şerh — meaning in English
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English meaning
- caveat noun A warning or condition attached to a statement, agreement, or piece of advice.
- gloss noun A shiny, polished surface.
- paraphrase noun A restatement of a passage or idea in different words, usually to make it clearer or shorter.
Senses
şerh is used for these senses in English:
- caveat (law) A notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.
- gloss (countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.
- paraphrase A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning or from memory rather than verbatim.
caveat — full definition
- noun A warning or condition attached to a statement, agreement, or piece of advice.
- verb To attach a warning or qualification to something you say.
gloss — full definition
- noun A shiny, polished surface.
- noun An impressive appearance that hides something less impressive underneath.
- verb (usually "gloss over") To skim past or downplay a problem instead of properly addressing it.
- noun A brief note explaining a difficult or foreign word, often placed in the margin or between the lines of a text.