Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• push out: To prevent others from competing, e.g. in business
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• together with: In addition to; along with.
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• account: An advantage
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• performance: Act of doing something
• objective: Being real, rather than simply being an idea
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• outlook: General feeling or attitude about something
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• business: A company formed for making profit
• province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• embed: To place or set inside rock, etc.
• pillar: Tall strong post that supports a building
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• port: City where ships can shelter during a storm
• merge: To cause two or more things to combine into one
• reshape: To form something into a new shape
• sustainably: In a way that can continue over a period of time
• beneficiary: Person who benefits from something
• inland: Concerning areas that are not near a coast
• connectivity: Degree to which computer system has connections
• southeast: Location in the southeastern part of an area
• logistic: Concerning planning and organizing a large project
• aye: Yes', when voting, or in certain spoken contexts
• throughput: Amount of data passing through a system
• greener: Environmentally friendly
• multimodal: Occurring in many modes or conditions