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#### 25.3.1 `\newglossaryentry`

Synopsis, one of:

```\newglossaryentry{label}
{
name={name},
description={description},
other options, ...
}
```

or

```\longnewglossaryentry{label}
{
name={name},
other options ...,
}
{description}
```

Declare a new entry for a glossary. The label must be unique for the document. The settings associated with the label are pairs: `key=value`.

This puts the blackboard bold symbol for the real numbers ℝ, in the glossary.

```\newglossaryentry{R}
{
name={\ensuremath{\mathbb{R}}},
description={the real numbers},
}
```

Use the second command form if the description spans more than one paragraph.

For a full list of keys see the package documentation on CTAN but here are a few.

`name`

(Required.) The word, phrase, or symbol that you are defining.

`description`

(Required.) The description that will appear in the glossary. If this has more than one paragraph then you must use the second command form given in the synopsis.

`plural`

The plural form of name. Refer to the plural form using `\glspl` or `\Glspl` (see `\gls`).

`sort`

How to place this entry in the list of entries that the glossary holds.

`symbol`

A symbol, such as a mathematical symbol, besides the name.