gloss
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7.0
- noun
- /ɡlɑs/
- Specialized
:
glosa
- Without an explanatory gloss, the quest for the intertext continues.
- give a gloss
- provide a gloss
- a gloss on a term
Aristotle will actually provide us with a little gloss on this, he says.
- Aristotle will actually provide us with a little gloss on this, he says.
- And then here Miller offers a gloss of consciousness from its object.
Examples
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The Academic Council's gloss on the text in the footnote to its presentation of proposed.
Academic text (2003) -
Aristotle will actually provide us with a little gloss on this, he says.
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As such, I am adding a historical gloss to familiar terms of debate. # 17.
Academic text (2017) -
And then here Miller offers a gloss of consciousness from its object.
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A life cannot be encompassed in a full biography, much less a gloss.
Fiction book (1994) -
Some twenty-one separate characteristics are listed; their subsequent gloss forms the longest section of the book.
Academic text (1992) -
The audience needs neither Latin nor a well-developed understanding of allegory because the gloss is embedded in the translation.
Academic text (2004) -
Lila recognizes Ames's attention to the play on "know," with its Biblical gloss of sexual intimacy.
Academic text (2018) -
As Whitford explains in her gloss of Irigaray, "the fundamental ontological category for men is habiter (dwelling)."
Academic text (1994) -
The teacher provided a gloss on the difficult vocabulary used in the poem.
Synonyms
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1.3
A short, clear explanation of what a word or phrase means
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3.5
Explaining difficult technical words in simple everyday language
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4.4
A list of important words in a book with short explanations
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1.4
A short explanation of what a word or phrase means in a dictionary
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8.1
A clear, detailed explanation that helps you understand a text or idea
A short note that explains a difficult or old word in a text
Antonyms
Compounds
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gloss for a short explanation comes from the Greek glōssa meaning 'tongue', and you can see the same root in glossary, so a gloss is like a little 'tongue' in the margin that tells you what a hard word means.