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dic·tion·ar·y

(dĭk′shə-nĕr′ē)

n. pl. dic·tion·ar·ies

1. A reference work containing an alphabetical list of words, with information given for each word, usually including meaning, pronunciation, and etymology.

2. A reference work containing an alphabetical list of words in one language with their translations in another language.

3. A reference work containing an alphabetical list of words in a particular category or subject with specialized information about them: a medical dictionary.

4. A list of words stored in machine-readable form for reference, as by spelling-checking software.

[Medieval Latin dictiōnārium, from Latin dictiō, dictiōn-, diction; see diction.]

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dictionary

(ˈdɪkʃənərɪ; -ʃənrɪ)

n, pl -aries

1. (Library Science & Bibliography)

a. a reference resource, in printed or electronic form, that consists of an alphabetical list of words with their meanings and parts of speech, and often a guide to accepted pronunciation and syllabification, irregular inflections of words, derived words of different parts of speech, and etymologies

b. a similar reference work giving equivalent words in two or more languages. Such dictionaries often consist of two or more parts, in each of which the alphabetical list is given in a different language: a German-English dictionary.

2. (Library Science & Bibliography) a reference publication listing words or terms of a particular subject or activity, giving information about their meanings and other attributes: a dictionary of gardening.

3. (Library Science & Bibliography) a collection of information or examples with the entries alphabetically arranged: a dictionary of quotations.

[C16: from Medieval Latin dictiōnārium collection of words, from Late Latin dictiō word; see diction]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

dic•tion•ar•y

(ˈdɪk ʃəˌnɛr i)

n., pl. -ar•ies.

1. a book containing a selection of the words of a language, usu. arranged alphabetically, with information about their meanings, pronunciations, etymologies, inflected forms, etc., expressed in either the same or another language.

2. a book giving information on particular subjects or on a particular class of words, names, or facts, usu. arranged alphabetically: a biographical dictionary.

3. a list of words used by a word-processing program to check spellings in text.

[1520–30; < Medieval Latin dictiōnārium,dictiōnārius < Late Latin dictiōn- word (see diction)]

dictionary

— Based on Latin dictio(n-), «mode of expression» or «word,» then dictionarius, «a repertory of words or phrases.»

dictionary

noun wordbook, vocabulary, glossary, encyclopedia, lexicon, concordance, word list, vocabulary list If you don’t know what it means, look it up in the dictionary.

Quotations
«Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true» [Dr. Johnson]
«When I feel inclined to read poetry I take down my Dictionary. The poetry of words is quite as beautiful as that of sentences. The author may arrange the gems effectively, but their shape and lustre have been given by the attrition of the ages» [Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. The Autocrat’s Autobiography]
«dictionary: a malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work» [Ambrose Bierce The Devil’s Dictionary]

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

dictionary

noun

An alphabetical list of words often defined or translated:

Translations

woordeboek

قاموسقَامُوسكِتاب معلومات مُرَتَّبَةٌ أبْجَدِيّامعجم

речник

diccionari

slovník

ordboghåndbogleksikonopslagsbog

vortaro

sõnaraamatsõnastik

sanakirja

कोशशब्दकोश

rječnik

szótár

kamus

orðabókorîabókuppsláttarrit

辞書

사전

dictionarium

žodynas

vārdnīca

dicţionar

slovník

slovar

ordboklexikon

พจนานุกรม

словник

từ điểntự điển

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

dictionary

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

dictionary

(ˈdikʃənəri) – plural ˈdictionaries – noun

1. a book containing the words of a language alphabetically arranged, with their meanings etc. This is an English dictionary.

2. a book containing other information alphabetically arranged. a dictionary of place-names.

dictionary

→ قَامُوس slovník ordbog Wörterbuch λεξικό diccionario sanakirja dictionnaire rječnik dizionario 辞書 사전 woordenboek ordbok słownik dicionário словарь ordbok พจนานุกรม sözlük từ điển 词典

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Other forms: dictionaries

A dictionary is a collection of words and their definitions (and sometimes other information). Such collections are usually printed as books, but some are now designed for use on computers.

Dictionary originally came from the Latin word dictionarius, meaning «a manual or book of words.» A dictionary is most commonly used to look up the definitions of particular words, but other information, such as etymology and usage guidelines, often appears as well. Electronic dictionaries can include even more information, like slang and popular texting acronyms, such as «ttyn,» which stands for «talk to you never.»

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a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

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