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# glossary

«glossary» in Mova's school dictionary: **A list of hard or special words with their meanings…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a glossary, glossaries)

### meaning for a pupil

A list of hard or special words with their meanings, usually at the back of a book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glossary/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In non-fiction reading and science lessons the glossary helps you understand words printed in bold. A glossary is like a small dictionary just for one book or topic. Phrases: «look it up in the glossary», «add to the glossary».

### examples

- Look up «photosynthesis» in the glossary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glossary/#x1)
- The words in bold are explained in the glossary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glossary/#x2)
- Our class made a glossary of space words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glossary/#x3)
- A glossary is in alphabetical order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glossary/#x4)
- The glossary is on page 32. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glossary/#x5)
- Add «predator» to your science glossary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glossary/#x6)

### note

Plural: glossaries. Different from an index, which tells you which pages a word is on, not what it means.

### In the corpora

- [Ali skips the glossary and then gets stuck on «hibernate»: it means a long winter sleep.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report/15/)
- [A glossary is a list of key words and their meanings, usually at the back of a non-fiction book.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report/29/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «glossary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glossary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.