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Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈkiː.wɜːd

Definitions

  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.
  5. Any word that occurs in a text more often than normal.

Equivalents

Examples

“Each function has an entry address which must be quoted after the USR keyword.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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