palavra-vedeta
English translation: entry word
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| 16:48 Jan 6, 2016 |
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|  Selected response from: Mario Freitas Brazil Local time: 03:38 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | key entry |
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| 2 | entry word |
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| 2 | headword |
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| 1 | keyword |
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keyword Explanation: you're going to have to get back to your client I reckon, but it might be this. http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/about/oxford3000 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2016-01-06 18:48:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I am saying that palavra-vedeta (star word) MIGHT mean 'keyword' (that's my answer!) The link shows Oxford using it to describe the 300 important words for basic English. |
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3 hrs confidence:
entry word Explanation: Sugestão |
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21 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1key entry Explanation: Examples: www.jstor.org/stable/471260JSTOR Appleton's Revised English-Spanish '& Spanish-English Dictionary. By .... **Under the key entry green we find the sub-entry green sand** which is glossed "(no ... kdictionaries.com/kdn/kdn16/kdn1606magi.html... are many derivatives under a single entry, the index is relevant for supporting the significance of the **key entry.** ... English-Estonian Semi-Bilingual Dictionary. https://sites.google.com/.../downloads-columbia-act-rhyming-... Download ebook Commercial Trucking Bilingual Dictionary EnglishSpanish ..... **Each key entry has a sample sentence** in the form of a Sentence Completion ... |
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headword Explanation: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/headword?s=t "a word, phrase, or the like, appearing as the heading of a chapter, dictionary or encyclopedia entry, etc." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 horas (2016-01-06 19:27:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry, lexical, I thought about it but I forgot to mention my rationale for my suggestion: Since "vedeta" means the main star, the main actor, etc., I think "palavra vedeta" probably means "the main word", "the main entry", which in dictionaries are usually referred to as "headword". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 horas (2016-01-07 15:20:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headword "A headword, head word, lemma, or sometimes catchword is the word under which a set of related **dictionary** or encyclopaedia entries appear." https://www.wordnik.com/words/headword A word, phrase, or name, usually set in boldface or other distinctive type, that serves as the heading for an entry in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or similar reference work. The Chambers Dictionary https://books.google.com.br/books?isbn=8186062254 Order of entries. All entries are listed alphabetically, each entry having as a basic pattern the following elements: (1) Headword... |
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