keyword

English

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Noun

keyword (plural keywords)

1. any word used as the key to a code
2. (information science) Any word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information.
3. (programming) A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function etc.
4. (linguistics) Any word that occurs in a text more often than normal.

Synonyms

• workword

Related terms

• (information science): index term
• (information science): descriptor

Translations

word used as a key to a code

Chinese: Mandarin: 關鍵詞 (zh), 关键词 (zh) (guānjiàncí) Dutch: sleutelwoord n. Finnish: avainsana (fi) French: mot-clé (fr) German: Stichwort (de), Schlüssel (de) m. Greek: κλειδολέξη (el) (kleidoléxi) f., λέξη κλειδί (el) (léxi kleidí) f. Ido: klefovorto (io)

Italian: parola chiave (it) f. Japanese: キーワード (ja) (kīwādo) Macedonian: клучен збор (mk) (klúčen zbor) m. Polish: słowo klucz (pl) n. Portuguese: palavra-chave f. Russian: ключевое слово (ru) (ključevóje slóvo) n. Spanish: palabra clave (es) f., clave (es) f. Turkish: anahtar sözcük (tr), anahtar kelime (tr)

word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information

Chinese: Mandarin: 關鍵詞 (zh), 关键词 (zh) (guānjiàncí) Finnish: hakusana (fi)

German: Stichwort (de) n. Russian: ключевое слово (ru) (ključevóje slóvo) n.

Verb

keyword (third-person singular simple present keywords, present participle keywording, simple past and past participle keyworded)

1. (transitive) To tag with keywords, as for example to facilitate searching.
   • 2008 March 12, Philip Gefter, “Type in ‘Native American’ and Search (Someday) 13 Million Photos”, New York Times:

     Besides being able to search the photography collections, of which 3,000 images have been scanned in so far, the feature is meant to provide a more subjective and spontaneous way for visitors to view the art: browsing images, looking at them sequentially and keywording, or tagging, them for themselves and other viewers.

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Italian

Noun

keyword m. inv.

1. (computing) keyword