terminology

CEFRB2

/ˌtɜː.məˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The special words used in a subject.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The scientific study of such terms.

Examples

  • Railway workers have their own particular terminology.

  • This is no time to quibble over terminology.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The set of terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms.

  2. A treatise on terms, especially those used in a specialised field.

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In context

  • Each science has its own terminology.

  • Ad for advertisement is struggling hard for general recognition; some of its compounds, e. g., ad-writer, want-ad, display-ad, ad-card, ad-rate, column-ad and ad-man, are already accepted in technical terminology.

  • Language is always changing — but it shouldn’t become inflexible, especially when new terminologies, in the name of inclusion, sometimes wind up making others feel excluded.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From French terminologie or German Terminologie and their source, New Latin terminologia, from Medieval Latin terminus (“a term”) + -ologia (“study of”), from -o- (“(interconsonantal)”) + -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”).