dictionary, lexicon
(noun) a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dictionary (plural dictionaries)
A reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meaning, and sometimes containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, translations, and other data.
Synonym: wordbook
(preceded by the) A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.
(by extension) Any work that has a list of material organized alphabetically; e.g, biographical dictionary, encyclopedic dictionary.
(computing) An associative array, a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a physical dictionary.
Hyponym: hash table
dictionary (third-person singular simple present dictionaries, present participle dictionarying, simple past and past participle dictionaried)
(transitive) To look up in a dictionary.
(transitive) To add to a dictionary.
(intransitive, rare) To compile a dictionary.
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Dictionary
Nickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words.
• indicatory
Source: Wiktionary
Dic"tion*a*ry, n.; pl. Dictionaries. Etym: [Cf. F. dictionnaire. See Diction.]
1. A book containing the words of a language, arranged alphabetically, with explanations of their meanings; a lexicon; a vocabulary; a wordbook. I applied myself to the perusal of our writers; and noting whatever might be of use to ascertain or illustrate any word or phrase, accumulated in time the materials of a dictionary. Johnson.
2. Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical dictionary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
