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spreadsheet spread‧sheet /ˈspredʃiːt/ ●○○ noun [countable]1 a computer program that can show and calculate financial information2 a document that contains rows and columns of numbers that can be used to calculate something e.g.: • The spreadsheet is 127 by 255 cells.• The spreadsheet program can produce graphics.• The graph provides an overall picture of the data, which simplifies spotting trends or correlation of data in your spreadsheet.
column col‧umn /ˈkɒləm $ ˈkɑː-/ ●●○ W2 noun [countable]1 a tall solid upright stone post used to support a building or as a decoration2 a line of numbers or words written under each other that goes down a page in a column Add up the numbers in each column. column of a column of figures e.g.:a row of Greek columns• His column appears every other week in the local paper.• Did you read Julie Burchill's column in the Guardian this week?• Sales totals are shown in this column.• Effective rate for contracts entered into two days from date appearing at top of this column.
row row1 /rəʊ $ roʊ/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable]1 a line of things or people next to each otherrow of a row of houses rows of treesin a row The children were asked to stand in a row. row upon row (=many rows) of shelves stacked with books2 a line of seats in a theatre or cinema We sat in the front row.3 → in a row
file file1 /faɪl/ ●●● S1 W2 AWL noun [countable]1 a set of papers, records etc that contain information about a particular person or subjectfile on Mendoza read over the file on the murders. The FBI keeps files on former White House employees. We will keep your details on file (=store them for later use).police/case/medical etc file a copy of the court file2 a box or piece of folded card in which you store loose papers She pulled a blue file from the shelf.3 information on a computer that you store under a particular name a list of all the files and folders on your hard disk4, 5, 6, ...
folder fold‧er /ˈfəʊldə $ ˈfoʊldər/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable]1 a container for keeping loose papers in, made of folded card or plastic (in German = Mappe)2 a group of related documents that you store together on a computer
header When referring to texts, only used for the meaning given here head‧er /ˈhedə $ -ər/ noun [countable]1 an action in football in which you hit the ball with your head2 information at the top of a page, especially things such as numbers that appear on each page of a document
heading head‧ing /ˈhedɪŋ/ ●●○ noun [countable]the title written at the beginning of a piece of writing, or at the beginning of part of a book
headline Only used in relation to news head‧line1 /ˈhedlaɪn/ ●●○ noun [countable]the title of a newspaper report, which is printed in large letters above the report
website web‧site /ˈwebsaɪt/ ●●● S2 W1 noun [countable]a place on the Internet where you can find information about something, especially a particular organization For more information on weight loss and healthy eating, visit our website.on a website Responses will be posted (=put) on the website.
homepage Does not refer to a whole site, just the first page. home‧page, home page /ˈhəʊmpeɪdʒ $ ˈhoʊm-/ ●●● S2 W1 noun [countable]the first page of a website, which often contains links to other pages on that website
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keyboard shortcut a key or combination of keys that you can press on a computer keyboard as a quick way of achieving a particular result- Cambridge
spellcheck spell‧check /ˈspeltʃek/ (also spell check) noun [countable]1the act of checking that the spelling in a computer document is correct, using a special computer programA simple spellcheck after a page edit can be useful.2a computer program that checks that the spelling in a computer document is correctSYNspellchecker
blog The place you will find blog posts, not the posts themselves. blog /blɒɡ $ blɑːɡ/ ●●○ noun [countable]a web page containing information or opinions from a particular person or about a particular subject, to which new information is added regularly
blogpost or post One entry on a blog something that has been written as part of a blog
conscientious con‧sci‧en‧tious /ˌkɒnʃiˈenʃəs◂ $ ˌkɑːn-/ ●○○ adjective careful to do everything that it is your job or duty to do A conscientious teacher may feel inclined to take work home. a conscientious and hard-working student
professor pro‧fes‧sor /prəˈfesə $ -ər/ ●●● S3 W3 noun [countable] 1 British English a teacher of the highest rank in a university department Professor Barclayprofessor of Chinese/economics/religion etc She’s been named the professor of English.2 American English a teacher of higher rank at a university or college Ted’s a college professor.biology/history/French etc professor Who’s your chemistry professor?→ assistant professor, associate professor
course course1 /kɔːs $ kɔːrs/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1 → of course2 → of course not3 EDUCATION [countable]a) a series of lessons in a particular subject SYN class American English Andy’s doing a one-year journalism course.course on/in a course on architecture I’m taking a course in graphic design.b) British English a period of study in a particular subject, especially at university SYN program American English a degree course in photography► Course is never followed by ‘of’. Don’t say ‘a course of Business Studies’. Say ‘a course in Business Studies’.
