understand by describing or giving information about it

Usage examples:

[ i ] if there’s anything you don’t understand, i’ll be happy to explain., [ t ] the teacher explai…

noun

A statement or account that makes something clear.

Usage examples:

The birth rate is central to any explanation of population trends

noun

The details or other information that someone gives to make something clear or easy to understand

Usage examples:

[ c ] she gave a detailed explanation of the administration’s health-care proposal., [ c ] he had n…

verb

Analyse and develop (an idea or principle) in detail.

Usage examples:

An attempt to explicate the relationship between crime and economic forces

verb

To explain something in detail, especially a piece of writing or an idea

Usage examples:

This is a book which clearly explicates marx's later writings.

noun

The process of analysing and developing an idea or principle in detail.

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This term is meaningless without further explication and analysis

noun

The act of explaining something in detail, especially a piece of writing or an idea

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His explication of each side's strategies and tactics is gripping., there's too much explication in…

noun

The principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space.

Usage examples:

The house has a half-timbered facade

noun

The front of a building

Usage examples:

The façade is made of limestone., behind her façade of gentleness was a tough competitor.

noun

The front of a building, especially a large or attractive building

Usage examples:

The gallery's elegant 18th-century façade

noun

An additional piece of information printed at the bottom of a page.

Usage examples:

If the income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flow make up the core of a company's f…

verb

Add a footnote or footnotes to (a piece of writing).

Usage examples:

But in a phone interview, troy says that under current academic standards it would be ‘unacceptable…

noun

A note printed at the bottom of a page that gives extra information about something that has been written on that page

noun

The side or part of an object that presents itself to view or that is normally seen or used first; the most forward part of something.

Usage examples:

A page at the front of the book had been torn out

adjective

Of or at the front.

Usage examples:

The front cover of the magazine

verb

(of a building or piece of land) have the front facing or directed towards.

Usage examples:

The flats which fronted crow road

verb

Fit panes of glass into (a window or door frame or similar structure).

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Windows can be glazed using laminated glass

noun

A vitreous substance fused on to the surface of pottery to form an impervious decorative coating.

Usage examples:

People learn how to hand decorate a collection of unglazed pottery with water-based glazes.

noun

A shiny surface given to an object or a food, esp. by covering it with a liquid that shines when it dries

Usage examples:

The pottery was famous for the rich glaze of its vases and jugs., [ t ] the cake was glazed with ra…

verb

Shine brightly, especially with reflected light.

Usage examples:

Light gleamed on the china cats

noun

A faint or brief light, especially one reflected from something.

Usage examples:

The gleam of a silver tray

verb

To shine with a soft light

Usage examples:

Street lights gleamed brightly in the snow., the gleam of silver candlesticks

noun

The quality of being smooth and shiny

Usage examples:

The gold ring reflected in the burnished glossiness of the wood., baste the chicken regularly for b…

noun

The quality of being attractive, but not having serious value or quality

Usage examples:

I don't expect the film to be a history lesson but its glossiness is disappointing., they introduce…

verb

Explain the meaning of (information or actions).

Usage examples:

The evidence is difficult to interpret

verb

Make sense of; assign a meaning to

verb

To describe the meaning of something; examine in order to explain

Usage examples:

It’s difficult to interpret these statistics without knowing how they were obtained., [ i ] i had t…

noun

The action of explaining the meaning of something.

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The interpretation of data

noun

An explanation or opinion of what something means

Usage examples:

[ c ] we had different interpretations of the survey results., [ c ] masur’s interpretation of the …

noun

A particular way of performing a piece of music, a part in a play, etc.

Usage examples:

Her interpretation of juliet was one of the best performances i have ever seen.

noun

A gentle sheen or soft glow.

Usage examples:

The lustre of the milky way

noun

Another term for lustrum.

noun

The brightness that a shiny surface has

Usage examples:

A treatment for restoring the lustre to dull hair, the rich lustre of well-polished furniture, the …

noun

The edge or border of something.

Usage examples:

The eastern margin of the indian ocean

verb

Provide with an edge or border.

Usage examples:

The plant's leaves are margined with yellow

noun

The border of empty space around the written or printed text on a page

Usage examples:

She was in the habit of making notes in the margins of her textbooks., he was reelected by a wide m…

verb

Treat (a person, group, or concept) as insignificant or peripheral.

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By removing religion from the public space, we marginalize it

verb

To treat someone or something as if they are not important

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Now that english has taken over as the main language, the country's native language has been margin…

noun

A covering for all or part of the face, worn as a disguise, or to amuse or frighten others.

Usage examples:

Even the tots wore their costumes and enjoyed the fun, peering through their grotesque masks, and f…

verb

A covering made of fibre or gauze and fitting over the nose and mouth to protect against air pollutants, or made of sterile gauze and worn to prevent infection of the wearer or (in surgery) of the patient.

noun

A covering for all or part of the face, worn for protection or to hide the face

Usage examples:

A gas mask, an exhibit of african masks, the children all wore halloween masks that were supposed t…

noun

A brief record of points or ideas written down as an aid to memory.

