Stichwort — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
Stichwort is used for these senses in English:
- cue The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword.
- entry An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
- headword A word (or compound term) used as the title of a list entry or section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus.
- keyword (cryptography) Any word#Noun used as the key to a code.
- keyword (information science) Any word#Noun used in a reference work to link to other words or other information.
- lemma (psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.
cue — full definition
- noun A signal or prompt that tells someone it is time to act.
- noun A long tapered stick used to strike the ball in billiards, pool, or snooker.
- verb To give someone a signal to begin or continue an action.
entry — full definition
- noun The act of entering, or a means of entering a place.
- noun An individual item recorded in a list, log, diary, or database.