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navigating workplace meetings

Navigating Workplace Meetings

Core Vocabulary

Study the key terms, pronunciations, and Amharic translation contexts.

20 Words

Clarify

/ክላሪፋይ/

ማብራራት

To make a statement or situation less confused and more comprehensible.

አንድን ንግግር ወይም ሁኔታ ግራ የሚያጋባ እንዳይሆን እና ይበልጥ ግልጽ እንዲሆን ማድረግ።

Examples

"Could you please clarify the third point on the agenda?"

Contextual Usage

Interrupt

/ኢንተራፕት/

ጣልቃ መግባት

To stop the continuous progress of an activity or process.

የአንድን ተግባር ወይም ሂደት ቀጣይነት ማቋረጥ።

Examples

"I am sorry to interrupt, but I have a quick question."

Contextual Usage

Status

/ስታተስ/

ሁኔታ

The relative social, professional, or other standing of someone or something.

የአንድ ሰው ወይም የአንድ ነገር አንጻራዊ ማህበራዊ ወይም ሙያዊ ደረጃ።

Examples

"What is the current status of the software update?"

Contextual Usage

Brief

/ብሪፍ/

አጭር

Of short duration; concise and using few words.

ለአጭር ጊዜ የሚቆይ፤ አጭር እና ጥቂት ቃላትን የሚጠቀም።

Examples

"Let's keep this meeting brief and focused."

Contextual Usage

Milestone

/ማይልስቶን/

ወሳኝ ምዕራፍ

An action or event marking a significant change or stage in development.

በእድገት ሂደት ውስጥ ጉልህ ለውጥ ወይም ደረጃን የሚያመለክት ተግባር ወይም ክስተት።

Examples

"Reaching one thousand users was a huge milestone for us."

Contextual Usage

Perspective

/ፐርስፔክቲቭ/

አመለካከት

A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.

ለአንድ ነገር የሚሰጥ የተለየ አመለካከት ወይም አረዳድ፤ የእይታ ነጥብ።

Examples

"From my perspective, the budget is too tight."

Contextual Usage

Concise

/ኮንሳይስ/

አጭርና ግልጽ

Giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive.

ብዙ መረጃን በግልጽ እና በጥቂት ቃላት መስጠት፤ አጭር ቢሆንም ሁሉንም የሚያጠቃልል።

Examples

"Your update should be concise and to the point."

Contextual Usage

Agenda

/አጀንዳ/

የመወያያ ነጥቦች

A list of items to be discussed at a formal meeting.

መደበኛ በሆነ ስብሰባ ላይ የሚወያዩባቸው የነጥቦች ዝርዝር።

Examples

"Is there anything else you want to add to the agenda?"

Contextual Usage

Consensus

/ኮንሰንሰስ/

የጋራ ስምምነት

A general agreement among a group of people.

በሰዎች ስብስብ መካከል ያለ አጠቃላይ ስምምነት።

Examples

"The team reached a consensus after a long debate."

Contextual Usage

Deadline

/ዴድላይን/

የጊዜ ገደብ

The latest time or date by which something should be completed.

አንድ ነገር መጠናቀቅ ያለበት የመጨረሻው ሰዓት ወይም ቀን።

Examples

"The deadline for the proposal is Friday at noon."

Contextual Usage

Feedback

/ፊድባክ/

አስተያየት

Information about reactions to a product or a person's performance of a task.

ስለ አንድ ምርት ወይም ስለ አንድ ሰው የሥራ አፈጻጸም የሚሰጥ ግብረመልስ ወይም መረጃ።

Examples

"We welcome your feedback on the new office layout."

Contextual Usage

Objective

/ኦብጄክቲቭ/

ግብ

A thing aimed at or sought; a goal.

አንድ የታለመ ወይም የሚፈለግ ነገር፤ ዓላማ።

Examples

"Our primary objective is to increase sales by 10%."

Contextual Usage

Deliverable

/ደሊቨረብል/

የሚቀርብ ውጤት

A thing able to be provided, especially as a product of a development process.

ሊቀርብ ወይም ሊሰጥ የሚችል ነገር፤ በተለይም የልማት ሂደት ውጤት።

Examples

"The software prototype is our main deliverable this month."

Contextual Usage

Implementation

/ኢምፕሊሜንቴሽን/

ተግባራዊነት

The process of putting a decision or plan into effect; execution.

አንድን ውሳኔ ወይም ዕቅድ ሥራ ላይ የማዋል ሂደት፤ አፈጻጸም።

Examples

"The implementation of the new system will take two weeks."

Contextual Usage

Collaboration

/ኮላቦሬሽን/

ትብብር

The action of working with someone to produce or create something.

አንድን ነገር ለማምረት ወይም ለመፍጠር ከሌላ ሰው ጋር አብሮ የመስራት ተግባር።

Examples

"The success of the project was due to effective collaboration."

Contextual Usage

Obstacle

/ኦብስታክል/

እንቅፋት

A thing that blocks one's way or prevents or hinders progress.

መንገድን የሚዘጋ ወይም እድገትን የሚከለክል ወይም የሚያደናቅፍ ነገር።

Examples

"Lack of funding is the main obstacle to our growth."

Contextual Usage

Outcome

/አውትካም/

ውጤት

The way a thing turns out; a consequence.

አንድ ነገር የሚያልቅበት መንገድ፤ ውጤት።

Examples

"We are very happy with the outcome of the negotiations."

Contextual Usage

Prioritize

/ፕራዮሪታይዝ/

ቅድሚያ መስጠት

To designate or treat (something) as more important than other things.

አንድን ነገር ከሌሎች ነገሮች የበለጠ አስፈላጊ እንደሆነ መለየት ወይም ማከም።

Examples

"We need to prioritize our tasks to finish on time."

Contextual Usage

Resource

/ሪሶርስ/

ሀብት

A stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets.

የገንዘብ፣ የቁሳቁስ፣ የሰራተኞች እና የሌሎች ንብረቶች ክምችት ወይም አቅርቦት።

Examples

"The company doesn't have the resources to start a new project."

Contextual Usage

Summary

/ሰመሪ/

ማጠቃለያ

A brief statement or account of the main points of something.

ስለ አንድ ነገር ዋና ዋና ነጥቦች የሚሰጥ አጭር መግለጫ።

Examples

"Could you give us a quick summary of the report?"

Contextual Usage

Natural Dialogue

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Role A
Good morning everyone. Let's start by looking at the for today. Our primary is to discuss the of the new software development.
Role B
I am sorry to , but could I add a point to the regarding the upcoming ?
Role A
Of course. Go ahead. It is important to that if we are facing an . What is your on the timeline?
Role B
Thank you. To provide a update, we have hit a major , but the of the security features is taking longer than expected.
Role A
Could you please ? Are you saying we might miss the date? We need to reach a on how to allocate resources.
Role B
Exactly. Through with the IT team, we found that the depends on getting extra from the legal department.
Role A
I see. In , we need to focus on those security features. I will provide a report to the stakeholders by the end of the day.

The Writing Challenge

Synthesize your vocabulary knowledge in context.

Adaptive Prompt
"Think about a project you are currently working on. Write a short paragraph using at least five of the words from the list above (e.g., status, deadline, objective, obstacle, summary) to update your manager on your progress."