programme / program pro‧gramme British English, program American English /ˈprəʊɡræm $ ˈproʊ-/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable] 1 PLAN a series of actions which are designed to achieve something important the US space programprogramme to do something a United Nations programme to control the spread of AIDSprogramme of a programme of economic reforms2 TELEVISION/RADIO something that you watch on television or listen to on the radio What’s your favourite television programme? news and current affairs programmesprogramme about/on There’s a programme about killer whales next.see/watch a programme3 EDUCATION American English a course of study Stanford University’s MBA program a research program
Studium Can be translated using a number of words, such as:- program(me)- degree- course of study- BA- Bachelor's degree- course
translate trans‧late /trænsˈleɪt, trænz-/ ●●● S3 verb 1 CHANGE LANGUAGES [intransitive, transitive] to change written or spoken words into another language → interprettranslate something (from something) into something Translate the text from Italian into English. Poetry doesn’t usually translate well.translate as Dagda, an ancient Irish deity, literally translates as ‘the good god’.
interpret in‧ter‧pret /ɪnˈtɜːprɪt $ -ɜːr-/ ●●○ W3 AWL verb 1 [intransitive, transitive] to translate spoken words from one language into another They spoke good Spanish, and promised to interpret for me.2 [transitive] to believe that something someone does or something that happens has a particular meaninginterpret something as something His refusal to work late was interpreted as a lack of commitment to the company.3 [transitive] to explain the meaning of something Freud’s attempts to interpret the meaning of dreams4 [transitive] to perform a part in a play, a piece of music etc in a way that shows your feelings about it or what you think it means
run-on sentence ˈrun-on ˌsentence noun [countable] especially American English a sentence that has two main clauses without connecting words or correct punctuation
indent in‧dent1 /ɪnˈdent/ verb [transitive] to start a line of writing further towards the middle of the page than other lines Use the Tab key to indent the first line of the paragraph.
paragraph par‧a‧graph /ˈpærəɡrɑːf $ -ɡræf/ ●●● S2 AWL noun [countable] part of a piece of writing which starts on a new line and contains at least one sentence the opening paragraphs of the novel
outline out‧line1 /ˈaʊtlaɪn/ ●●○ noun 1 [countable, uncountable] the main ideas or facts about something, without the details a research proposal outlineoutline of an outline of world historybroad/rough/general outline a broad outline of the committee’s plansin outline A debt reduction scheme was agreed in outline (=people agreed on its main points).2 [countable, uncountable] a line around the edge of something which shows its shapeoutline of The outlines of animals were cut into the rock. an outline map of Europein outline figures drawn in outline3 [countable] a plan for a piece of writing in which each new idea or fact is separately written down Always write an outline for your essays.
draft draft /drɑːft $ dræft/ ●●○ S3 W3 AWL noun [countable] 1 PIECE OF WRITING a piece of writing or a plan that is not yet in its finished form the rough draft of his new novel I read the first draft and thought it was very good. All parties eventually approved the final draft (=finished form) of the peace treaty.2 → the draft3 MONEY especially British English a written order for money to be paid by a bank, especially from one bank to another4 SPORTS American English a system in which professional teams choose players from colleges to join their teams5 COLD AIR/BEER the American spelling of draught
peer review peer1 /pɪə $ pɪr/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 [usually plural] formal your peers are the people who are the same age as you, or who have the same type of job, social class etc American children did less well in math than their peers in Japan. Staff members are trained by their peers.→ peer group, peer pressure
submit sub‧mit /səbˈmɪt/ ●●○ S3 W3 AWL verb (submitted, submitting) 1 [transitive] to give a plan, piece of writing etc to someone in authority for them to consider or approvesubmit an application/claim/proposal etc All applications must be submitted by Monday.2 [intransitive, transitive] formal to agree to obey someone or something or to go through a process, especially when you have no choice SYN give insubmit to Derek has agreed to submit to questioning.3 ...
part of speech ˌpart of ˈspeech ●●○ noun (plural parts of speech) [countable] technical one of the types into which words are divided in grammar according to their use, such as noun, verb, or adjective
register re‧gis‧ter1 /ˈredʒɪstə $ -ər/ ●●○ S3 W3 AWL noun 1 OFFICIAL LIST [countable] an official list of names of people, companies etc, or a book that has this listregister of the official register of births, deaths, and marriages Have you signed the hotel register? Police want a national register of DNA samples.the electoral register (=official list of voters)call/take the register British English old-fashioned (=say the names of the students in a class, to check who is there)2 LANGUAGE STYLE [countable, uncountable] technical the words, style, and grammar used by speakers and writers in a particular situation or in a particular type of writingformal/informal register letters written in a formal register3 MUSIC [countable] technical the range of musical notes that someone’s voice or a musical instrument can reachthe upper/middle/lower register the upper register of the cello4 MACHINE [countable] a cash register5 ...
