attention: ‘Hello below!’ he cried. • used informally to express sarcasm or anger: Hello! Did you even get what the play was about?. ■ n. (pl. hellos) an utterance of ‘hello’; a greeting: she was getting polite nods and hellos from people. ■ v. (helloes, helloing, helloed) [no object] say or shout ‘hello’: I pressed the phone button and helloed.
– ORIGIN: early 19th century: variant of earlier hollo; related to holla.
lemma / ˈlɛmə / ■ n. (pl. lemmas or lemmata / ˈlɛmətə /) 1 a subsidiary or intermediate theorem in an argument or proof: they give every last lemma of neoclassical theory the status of Holy Writ. 2 a heading indicating the subject or argument of a literary composition or annotation. 3 a word or phrase defined in a dictionary or entered in a word list.
– ORIGIN: late 16th century: via Latin from Greek lēmma ‘something assumed’; related to lambanein ‘take’.
contact / ˈkɒntækt/ ▪ v. To get in touch with me, please use this form or email me…
CV / siː-viː/ ▪ n. Please see my current CV for my educational background and professional experience …
projects / ˈprɒʤɛkts/ ▪ n. In my professional life, I divide my time between freelance projects and academic research. Here is a list of some of my previous projects …
publications and presentations / ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃᵊnz ænd ˌprɛzᵊnˈteɪʃᵊnz / ▪ n. My published papers and conference presentations are listed here…
spark / spɑːk / ▪ n.
start / stɑːt / ■ v. 1 begin or be reckoned from a particular point in time or space: the season starts in September | we ate before the film started | below Roaring Springs the real desert starts.
■ v. [with object] pronounce (a word or phrase) clearly, syllable by syllable.
– ORIGIN: late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman Frenchalteration of Old French sillabe, via Latin from Greek sullabē, from sun- ‘together’ + lambanein ‘take’.
teach / tiːtʃ / ■ v. 1 [with object and infinitive or clause] impart knowledge to or instruct (someone) as to how to do something: she taught him to read | he taught me how to ride a bike. • [with object] give information about or instruction in (a subject or skill): he came one day each week to teach painting | [with two objects] : she teaches me French. • [no object] work as a teacher: she teaches at the local high school. 2 [with object and clause] cause (someone) to learn or understand something by example or experience: travelling taught me that not everyone shared my beliefs | my upbringing taught me never to be disrespectful to elders. • [with object] encourage someone to accept (something) as a fact or principle: the philosophy teaches self-control. • informal make (someone) less inclined to do something: I’ll teach you to throw rocks at my windows.
– ORIGIN: Old English tǣcan ‘show, present, point out’, of Germanicorigin; related to token, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek deiknunai ‘show’, deigma ‘sample’.
website / ˈwɛbsʌɪt / ■ n. a set of related web pages located under a single domain name, typically produced by a single person or organization: for more information, please visit our website | I listened to the interview again on the BBC website.
word / wəːd / ■ n. 1 a single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing, used with others (or sometimes alone) to form a sentence and typically shown with a space on either side when written or printed: I don’t like the word ‘unofficial’ | so many words for so few ideas. • a single distinct conceptual unit of language, comprising inflected and variant forms. • (usually words) something spoken or written; a remark or statement: his grandfather’s words had been meant kindly| a word of warning. • (a word) [with negative] even the smallest amount of something spoken or written: don’t believe a word of it.
• (words) angry talk: her father would have had words with her about that. • [mass noun] speech as distinct from action: he conforms in word and deed to the values of a society that he rejects. 2 a command, password, or signal: someone gave me the wordto start playing. • [mass noun] communication; news: I was afraid to leave Edinburgh in case there was word from the War Office | the prince sent word to the king asking him to send reinforcements.