According to Statista, the global coffee industry is worth US$363 billion in 2020. The market grows annually by 10.6%, and 78% of revenue came from out-of-home establishments like cafes and coffee beverage retailers.
DICTIONARY
dictionary, lexicon
(noun) a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
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
Verb
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.
Anagrams
• indicatory
Etymology
Proper noun
Dictionary
Nickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words.
Anagrams
• 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
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