wordlist
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/ˈwɝd.lɪst/
🇬🇧
/ˈwɜːd.lɪst/
a list of words
Etymology
'wordlist' is a modern English compound formed from the nouns 'word' and 'list'.
'word' comes from Old English 'word' (from Proto-Germanic *wurdą), while 'list' in the sense of 'series or catalogue' developed in Middle English (influenced by Old French 'liste' and related Germanic forms); the two were later joined as the compound 'wordlist' in modern English.
Originally 'word' and 'list' were independent words with their own histories; when combined in modern English they simply denote 'a list of words' with specialized uses (e.g., educational or computational).
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a list of words, typically compiled for study, reference, or practice (for example, vocabulary items to learn).
The teacher gave each student a wordlist to study for the test.
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Noun 2
a file or collection of words used in computing tasks (for example, a password-cracking dictionary or a linguistic corpus word list).
He downloaded a large wordlist to use with the password-recovery tool.
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