week 1 session 3 ''Vocabulary'' by Mahsa shirali

Word.|Word class.|Synonyms/definition

1^st meaning: | connected with mental processes of understanding|2^nd Additional meanings.|Example sentence:

a child’s cognitive development
cognitive psychology
They are studying the links between cognitive and linguistic development in young children.
This is both a cognitive and an emotional process.

|Grammatical features/ Collocations: Cognitive is used with these nouns:

deficit
development
disability

Word:Integrate|Word class:verb |Synonyms/definition

1^st meaning:to combine two or more things so that they work together; to combine with something else in this way |2^nd Additional meanings:to become or make somebody become accepted as a member of a social group, especially when they come from a different culture|Example sentence:

integrate into/with something These programs will integrate with your existing software.
integrate A (into/with B) | integrate A and B These programs can be integrated with your existing software.
integrate (into/with something) They have not made any effort to integrate with the local community.
integrate somebody (into/with something) The policy is to integrate children with special needs into ordinary schools.

|Grammatical features/ Collocations:
adverb

closely
tightly
well

preposition

into
with

phrases

highly integrated
poorly integrated

Word:Schema|Word class: noun|Synonyms/definition

1^st meaning:an outline of a plan or theory |2^nd Additional meanings.|Example sentence:

an attempt to reduce complex economic theory to a simple schema

|Grammatical features/ Collocations

Word: Distortion|Word class:noun |Synonyms/definition

1^st meaning: a change in the shape, appearance or sound of something so that it is strange or not clear |2^nd Additional meanings:a change in facts, ideas, etc. that makes them no longer correct or true |Example sentence:Ad 1)modern alloys that are resistant to wear and distortion

Ad 1)Distortion of sound is a common problem with cheap amps.

Ad 2)a distortion of the facts

Ad 2)His views are represented here without distortion or exaggeration.

|Grammatical features/ Collocations

Word:Diocese |Word class: noun |Synonyms/definition

1^st meaning: the act of making something that has been officially decided start to happen or be used|2^nd Additional meanings.|Example sentence:

the implementation of the new system

|Grammatical features/ Collocations

Word:Statutory |Word class:adjective |Synonyms/definition

1^st meaning:fixed by law; that must be done by law |2^nd Additional meanings.|Example sentence:

The authority failed to carry out its statutory duties.

When you buy foods you have certain statutory rights.

|Grammatical features/ Collocations:

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