Metaphor & Clean Language Terminology

Marian W. (United Kingdom)
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  1. autogenic
    originating within the body
  2. backtrack
    retrace one's course
  3. bind
    secure with or as if with ropes
  4. change
    become different in some particular way
  5. check
    examine to determine accuracy or quality
  6. concept
    an abstract or general idea inferred from specific instances
  7. configuration
    an arrangement of parts or elements
  8. content
    satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
  9. develop
    progress or evolve through a process of natural growth
  10. emergence
    the act of coming out into view
  11. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
  12. evolve
    undergo development
  13. experience
    the content of observation or participation in an event
  14. facilitate
    make easier
  15. feeling
    a physical sensation that you experience
  16. gesture
    motion of hands or body to emphasize a thought or feeling
  17. habit
    an established custom
  18. identify
    recognize as being
  19. information
    knowledge acquired through study or experience
  20. iteration
    the act or process of doing or saying again
  21. knowledge
    the result of perception, learning, and reasoning
  22. language
    a means of communicating by the use of sounds or symbols
  23. location
    the act of putting something in a certain place
  24. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  25. model
    a representation of something, often on a smaller scale
  26. nonverbal
    not using spoken or written language to communicate
  27. outcome
    something that results
  28. pattern
    a repeated design, structure, or arrangement
  29. perception
    the process of becoming aware through the senses
  30. problem
    a question raised for consideration or solution
  31. process
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  32. relationship
    a mutual connection between people
  33. remedy
    a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieves pain
  34. resource
    aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed
  35. rhythm
    an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs
  36. schema
    a simplified or preliminary plan
  37. sequence
    a following of one thing after another in time
  38. source
    the place where something begins
  39. space
    the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
  40. symbol
    something visible that represents something invisible
  41. syntax
    the study of the rules for forming admissible sentences
  42. time
    the continuum of experience in which events pass to the past
  43. trust
    belief in the honesty and reliability of others
  44. vector
    a quantity that has magnitude and direction
Created on Fri Jul 24 02:17:16 EDT 2009

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