"wordlist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wordlists [plural]
Etymology: From word + list. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|word|list}} word + list Head templates: {{en-noun}} wordlist (plural wordlists)
  1. (especially linguistics) A written collection of all words derived from a particular source, or sharing some other characteristic. Tags: especially Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (collection of all words from a particular source): բառացանկ (baṙacʻank) (Armenian), woordenlijst (Dutch), sanalista (Finnish), Wörterliste [feminine] (German), Wortliste [feminine] (German), szójegyzék (Hungarian), szólista (Hungarian), szószedet (Hungarian), foclóirín [masculine] (Irish), Wöörlist [feminine] (Low German), Woortlist [neuter] (Low German), сло́вник (slóvnik) [masculine] (Russian), vödalised (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-wordlist-en-noun-bbNFzmeo Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'collection of all words from a particular source': 85 15
  2. (publishing) The section of a style guide that lists particular words and terms, arranged alphabetically, to show for each one the preferred orthographic styling (e.g., hyphenation, spelling variant), as well as any usage prescription to be enforced about its usage. Categories (topical): Publishing
    Sense id: en-wordlist-en-noun-CMMDDPKC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Low German translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Low German translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 8 92 Topics: media, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: word list, word-list Related terms: wordbook, wordfinding, glossary, lexicon, terminography, terminology

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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