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Graduate Academic Comm 2020S
Each Student Must Add 3-4 of their own vocabulary terms each week. Part of the final exam requires students to share the cards with their professor. They will have a conversation using terms.
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03/21/2020

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Term

Crowdsourced

adj

Definition
Term

Definition & Context

 

 

Crowdsourced (v)  

 

Crowdsourcing (n)  

 

 

 

Definition

Definition:  to ask a lot of people through the internet

 

verb  

  •  I crowdsourced the funding for my new business.
  • The funding was crowdsourced.  (passive) 

n. / gerund

  • The crowdsourcing was successful.
Term

Collocation

 

 

Crowdsourced

 

 

Definition

collocatons

 

(n)

internet

funding

ideas

help

 

(v)

used

tried out

Term

Collocation

 

 

Extraneous

Definition

collocations

 

(n)

variable

factor

detail

 

(v)

control

eliminate

Term

Definition 

 

 

Extraneous (adj)

Extraneously (adv)

Definition

 

not essential

 

not pertinent to the matter

 

irrelevant: not belonging to that which it is contained

Term

Context Examples

 

 

Extraneous

Definition

 

I need to remove the extraneous details so I can see what is important.

 

 

We can sacrifice the extraneous details.  Those are easy to get rid of.

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