Vocabulary

• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• of old: From a long time ago; in the past.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• narrative: The telling of a story
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• shift: To change in position or direction
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• require: To demand that someone does something
• collaboration: Act of working with someone to complete a task
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• obsolete: Not used anymore because something newer exists
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• couple: To join something to something else
• scope: Opportunity for action or thought
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• proportion: A part of a whole thing
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• demographic: Group of people with similar characteristics
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• infectious: Capable of transmitting disease to others
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• holistic: Involving all of something
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• configuration: A shape or outline; a method of arrangement
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• lifelong: Continuing through life; lasting a long time
• live: To be alive
• simultaneous: Happening at exactly the same time as another
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• protection: Being kept from harm
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• healthcare: Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it
• outnumber: To be larger than something in number
• systemic: Affecting the entire body, system
• categorical: Being very clear and firm in manner
• redesign: To change the design or style of something
• intergenerational: Between generations