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cohesion co‧he‧sion /kəʊˈhiːʒən $ koʊ-/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 1 if there is cohesion among a group of people, a set of ideas etc, all the parts or members of it are connected or related in a reasonable way to form a whole a sense of community and social cohesion2 technical a close relationship, based on grammar or meaning, between two parts of a sentence or a larger piece of writing
relative clause ˌrelative ˈclause ●●○ noun [countable] technical a part of a sentence that has a verb in it, and is joined to the rest of the sentence by ‘who’, ‘which’, ‘where’ etc, for example the phrase ‘who lives next door’ in the sentence ‘The man who lives next door is a doctor.’
phrasal verb ˌphrasal ˈverb ●●○ noun [countable] a group of words that is used like a verb and consists of a verb with an adverb or preposition after it, for example ‘set off’ or ‘look after’. In this dictionary, phrasal verbs are marked ‘phr v’
idiomatic id‧i‧o‧mat‧ic /ˌɪdiəˈmætɪk◂/ ●○○ adjective 1 → idiomatic expression/phrase2 typical of the natural way in which someone speaks or writes when they are using their own language He had the ability to write fluent and idiomatic English. the idiomatic richness of the Spanish language
collocation col‧lo‧ca‧tion /ˌkɒləˈkeɪʃən $ ˌkɑː-/ noun [countable, uncountable] technical the way in which some words are often used together, or a particular combination of words used in this way ‘Commit a crime’ is a typical collocation in English.
glossary glos‧sa‧ry /ˈɡlɒsəri $ ˈɡlɒː-, ˈɡlɑː-/ ●○○ noun (plural glossaries) [countable] a list of special words and explanations of their meanings, often at the end of a book
thesaurus the‧sau‧rus /θɪˈsɔːrəs/ noun (plural thesauruses or thesauri /-raɪ/) [countable]a book in which words are put into groups with other words that have similar meanings
metalanguage met‧a‧lan‧guage /ˈmetəˌlæŋɡwɪdʒ/ noun [countable, uncountable]words that are used for talking about or describing language
article ar‧ti‧cle /ˈɑːtɪkəl $ ˈɑːr-/ ●●● S2 W1 noun [countable]1 NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE a piece of writing about a particular subject 1 in a newspaper or magazinearticle on/about an article on environmental issues The paper’s leading article (=the main article) described the government as weak. newspaper articles2 OBJECT formal a thing, especially one of a group of things SYN item household articles She only took a few articles of clothing with her.► see thesaurus at thing3 LAW a part of a law or legal agreement that deals with a particular point Article 1 of the constitution guarantees freedom of religion.4 GRAMMAR technical a word used before a noun to show whether the noun refers to a particular example of something or to a general example of something. In English, ‘the’ is called the definite article and ‘a’ and ‘an’ are called the indefinite article.5 ...6 ...
adjective ad‧jec‧tive /ˈædʒəktɪv/ ●●● noun [countable]a word that describes a noun or pronoun. In the phrase ‘black hat’, ‘black’ is an adjective and in the sentence ‘It makes her happy’, ‘happy’ is an adjective
noun noun /naʊn/ ●●● noun [countable]a word or group of words that represent a person (such as ‘Michael’, ‘teacher’, or ‘police officer’), a place (such as ‘France’ or ‘school’), a thing or activity (such as ‘coffee’ or ‘football’), or a quality or idea (such as ‘danger’ or ‘happiness’). Nouns can be used as the subject or object of a verb (as in ‘The teacher arrived’ or ‘We like the teacher’) or as the object of a preposition (as in ‘good at football’).
verb verb /vɜːb $ vɜːrb/ ●●● noun [countable]a word or group of words that describes an action, experience, or state, such as ‘come’, ‘see’, and ‘put on'
adverb ad‧verb /ˈædvɜːb $ -vɜːrb/ ●●● noun [countable]a word that adds to the meaning of a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or a whole sentence, such as ‘slowly’ in ‘He ran slowly’, ‘very’ in ‘It’s very hot’, or ‘naturally’ in ‘Naturally, we want you to come.
prepostition prep‧o‧si‧tion /ˌprepəˈzɪʃən/ ●●● noun [countable]a word that is used before a noun, pronoun, or gerund to show place, time, direction etc. In the phrase ‘the trees in the park’, ‘in’ is a preposition
conjunction con‧junc‧tion /kənˈdʒʌŋkʃən/ ●○○ noun1 → in conjunction with somebody/something2 ...3 [countable] technical a word such as ‘and’, ‘but’, or ‘because’ which joins parts of a sentence
pronoun pro‧noun /ˈprəʊnaʊn $ ˈproʊ-/ ●●● noun [countable]a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase, such as ‘he’ instead of ‘Peter’ or ‘the man’→ demonstrative pronoun, personal pronoun
gerund ger‧und /ˈdʒerənd/ noun [countable] technical a noun in the form of the present participle of a verb, for example ‘shopping’ in the sentence ‘I like shopping’
uncountable un‧count‧a‧ble /ʌnˈkaʊntəbəl/ adjective an uncountable noun has no plural form and refers to something which cannot be counted or regarded as either singular or plural, for example ‘money’ or ‘happiness’. In this dictionary uncountable nouns are marked [U]
infinitive in‧fin‧i‧tive /ɪnˈfɪnətɪv/ ●●○ noun [countable] technical in grammar, the basic form of a verb, used with ‘to’ in English. In the sentence ‘I want to watch television’, ‘to watch’ is an infinitive
past participle past participle ●●○ noun [countable] technical the form of a verb used with the verb ‘to have’ in perfect tenses (for example ‘eaten’ in ‘I have eaten’), or with the verb ‘to be’ in the passive (for example ‘changed’ in ‘it was changed’), or sometimes as an adjective (for example ‘broken’ in ‘a broken leg’)