KEYWORD

Etymology

Noun

keyword (plural keywords)

Any word used as the key to a code.

(information science) Any word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information.

(programming) A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function, etc.

(linguistics) Any word that occurs in a text more often than normal.

Synonyms

• operative word (in a sentence)

• workword (rare)

Verb

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

(transitive) To tag with keywords, as for example to facilitate searching.

Anagrams

• dyework

Source: Wiktionary



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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