Usage examples:

I'll make a note in my diary

verb

Notice or pay particular attention to (something).

Usage examples:

He noted his mother's unusual gaiety

verb

Express the meaning of (something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.

Usage examples:

You can either quote or paraphrase literary texts

noun

A rewording of something written or spoken.

Usage examples:

Scattered here and there in the text are frank paraphrases of lines from virgil, cicero, and quinti…

verb

To state something written or spoken in different words, esp. in a shorter and simpler form to make the meaning clearer

Usage examples:

I’ll have to paraphrase it because i didn’t get a chance to memorize it.

noun

A green or brown film on the surface of bronze or similar metals, produced by oxidation over a long period.

Usage examples:

Many bronzes have been overcleaned, their original patina removed and artificially replaced

noun

A thin layer of a substance, usually green, that develops on the surface of some metals, caused by their reaction to air

verb

Make the surface of (something) smooth and shiny by rubbing it.

Usage examples:

Behind the bar the steward polished glasses busily

noun

A substance used to give something a smooth and shiny surface when rubbed in.

Usage examples:

A tin of shoe polish

adjective

Relating to poland, its inhabitants, or their language.

Usage examples:

The most difficult discussions centred on the polish government and poland's frontiers.

noun

A marginal note or explanatory comment made by a scholiast.

Usage examples:

They fall into two categories: the first, a group of ten plays which have been transmitted to us in…

noun

The outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different.

Usage examples:

She tried to force her thoughts back into some semblance of order

noun

A similarity to something, or the appearance of being or having something

Usage examples:

She’s raising two kids, holding down a full-time job, and trying to maintain some semblance of a pe…

noun

A soft lustre on a surface.

Usage examples:

Black crushed velvet with a slight sheen

verb

Shine or cause to shine softly.

Usage examples:

Men entered with rain sheening their steel helms

noun

A smooth shine or brightness

Usage examples:

The polished floor had a beautiful sheen to it.

verb

Shine with a soft, slightly wavering light.

Usage examples:

The sea shimmered in the sunlight

noun

A soft, slightly wavering light.

Usage examples:

A pale shimmer of moonlight

verb

(of the sun or another source of light) give out a bright light.

Usage examples:

The sun shone through the window

noun

A quality of brightness produced when light is reflected on something.

Usage examples:

My hair has lost its shine

noun

The quality of being shiny

Usage examples:

The delicious shininess of its leaves more than makes up for its slow rate of growth., when searchi…

verb

Allow or cause (something) to be visible.

Usage examples:

A white blouse will show the blood

noun

A spectacle or display, typically an impressive one.

Usage examples:

Spectacular shows of bluebells

verb

Make visible or noticeable

noun

A cloud of smoke created to conceal military operations.

Usage examples:

Troops laid down a smokescreen to cover the rescue of the victims

noun

Something which hides the truth about someone's intentions

Usage examples:

A smokescreen for sth the name change is a smokescreen for something larger., some thought the deci…

verb

Shine brightly with flashes of light.

Usage examples:

Her earrings sparkled as she turned her head

noun

A glittering flash of light.

Usage examples:

There was a sparkle in his eyes

verb

To shine brightly

Usage examples:

The lake sparkled in the sunlight., his writings sparkle with intelligence., we could tell she was …

noun

The outside part or uppermost layer of something.

Usage examples:

The earth's surface

adjective

Relating to or found on the surface of something.

Usage examples:

Surface layers

verb

Rise or come up to the surface of the water or the ground.

Usage examples:

He surfaced from his dive

verb

Express the sense of (words or text) in another language.

Usage examples:

Several of his books were translated into english

verb

Restate from one language into another language

noun

The process of translating words or text from one language into another.

Usage examples:

The translation of the bible into english

noun

The activity or process of changing the words of one language into the words in another language that have the same meaning

Usage examples:

Online translation services are not always as accurate as they should be., translation software, tr…

noun

Resin dissolved in a liquid for applying on wood, metal, or other materials to form a hard, clear, shiny surface when dry.

Usage examples:

Several coats of varnish

verb

Apply varnish to.

Usage examples:

We stripped the floor and varnished it

noun

A clear liquid that you can put on a wooden surface, to protect it and give it a shiny, attractive appearance after drying

Usage examples:

[ u ] the wood can be stained any color and then sealed with a coat of varnish.

noun

A thin decorative covering of fine wood applied to a coarser wood or other material.

Usage examples:

A fine-grained veneer

verb

Cover (something) with a decorative layer of fine wood.

Usage examples:

Factories employed cabinetmakers to veneer looking glasses

noun

A thin layer of decorative wood or other material used to cover a cheaper or less attractive material

Usage examples:

[ c ] it’s a pine table with a mahogany veneer., [ u ] his ethics are pure veneer.