unfamiliar term
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunfamiliarandterm
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unfamiliar
adjective
uk/ʌn.fəˈmɪl.i.ər/us/ʌn.fəˈmɪl.i.jɚ/
not known ...
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term
noun
uk/tɜːm/us/tɝːm/
the fixed period of time that something ...
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This constraint proposes an extreme noun bias, with children treating everyunfamiliartermas if it picked out an object.
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But the relations between two new terms, or between a familiar and anunfamiliarterm, typically go unspecified.
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It may be a moreunfamiliarterm, but the result is the same.
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Finally, between the end notes and the references there is a glossary of potentially unfamiliar terms used in the book.
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The reader is referred to 2 for definitions of unfamiliar terms.
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Three- and four-year-olds are presented with objects and taught unfamiliar terms for them, and then tested.
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Notice that this should happen more often with unfamiliar terms than with familiar ones.
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Whether adults offer unfamiliar terms directly or through repairs, they license additional inferences about the probable meaning of the target term.
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These are unfamiliar terms, and the hazards are so horrible that you cannot expect people to have balanced mathematical approaches to those hazards.
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A certain admixture, accordingly, of unfamiliar terms is necessary.
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While glossaries are most commonly associated with non-fiction books, in some cases, fiction novels may come with a glossary for unfamiliar terms.
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Entering her chemistry class, she is bewildered by the array of unrecognized pieces of apparatus and the unfamiliar terms used.
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