My+Glossary

Example: I am studying Applied Linguistics
 * __Applied:__**
 * 1 ** ** : ** put to practical use ; //especially// ** : ** applying general principles to solve definite problems
 * 2 ** ** : ** working in an applied science

Example: The children have a happy home environment.
 * __Environment:__**
 * 1 ** ** : ** the circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded
 * 2 a ** ** : ** the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors (as climate, soil, and living things) that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival ** b ** ** : ** the aggregate of social and cultural conditions that influence the life of an individual or community
 * 3 ** ** : ** the position or characteristic position of a linguistic element in a sequence
 * 4 ** ** : ** a computer interface from which various tasks can be performed 
 * synonyms ** see background

Example: The magazine wil be ready tonight. Example: there's a growing trend towards cycling to work.
 * __Magazine:__**
 * 1 ** ** : ** a place where goods or supplies are stored ** : ** warehouse
 * 2 ** ** : ** a room in which powder and other explosives are kept in a fort or a ship
 * 3 ** ** : ** the contents of a magazine: as ** a ** ** : ** an accumulation of munitions of war ** b ** ** : ** a stock of provisions or goods
 * 4 a ** ** : ** a periodical containing miscellaneous pieces (as articles, stories, poems) and often illustrated; //also// ** : ** such a periodical published online ** b ** ** : ** a similar section of a newspaper usually appearing on Sunday ** c ** ** : ** a radio or television program presenting usually several short segments on a variety of topics
 * 5 ** ** : ** a supply chamber: as ** a ** ** : ** a holder in or on a gun for cartridges to be fed into the gun chamber ** b ** ** : ** a lightproof chamber for films or plates on a camera or for film on a motion-picture projector
 * __Trends:__**
 * 1 a ** ** : ** to extend in a general direction ** : ** follow a general course  ** b ** ** : ** to veer in a new direction ** : ** bend 
 * 2 a ** ** : ** to show a tendency ** : ** incline  ** b ** ** : ** to become deflected ** : ** shift 

// intransitive verb // // transitive verb // Example: He treats it all as a joke.
 * __Treats:__**
 * 1 ** ** : ** to discuss terms of accommodation or settlement ** : ** negotiate
 * 2 ** ** : ** to deal with a matter especially in writing ** : ** discourse —usually used with //of// 
 * 3 ** ** : ** to pay another's expenses (as for a meal or drink) especially as a compliment or as an expression of regard or friendship
 * 1 a ** ** : ** to deal with in speech or writing ** : ** expound ** b ** ** : ** to present or represent artistically ** c ** ** : ** to deal with ** : ** handle 
 * 2 a ** ** : ** to bear oneself toward ** : ** use ** b ** ** : ** to regard and deal with in a specified manner —usually used with //as// 
 * 3 a ** ** : ** to provide with free food, drink, or entertainment  ** b ** ** : ** to provide with enjoyment or gratification
 * 4 ** ** : ** to care for or deal with medically or surgically
 * 5 ** ** : ** to act upon with some agent especially to improve or alter

Example: Topic of the day are cars.
 * __Topics:__**
 * 1 a ** ** : ** one of the general forms of argument employed in probable reasoning ** b ** ** : ** argument, reason
 * 2 a ** ** : ** a heading in an outlined argument or exposition ** b ** ** : ** the subject of a discourse or of a section of a discourse

__**Advertisement:**__ Example: you see that display advertisement
 * 1 ** ** : ** the act or process of advertising
 * 2 ** ** : ** a public notice; //especially// ** : ** one published in the press or broadcast over the air

__**Podcast:**__ a program (as of music or talk) made available in digital format for automatic download over the Internet — ** podcast ** //verb// — ** pod·cast·er ** //noun// Example: Virgin first to create a daily podcast in March.

1 a (1) : a setting or presentation of something in open view (2) : a clear sign or evidence : exhibition b : ostentatious show c : type, composition, or printing designed to catch the eye d : an eye-catching arrangement by which something is exhibited  —often used with on  e : an electronic device (as a cathode-ray tube) that presents information in visual form; also : the visual information 2 : a pattern of behavior exhibited especially by male birds in the breeding season. Example: He didn't ever display his emotions
 * __Display:__**

__Development:__
Example: There is no development.
 * 1** **:** the act, process, or result of [|developing] 
 * 2** **:** the state of being [|developed] 
 * 3** **:** a [|developed] tract of land; //especially// **:** one with houses built on it