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Academic WS 1
Academic word list sublist 1
Term | Definition |
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analysis | careful examination |
approach | a way of doing something or dealing with a problem |
area | a particular subject or type of activity |
assess | examine something and make a decision about it |
assume | think that something is true |
authority | someone who is respected because of their knowledge |
available | that you can get, buy or use etc |
benefit | an advantage or improvement |
concept | a general idea |
consist | made of or contain a number of different things |
constitution | a set of laws that describe the power and purposes of a government or organisation |
context | the situation within which something happens |
contract | a formal written agreement between people or companies etc. |
create | make something new exist or happen |
data | information or facts |
definite | completely certain and not likely to be changed |
derived | have something as its origin |
distribution | supplying goods to shops and companies in a particular area |
economic | concerning trade, industry and the making of money |
environment | the land, water and air that people, plants and animals live in |
establish | start or decide something |
estimate | decide what you think the value of something is |
evidence | facts, statements or signs that make you believe something exists or is true |
export | the business of selling products to another country |
factors | the things that influence a cause or situation |
financial | connected with money |
formula | a group of numbers or letters that show a mathematical or scientific rule |
function | the purpose that something is made for |
identify | recognise and name somebody or something |
income | money that you earn |
indicate | how that something is likely to be true or exist considered separately from |
individual | other people or things in the same group |
interpretation | a way of explaining or understanding information, someone's actions etc. |
involve | include or affect someone or something |
issue | a subject or problem |
labour | work, especially hard physical work |
legal | allowed or done according to the law |
legislation | a law or set of laws |
major | very large or important, especially when compared to other things or people of a similar kind |
method | a way of doing something |
occur | happen, especially without being planned first |
percent | one part in every hundred |
period | a length of time |
policy | a way of doing or dealing with things, especially one that has been officially decided by a political party or organisation |
principle | a moral rule or idea that has a strong influence on the way you behave |
proceed | continue to do something that has already started |
process | a series of events or changes that happen naturally |
research | the study of a subject in detail so you can discover new facts about it |
respond | behave in a particular way after someone has done something or something has happened |
role | the position that someone or something has in a situation or activity |
section | one of the parts that an object, group, place etc. is divided into |
sector | one of the parts that an area or large group of people is divided into |
significant | noticeable or important |
similar | almost the same but not exactly |
source | the thing, place or person that you get something from |
specific | used to talk about a particular thing, person, or time |
structure | the way in which the parts of something are organised and are related to each other |
theory | an explanation for something that has not been proved to be true |
variable | likely to change often |
require | need something |