Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grey literature

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables
grey lit-er-a-ture
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Materials and research produced by organizations outside of the traditional commercial or academic publishing and distribution channels.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

gray literature (alternative, US)

Phrases

white paper

Frequently Paired Words

paraliterature white paper

Questions

What does grey literature mean?
Materials and research produced by organizations outside of the traditional commercial or academic publishing and distribution channels.

How to pronounce grey literature

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