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General term for singularize and pluralize
I'm looking for a word (or small number of words) that is the general term for singularizing or pluralizing a word.
I've thought about "inflection"/"inflect", but inflection ...
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1 word for books, videos, podcasts, speeches, etc. (learning materials)
Do you have any suggestions? I have some already in my list which I am still not satisfied yet:
medium/media
asset/assets
publication/publications
resource/resources
source/sources
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Left and Right are "Sides"; Front and Rear are "Ends"; Top and Bottom are...?
I'm looking for a fitting word in the context of design/engineering. We have long structural members that go in an assembly and we need to be able to describe them based on their orientation and ...
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Generalization of "player" and "team" in sports [duplicate]
In a programming context, I need to refer to players and teams interchangeably (in sports). I'm looking for a word - noun or adjective - that would be a generalization of those two terms. I can't seem ...
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Better hypernym to substitute for “business agenda”
I'm using the words “business agenda” to describe the set of tasks, documents, processes, features and other artifacts that are related to a single “function” executed by a business. In my language (...
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What is an English term for grouping bills and credit notes?
I'm wondering if there is a generic term to talk about bills and credit notes, in other terms, the money I'll receive and the money I owe.
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Hypernym for "interpolation" and "extrapolation"
Interpolation typically means modeling the values of some curve inside the given data, and extrapolation — outside the given data. For example, if I know the temperature on Monday and Wednesday, ...
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Word for morally negative sexual behavior
I'm searching for a broad word that is summarized by sexual transgression. Is there a single word to describe a type of behavior of those that pursue rape, pedophilia, adultery, incest, or molestation?...
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Hypernym for "profile" and "preference" in the context of dating or match-making [closed]
The context is love-matching or match-making.
I am looking for one term/word to address a dating/mating condition that people would have when matching. It's more complicated and thorough than a ...
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Word that covers the following: A single episode of a series, a single movie (in a series of movies or not), an audio track (on an album or not)
As described in the title, I'm searching for a word that covers all this different meanings. All of these meanings are in the field media but that didn't help me finding a word.
One first guess of a ...
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What's the word for a counterparty of a customer?
When I want to refer to the people (and organizations) who supply me with the goods and services I consume---that is, those of whom I am a customer---what word do I use?
My candidates:
Customee
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Generic word for hyphen, dash, minus sign, etc.?
I look for a proper English word that could be an informal generic term for “bar-like” typographic marks such as hyphens, dashes, minus signs and so on.
Is it bar? line? stroke? or another?
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Referring to people from different parts of United Kingdom
I see four people in front of me. One is from Wales, one is from Scotland, one is from England and one is from Northern Ireland. I can say about each one "He is Scottish/Welsh/English". But, how do I ...
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Is there a word like "sides" that means "top or bottom"?
"Sides" can be used to describe positioning relative to the left or right of an object. Is there a corresponding word that has the same meaning for the top or bottom of an object?
For example, if I ...
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Alternative word for "media" for disks, USB storage etc
I'm looking for a generic word to describe (removable) computer storage such as CDs, USB sticks, floppies etc which is as clear as possible to non-technical people. It doesn't have to clearly ...
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