controlled vocabulary
noun
1 Education a limited range of words used in teaching a person (now especially a child) to read at a particular level, with new items gradually being introduced as reading skills advance.
2(In information science) a prescribed set of terms which may be used in abstracting, indexing, etc., and which is recognized within that system as having a predetermined set of meanings.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Classical Weekly.
- take someone aback
- take someone at their word
- take someone back
- take someone for a ride
- take someone in
- take someone in hand
- take someone in rear
- take someone into one's confidence
- take someone off
- take someone on
- take someone out
- take someone out of themselves
- take someone's breath away
- take someone's name in vain
- take someone/something in hand
- take someone's (or one's own) life
- take someone's point
- take someone's word (for it)
- take someone/thing by surprise
- take someone/thing out
- take someone/thing seriously
- take someone to law
- take someone to task
- take someone to the cleaners
- take someone to the woodshed