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How to pronounce “dictionary”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of dictionary with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Erin McKean: The joy of lexicography 17 minutes
You know, in a dictionary? (Laughter) Yeah, that's what I thought.
- Definition summary
- A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses, oftentimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information. [ca. 1480]
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How to pronounce dictionary
Erin McKean: The joy of lexicography 17 minutes
You know, in a dictionary? (Laughter) Yeah, that's what I thought.
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A Deep Dive Into “dictionary”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses, oftentimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information. [ca. 1480]
- (by extension) A reference work on a particular subject or activity in which the entries are arranged alphabetically; an alphabetical encyclopedia. [from 1570s]
- (figurative) A person or thing regarded as a repository or compendium of information. [from 1730s]
- (with of or possessive, frequently figurative, especially derogatory) The collection of words used or understood by a particular person; vocabulary. [from 1570s]
- (preceded by the) A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.
- (computing) An associative array, a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a dictionary (noun sense 1). [from 1950s]
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To look up in a dictionary.
- (transitive) To add to a dictionary.
- (intransitive, rare) To compile a dictionary.
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