Eric Giovanni Arellano Bautista

15 Glossary of Terms terms

Activities
noun
The condition in which things are happening or being done.
Example: Tom claimed that he didn't know his beach house was being used for illegal activities.
es: Actividades
Awareness
noun
Knowledge or perception of a situation or fact.
Example: People should have greater awareness of their environment at night.
es: Conciencia
Behaviors
noun
the way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially toward others.
Example: I'm surprised by her bad behaviors toward her friends.
es: Comportamientos
Country
noun
A political state or nation or its territory
Example: His birth fathers already suspected she was a country bumpkin.
es: País
Ethics
none
Moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.
Example: The ethics committee may decide to admonish him or to censure him.
es: Ética
Institutions
noun
A society or organization founded for a religious, educational, social, or similar purpose.
Example: Personally, I don't enjoy visiting medical institutions all that much, but I know that hospitals are designed to keep me in good health.
es: Instituciones
Laws
noun
The system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
Example: Courts of law are now the norm in the world, with laws being democratically established and widely published.
es: Leyes
Mandatory
adjective
Used to describe something that must be done, usually because the law states that it is necessary
Example: He was charged with murder for which there was a mandatory death sentence.
es: Obligatorio
Organize
verb
Arrange into a structured whole; order.
Example: He encouraged them to organize for social justice.
es: Organizar
Organs
noun
A department or organization that performs a specified function.
Example: That newspaper is intended as an organ for the whole university community
es: Órganos
Process
noun
A series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.
Example: I explained the process to him.
es: Proceso
Rules
noun
A set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct within a particular activity or sphere.
Example: Everyone has to believe there are rules and that they apply to everyone.
es: Reglas
Stand-alone
adjective
Intended, designed, or able to be used or to function alone or separately : not connected to or requiring connection to something else in order to be used or to function
Example: If you like to hike or camp, you should choose a stand-alone device that will function anywhere.
es: Autónomo
State
noun
A nation or territory considered an organized political community under one government.
Example: Speaking to an Iranian state television channel Saturday night, Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem also blamed the deaths at the airport on the Americans.
es: Estado
Territory
noun
An area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state.
Example: The old man was careful of privacy and territory and would take nothing without first asking.
es: Territorio