Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• on demand: Whenever requested or needed.
• in favor of: Expressing support or approval for someone or something.
• as we know it: In the form or way commonly understood or accepted.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• for instance: As an example.
• look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
• get a sense: To understand or perceive something intuitively.
• future self: The person you will become in the future, often used in the context of making decisions that will benefit your future well-being.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• in terms of
• at least: As a minimum
• go public: To offer shares of a company to the public on the stock market for the first time.
• food delivery: A service that delivers food to a customer's location.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• reputation: Common opinion that people have about someone
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• navigate: To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• virtually: In an almost complete or entire manner
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• account: An advantage
• value: Importance you attach to something
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• controversy: Strong public disagreement about something
• rival: Matching the quality, skill, et. of others
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• excitement: When people feel very happy and enthusiastic
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• autonomous: Able to control or decide matters by itself
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• profitable: Being useful; benefiting someone or something
• compensation: (Money) given or received as payment for loss
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• multiply: To increase in number by reproducing/having babies
• public: Owned by the government
• hail: To speak of something with admiration/excitement
• rumor: To gossip; to tell a story about other people
• transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• forefront: Part in the front or nearest; most prominent
• entice: To attract someone by appealing to hope or desire
• own: To have something as your property
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• revolt: Protest against authority; fight to take control
• diversify: To make or become more varied
• respective: Belonging to each of two or more persons or things
• complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
• freight: Commercial transportation of goods
• riddled: Infested with; full of (insects, mistakes etc.)
• unfair: not treating people in an equal way, or not morally right
• silicon: Mineral used in making steel and computer parts
• slowdown: Act of slowing down or falling behind