Dictionary

keyword en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkiː.wɜːd/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
• audio Queensland
• /ˈki.wɝd/ (Canada, General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From key + word.

Meanings

1. Any word used as the key to a code.
2. Any word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information.
3. Any important word in a text or document, which may be linked to other words or other information, or listed in the metadata for searches to find.
4. A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function, etc.
   • Each function has an entry address which must be quoted after the USR keyword. 1982, Popular Computing, volume 1, numbers 9-12, page 113:
   • Since C++11, the auto keyword is used to tell the compiler to deduce the actual type of a variable that is being declared from its initializer. 2017, Wisnu Anggoro, Learning C++ Functional Programming, page 8:
5. Any word that occurs in a text more often than normal.

Forms

Coordinates

collocation · statistically improbable phrase · keyphrase · keyphrase

Deriveds

unkeyworded · keywordless · keyword-driven testing · keyword stuffing

Hypernyms

keystring

Relateds

index term · descriptor

Synonyms

workword · passcode · password · operative word

Translations (86)

de Stichwort (word used as a key to a code) · ko 핵심어 (word used as a key to a code) · mi kupu matua (word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information) · ms kata kunci (word used as a key to a code) · pl słowo klucz (word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information) · de Schlagwort (word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information) · id kata kunci (word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information) · hu kulcsszó (word used as a key to a code) · pl słowo klucz (programming: A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function etc.) · el λέξη-κλειδί (programming: A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function etc.) · da stikord (word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information) · sv nyckelord (word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information) · de Stichwort (word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information) · tl susing-salita (word used as a key to a code) · ru ключево́е сло́во (word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information) · nn nøkkelord (word used as a key to a code) · el κλειδολέξη (word used as a key to a code) · io klefovorto (word used as a key to a code) · ja キーワード (word used as a key to a code) · tr anahtar söz (programming: A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function etc.) · nb nøkkelord (word used as a key to a code) · nl sleutelwoord (programming: A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function etc.) · pl słowo kluczowe (programming: A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function etc.) · bg ключ (word used as a key to a code) · pl słowo klucz (word used as a key to a code) · pl słowo kluczowe ((linguistics) Any word that occurs in a text more often than normal.) · bg клю́чова ду́ма (word used as a key to a code) · mi tino kupu ((linguistics) Any word that occurs in a text more often than normal.) · cmn 關鍵字 /关键字 (word used as a key to a code) · sh ključna riječ (word used as a key to a code) · sh ključna reč (word used as a key to a code) · be ключаво́е сло́ва (word used as a key to a code) · az açar söz (programming: A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function etc.) · he מִלַּת מַפְתֵּחַ (word used as a key to a code) · fa کلیدواژه (word used as a key to a code) · az açar söz (word used as a key to a code) · pt palavra-chave (word used as a key to a code) · ro cuvânt-cheie (word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information) · ro cuvânt-cheie (word used as a key to a code) · el λέξη κλειδί (programming: A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function etc.) · pl słowo kluczowe (word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information) · sw neno la msingi (word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information) · mi kupumatua (programming: A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function etc.) · nn nykelord (word used as a key to a code) · nn nykelord (word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information) · de Passwort (word used as a key to a code) · is markorð (word used as a key to a code) · tr anahtar kelime (word used as a key to a code) · id kata kunci ((linguistics) Any word that occurs in a text more often than normal.) · fi hakusana (word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information) · pl słowo kluczowe (word used as a key to a code) · de Schlüsselwort (word used as a key to a code) · nl sleutelwoord (word used as a key to a code) · mk клу́чен збор (word used as a key to a code) · id kata sandi (word used as a key to a code) · da nøgleord (word used as a key to a code) · fr mot-clé (word used as a key to a code) · sh кључна реч (word used as a key to a code) · he מִלַּת מַפְתֵּחַ (word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information) · ko 키워드 (word used as a key to a code) · cs klíčové slovo (word used as a key to a code) · el λέξη κλειδί (word used as a key to a code) · tr anahtar sözcük (word used as a key to a code) · bg ключова дума (word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information) · sk kľúčové slovo (word used as a key to a code) · da opslagsord (word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information) · fa واژۀ کلیدی (word used as a key to a code) · sv nyckelord (word used as a key to a code) · sh кључна ријеч (word used as a key to a code) · nb nøkkelord (word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information) · es clave (word used as a key to a code) · cmn 關鍵詞 /关键词 (word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information) · ro cuvânt-cheie (programming: A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function etc.) · id kata kunci (programming: A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function etc.) · it parola chiave (word used as a key to a code) · nn nøkkelord (word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information) · ru ключево́е сло́во (word used as a key to a code) · es palabra clave (word used as a key to a code) · de Schlüsselwort (programming: A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function etc.) · uk ключове́ сло́во (word used as a key to a code) · sl ključna beseda (word used as a key to a code) · mi kupu matua (word used as a key to a code) · pl słowo klucz ((linguistics) Any word that occurs in a text more often than normal.) · fi avainsana (word used as a key to a code) · cmn 關鍵詞 /关键词 (word used as a key to a code) · is stikkorð (word used as a key to a code)

keyword en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈkiː.wɜːd/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
• audio Queensland
• /ˈki.wɝd/ (Canada, General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From key + word.

Meanings

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

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