word choice - Which is correct, "dataset" or "data set"? - English ...
Aug 29, 2010 · Data set was still holding strong in American usage until very recently (see Ngram and change the corpus to American English to see the graph). Dataset is poised to equal or bypass data …
"Reset" or "re-set"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
to set the value/state a second time. But, is it common to use "reset" with the second meaning? For me it makes more sense to distinguish the two meanings by using "re-set" on the second one. But, does …
Opposite of "granular" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jan 2, 2019 · What is the opposite of "granular" in the following usage? granularity The level of detail considered in a model or decision making process. The greater the granularity, the deeper the le...
Words with most meanings - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Sep 20, 2011 · @Mitch Set is the 11th word in the list with 44 different meanings. Please note that I don't claim anything about the correctness of WRI data. Just happens to be the only numerical data I …
prepositions - Does "until [date]" mean "before that date"? - English ...
Aug 16, 2011 · As for the legal definition, I found a discussion of some cases in the legal media here but it's a confusing discussion! Bottom line: in the subject case, the Illinois court judge ruled that 'until' …
Bivouacs made by the homeless - English Language & Usage Stack …
Nov 24, 2025 · I am just marking a private student's writing where he says Reports of nightly anti-social behaviour, vandalism, and unregulated bivouacs under the porticoes create a hostile environment. I …
grammar - "Criteria" versus "criterion" - English Language & Usage ...
Feb 12, 2011 · I came across several forums and articles saying that criteria is plural and criterion is singular. Some gave me the impression that criterion is used to denote a set of rules. What is the …
Is "parse out" actually a phrasal verb, and in what context do you use ...
Jun 26, 2024 · I only found the definition for "parse." From what I understand from reading the definitions in the Cambridge Dictionary, Oxford Dictionary, and Merriam-Webster, to parse is usually used with …
Word for "a piece of a whole" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Jun 6, 2014 · What is a word that means "parts of a whole" and implies it can be combined with others of the same word to build something greater? For example "blocks", "bricks", and "pieces" are …
Difference between lexicon, vocabulary and dictionary
Oct 30, 2017 · A book dealing with the individual words of a language (or certain specified classes of them), so as to set forth their orthography, pronunciation, signification, and use, their synonyms, …