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Sublist 1
Sublist 1 - List of words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| analyze | verb. think about something carefully |
| approach | v. move towards |
| area | n. a particular part of a country, town etc |
| assess | v. to make a judgement about a person or situation after thinking about carefully about it |
| assume | v. to think that sth. is true, although you do not have definite proof [= presume] |
| authority | n. the power you have because of your official position |
| available | adj. sth. that is available is able to be used or can easily be bought or found |
| benefit | n. advantage; an advantage, improvement, or help that you get from sth. |
| concept | n. an idea of how something is, or how something should be done |
| consist | v. to be based on or depend on sth. |
| constitute | v. to be considered to be sth. |
| context | n. the situation,events,or information that are related to sth. and help you to understand it |
| contract | n. an official agreement between two or more people,stating what each will do |
| create | v. to make sth. exist that did not exist before |
| data | n. information or facts |
| define | v. to describe sth. correctly and thoroughly, and to say what standards, limits, qualities etc.,make it different from other things |
| derive | vt. to get sth., especially an advantage or a pleasant feeling, from sth. |
| distribute | vt. to share things among a group of people, especially in a planned way [= give out] |
| economy | n. the system by which a country's money and goods are produced and used, or a country considered in this way |
| environment | n. the air, water, and land on Earth, which can be harmed by man's activities |
| establish | v. to start a company,system |
| estimate | n. a calculation of the value,size,amount etc of sth. |
| export | n. the business of selling and sending goods to other countries |
| factor | n. cause/influence |
| finance | n. the management of money by governments, large organizations etc. |
| formula | n. a method or set of principles that you use to solve a problem or to make sure that sth. is successful |
| function | n. the purpose that sth. has, or the job that sb. or sth. does |
| identify | vt. to recognize and correctly name someone or sth. |
| income | n. the money that you earn from your work or that you receive from investments, the government etc. |
| indicate | v. to show that a particular(especial) situation exists |
| individual | adj. considered separately from other people or things in the same group |
| interpret | v. to translate spoken words from one language into another |
| involve | v. if an activity or situation involves sth. ,that thing is part of it or a result of it |
| issue | n. subject/problem |
| labour | n. work, especially physical work |
| legal | adj. if sth. is legal, you are allowed to do it or have to do it by law [≠ illegal] |
| legislate | vi. to make a law about sth. |
| major | adj. having very serious or worrying results |
| method | n. a planned way of doing sth, especially one that a lot of people know about and use |
| occur | v. to happen |
| percent | adj. 5% or 10% etc. |
| period | n. length of time |
| policy | n. something that has been officially agreed and chosen by a political party, business, or other organization |
| principle | n. a moral rule or belief about what is right and wrong, that influences how you behave |
| proceed | vi. to continue to do sth. that has already been planned or started |
| process | n. a series of actions that are done in order to achieve a particular result |
| require | v. to need sth. |
| research | n. serious study of a subject, in order to discover new facts or test new ideas |
| respond | vi. to do sth. as a reaction to sth. that has been said or done [= react] |
| role | n. the way in which sb. or sth. is involved in an activity or situation, and how much influence they have on it |
| section | n. place/object, one of the past that sth. such as an object or place is divided into |
| sector | n. a part of an area of activity, especially of business, trade etc |
| significant | adj. having an important effect or influence, especially on what will |
| source | n. a thing, place, activity etc. that you get something fromthing, person, or group is one particular thing, person, or group: |
| structure | n. the way in which the parts of sth. are connected with each other and form a whole, or the thing that these parts make up |
| similar | adj. almost the same =alike;≠ different |
| specific | adj. a specific |
| theory | n. an idea or set of ideas is intended to explain sth. about life or the world, especially an idea has not yet been proved to be true |
| vary | vi. change, they are all different from each other [= differ] |
| evident | adj. easy to see, notice, or understand |