Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kwik]
- /kwɪk/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kwik]
- /kwɪk/
Definitions of kwic word
- abbreviation Technical meaning of KWIC keyword in context 3
- adjective kwic of or designating an alphabetical concordance of the principal terms in a text showing every occurrence of each term surrounded by a few words of the context. 1
- noun Technical meaning of kwic (algorithm, information science) (KWIC) A document search method that creates indexes of document text or titles. Each keyword is stored in the resulting index along with some surrounding text, usually the word or phrase that precedes or follows the keyword in the text or title. 1
- noun acronym kwic key word in context (esp in the phrase KWIC index) 0
- noun kwic (linguistics) Keyword in context: a list of phrases obtained by searching a corpus, each containing the node (or word of interest) and its surrounding cotext. 0
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Origin of kwic
First appearance:
before 1955 One of the 4% newest English words
1955-60; k(ey)-w(ord)-i(n)-c(ontext)
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Kwic
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
kwic popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.