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  2. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2007 October 16 ...

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    Still another word for using something for a new purpose is "repurposing". This is a relatively new word and won't be in most dictionaries. I think it tends to imply that the original usage is being abandoned. --Anonymous, edited 01:43 UTC, October 17, 2007. To Macguyver? Confusing Manifestation 05:53, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

  3. Thesaurus (information retrieval) - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus is composed by at least three elements: 1-a list of words (or terms), 2-the relationship amongst the words (or terms), indicated by their hierarchical relative position (e.g. parent/broader term; child/narrower term, synonym, etc.), 3-a set of rules on how to use the thesaurus.

  4. Acronym - Wikipedia

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    The use of Latin and Neo-Latin terms in vernaculars has been pan-European and pre-dates modern English. Some examples of acronyms in this class are: A.M. (from Latin ante meridiem, 'before noon') and P.M. (from Latin post meridiem, 'after noon')

  5. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...

  6. Pseudonym - Wikipedia

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    A pseudonym (/ ˈ sj uː d ə n ɪ m /; from Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos) 'lit. falsely named') or alias (/ ˈ eɪ l i. ə s /) is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true meaning ().

  7. Wikipedia : Templates for discussion/Log/2025 February 3

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    1.4 Template:Phidippus Audax Synonyms. 1.5 Template:Venezuela at Mister Universe. ... Keep My templates have both use cases, so for the puppeteer and suspected puppet.

  8. Stop Using the Word ‘Budget’: Here’s What 5 Money ... - AOL

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    Most people look forward to doing the monthly budget about as much as they look forward to going to the DMV or fishing a dropped cell phone out of the toilet. Explore: Your Biggest Money Etiquette...

  9. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are synonymous. The standard test for synonymy is substitution: one form can be ...