Gloss

See: Word Sense Definition, Glossary, Glossary Term Definition.

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References

2014

• http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gloss#Noun_2
  1. Template:Context A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation.
  2. Template:Context A brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression, usually inserted in the margin or between lines of a text.
  3. Template:Context A glossary; a collection of such notes.
  4. Template:Context An extensive commentary on some text.
  5. Template:Context A deliberately misleading explanation.

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  6. Template:Context A brief explanation in speech or in a written work, including a synonym used with the intent of indicating the meaning of the word to which it is applied
  7. Template:Context An interpretation by a court of specific point within a statute or case law

2009

• (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gloss
  • S: (n) gloss, rubric (an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text)
  • S: (n) glossary, gloss (an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field)
  • S: (n) polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish (the property of being smooth and shiny)
  • S: (n) semblance, gloss, color, colour (an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading) "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"
  • S: (v) gloss (give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing)
  • S: (v) gloss, comment, annotate (provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases) "He annotated on what his teacher had written"
  • S: (v) gloss (provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase)
  • S: (v) color, colour, gloss (give a deceptive explanation or excuse for) "color a lie"

2007

• (Matthews, 2007) ⇒ Peter H Matthews. (2007). “Oxford Concise Dictionary of Linguistics." Oxford University Press
  • QUOTE: gloss Any explanation of the meaning of a word or expression. Traditionally of glosses added to texts: e.g. a translation into Old Irish in the margin of a manuscript in Latin. Then to entries in glossary or collection of glosses, or in dictionaries.

2005

• (ANSI Z39.19, 2005) ⇒ ANSI. (2005). “ANSI/NISO Z39.19 - Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of Monolingual Controlled Vocabularies." ANSI.
  • QUOTE: gloss: An explanation or definition of an obscure or ambiguous word in a text. See also qualifier.

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