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## Part 2 – Dictionary

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## Introduction

General
The dictionary gives the words that are approved in STE (875 approved words) and the examples
that show how to use each approved word correctly. The approved words in the dictionary are the
most frequent words that you use in technical writing.
The dictionary also includes a selection of words that are not approved (1274 words). For each
word that is not approved, there are one or more alternatives that are approved in STE. For each
alternative, there is an example that shows how to use the alternative to communicate the same
information correctly (with a word-for-word replacement or a different sentence construction).
The dictionary does not include technical nouns or technical verbs. But some of them are referred
to as alternatives to words that are not approved. In the dictionary, the identification for technical
nouns is (TN) and the identification for technical verbs is (TV). A dictionary entry does not include
antonyms (opposite meanings) for the applicable listed word.
The dictionary uses American English spelling as defined in the Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, and
the punctuation in the examples obeys American English rules.
Guide to the dictionary
The dictionary has four columns that give this information:
• Column 1 – Word (part of speech): Includes the word and its part of speech
• Column 2 – Approved meaning/ALTERNATIVES: Includes the approved meaning of an
  approved word or the approved alternatives for each word that is not approved
• Column 3 – STE EXAMPLE: Includes examples that contain correct words and
  constructions in STE
• Column 4 – Non-STE example: Includes examples that contain words that are not approved
  and constructions that are not permitted in STE.
  Example:
  Word Approved meaning/ STE EXAMPLE Non-STE example
  (part of speech) ALTERNATIVES
  AID (n) Help that is given IF YOU GET THIS

### CHEMICAL SOLUTION

### IN YOUR EYES, GET

### MEDICAL AID

### IMMEDIATELY.

| Word (POS) | Meaning & Examples |
|------------|-------------------|
| **accuracy (n) — UNNAPROVED** | PRECISION (n) THE PRECISION OF The accuracy of the THE ADJUSTMENT adjustment can vary. CAN CHANGE. |

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| Column 1: Word (part of speech) |
| --- |

All words are in bold typeface.
A word in UPPERCASE letters shows that you can use this word because it is approved in STE.
Examples:

| Word |
| --- |
| (part of speech) |
| ABRASIVE (adj) |

material by friction WITH AN ABRASIVE

### PAPER.

| Word (POS) | Meaning & Examples |
|------------|-------------------|
| **AID (n)** | Help that is given IF YOU GET THIS CHEMICAL SOLUTION IN YOUR EYES, GET MEDICAL AID IMMEDIATELY. A word in lowercase letters shows that you cannot use this word because it is not approved in STE. To replace this word in a text, you must use a different word or a different sentence construction. Examples: Word Approved meaning/ STE EXAMPLE Non-STE example (part of speech) ALTERNATIVES |
| **main (adj) — UNNAPROVED** | PRIMARY (adj) THE PRIMARY CAUSE The main cause of valve OF VALVE FAILURE IS failure is contamination CONTAMINATION OF of the fluid. THE FLUID. |
| **build (v) — UNNAPROVED** | ASSEMBLE (v) ASSEMBLE THE UNIT. Build the unit. The part of speech for each word is given in parentheses with its recognized abbreviation. Use an approved word only as the specified part of speech. Refer to part 1, section 1. In the dictionary, there are eight parts of speech as follows: 1. noun (n): A word that is the name of a person, place, object, idea, quality, or activity. 2. verb (v): A word that shows a state of being or an action. Its tense (present, past, future) tells you when the action occurs. 3. adjective (adj): A word that gives details about a noun, noun phrase, or multi-word noun. It is related to the type, size, color, or number of the noun, noun phrase, or multi-word noun. Adjectives can be of a qualitative and a quantitative type and can have comparative and superlative forms. Their position in the sentence can be before nouns or after verbs. 4. adverb (adv): A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or a different adverb. It gives an answer to the questions: “how,” “where,” “when,” “how often,” and “how much.” |
