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1
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resolve

/rɪˈzɒlv/

verb

A

to solve or end a problem or difficulty

Have you resolved the problem of transport yet?

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non-trivial

/ˌnɒnˈtrɪv.i.əl/

adjective

A

having value or importance

The police are trying to concentrate their efforts on non-trivial crimes

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specify

/ˈspes.ɪ.faɪ/

verb

A

to explain or describe something clearly and exactly

He said we should meet but didn’t specify a time

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illegal

/ɪˈliː.ɡəl/

adjective

A

not allowed by law

A campaign to stop the illegal sale of cigarettes to children under 16

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crime

/kraɪm/

noun

A

illegal activities

A rising crime rate

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traverse

/trəˈvɜːs/

verb

A

to move or travel through an area

Stanley traversed the continent from west to east

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continent

/ˈkɒn.tɪ.nənt/

noun

A

one of the seven large land masses on the earth’s surface, surrounded, or mainly surrounded, by sea and usually consisting of various countries

The North American continent

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property

/ˈprɒp.ə.ti/

noun

A

an object or objects that belong to someone

The club does not accept responsibility for loss of or damage to club members’ personal property

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corresponding

/ˌkɒr.ɪˈspɒn.dɪŋ/

adjective

A

similar to, connected with, or caused by something else

Company losses were 50 percent worse than in the corresponding period last year

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populate

/ˈpɒp.jə.leɪt/

verb

A
  • if an area is populated by people or animals, they live in that area
  • to automatically add information to a list or table on a computer

In this example, we populate an author’s posts array with a field resolver that calls a service which takes the author’s id as an argument.

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hence

/hens/

adverb

A

that is the reason or explanation for

Hence the need to identify the parent object in the “@Resolver()” decorator

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extract

/ɪkˈstrækt/

verb

A

to remove or take out something

They extract the oil from the seeds for use in cooking and manufacturing

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reference

/ˈref.ər.əns/

noun

A

a mention of something

Knowing what had happened, I avoided making any reference to (= mentioning) weddings

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aggregate

/ˈæɡ.rɪ.ɡeɪt/

verb

A

to combine into a single group or total

They will be aggregated into a single “Query type” definition

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entry

/ˈen.tri/

noun

A

the act of entering a place or joining a particular society or organization

The appropriate entries in the resolver map

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appropriate

/əˈprəʊ.pri.ət/

adjective

A

suitable or right for a particular situation or occasion

I didn’t think his comments were very appropriate at the time

17
Q

conventionally

/kənˈven.ʃən.əl.i/

adverb

A

in a way that is traditional and ordinary

Conventionally, we prefer to decouple these names

18
Q

decouple

/ˌdiːˈkʌp.əl/

verb

A

to separate from someone or something else; to separate something from something else that it was joined to or part of

Some people hope to decouple migration policy from party politics

19
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deprecation

/ˌdep.rəˈkeɪ.ʃən/

noun

A

the action of not approving of something or saying that you do not approve of something

She couldn’t hide the deprecation in her voice

20
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construct

/kənˈstrʌkt/

verb

A

to build something or put together different parts to form something whole

to construct a new bridge/building

21
Q

sufficient

/səˈfɪʃ.ənt/

adjective

A

enough for a particular purpose

The following construction is sufficient, and simply plucks the named field from the inbound GraphQL request for use as a method argument

22
Q

inbound

/ˈɪn.baʊnd/

adjective

A

travelling towards a particular point

We expect delays to both inbound and outbound trains

23
Q

towards

/təˈwɔːdz/

preposition

A

in the direction of, or closer to someone or something

She stood up and walked towards him

24
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thus

/ðʌs/

adverb

A

in this way, or with this result

25
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explicit

/ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt/

adjective

A

clear and exact

I gave her very explicit directions how to get here

26
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dedicated

/ˈded.ɪ.keɪ.tɪd/

adjective

A

designed to be used for one particular purpose

Dedicated arguments class

27
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utility

/juˈtɪl·ɪ·t̬i/

noun

A

ability to satisfy a particular need; usefulness

Its basic utility lies in being able to drive where other vehicles can’t go

28
Q

convention

/kənˈven·ʃən/

noun

A

a way of doing something or appearing that is considered usual and correct

it’s recommended to observe the convention that any operations that cause writes should be sent explicitly via a mutation

29
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via

/ˈvaɪə/

preposition

A

going through or stopping at a place on the way to another place

The London to Cairo flight goes via Rome.

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