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Meaning of "dictionary" in the English dictionary

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DICTIONARY
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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DICTIONARY

From Medieval Latin dictiōnārium collection of words, from Late Latin dictiō word.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DICTIONARY

dictionary  [ˈdɪkʃənərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DICTIONARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dictionary is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DICTIONARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dictionary

Dictionary

A dictionary is collection of words in one or more specific languages, often listed alphabetically, with usage of information, definitions, etymologies, phonetics, pronunciations, translation, and other information; or a book of words in one language with their equivalents in another, also known as a lexicon. According to Nielsen a dictionary may be regarded as a lexicographical product that is characterised by three significant features: it has been prepared for one or more functions; it contains data that have been selected for the purpose of fulfilling those functions; and its lexicographic structures link and establish relationships between the data so that they can meet the needs of users and fulfill the functions of the dictionary. A broad distinction is made between general and specialized dictionaries. Specialized dictionaries do not contain information about words that are used in language for general purposes—words used by ordinary people in everyday situations. Lexical items that describe concepts in specific fields are usually called terms instead of words, although there is no consensus whether lexicology and terminology are two different fields of study.

Definition of dictionary in the English dictionary

The first definition of dictionary in the dictionary is 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. Other definition of dictionary is 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. Dictionary is also a reference publication listing words or terms of a particular subject or activity, giving information about their meanings and other attributes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DICTIONARY


auctionary
ˈɔːkʃənərɪ
cautionary
ˈkɔːʃənərɪ
confectionary
kənˈfɛkʃənərɪ
confectionery
kənˈfɛkʃənərɪ
contractionary
kənˈtrækʃənərɪ
discretionary
dɪˈskrɛʃənərɪ
evolutionary
ˌiːvəˈluːʃənərɪ
factionary
ˈfækʃənərɪ
fluxionary
ˈflʌkʃənərɪ
fractionary
ˈfrækʃənərɪ
functionary
ˈfʌŋkʃənərɪ
interjectionary
ˌɪntəˈdʒɛkʃənərɪ
lectionary
ˈlɛkʃənərɪ
missionary
ˈmɪʃənərɪ
precautionary
prɪˈkɔːʃənərɪ
reactionary
rɪˈækʃənərɪ
resurrectionary
ˌrezəˈrekʃənərɪ
revolutionary
ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənərɪ
stationary
ˈsteɪʃənərɪ
stationery
ˈsteɪʃənərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DICTIONARY

dictatorialness
dictatorship
dictatory
dictatress
dictatrix
dictature
diction
dictional
dictionally
dictionaries
dictionary attack
dictionary catalogue
dictionary definition
dictionary-maker
dictionary-making
Dictograph
dictum
dicty
dictyogen
dictyopteran

WORDS THAT END LIKE DICTIONARY

accretionary
cardiopulmonary
coevolutionary
coronary
counter-revolutionary
data dictionary
deflationary
diversionary
exclusionary
expeditionary
geostationary
illusionary
inflationary
nonstationary
ordinary
post-Revolutionary
probationary
pulmonary
reversionary
revisionary
visionary

Synonyms and antonyms of dictionary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DICTIONARY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dictionary» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dictionary

Translation of «dictionary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DICTIONARY

Find out the translation of dictionary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dictionary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dictionary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

词典
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

diccionario
570 millions of speakers

English

dictionary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शब्दकोश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قَامُوس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

словарь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dicionário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভিধান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dictionnaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kamus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wörterbuch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

辞書
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사전
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kamus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

từ điển
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அகராதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शब्दकोश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sözlük
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dizionario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

słownik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

словник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dicționar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λεξικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

woordeboek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ordbok
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ordbok
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dictionary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DICTIONARY»

The term «dictionary» is very widely used and occupies the 4.510 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of dictionary
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «dictionary».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DICTIONARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dictionary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dictionary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dictionary

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10 QUOTES WITH «DICTIONARY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dictionary.
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Mukesh Ambani
I don't think that ambition should not be in the dictionary of entrepreneurs. But our ambition should be realistic. You have to realise that you can't do everything.
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Loni Anderson
Look up the definition of rejection in the dictionary, get really comfortable with it, and then maybe you can go into acting.
3
Elgin Baylor
If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan.
4
Max Beerbohm
I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul.
5
Napoleon Bonaparte
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
6
Sarah Ban Breathnach
Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.
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Craig Brown
Often, I grow irritated before the first tile has been placed on the Scrabble board. This generally occurs when one of my opponents has insisted upon bringing a dictionary to the table, making it clear that he will be consulting it throughout the game.
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Raymond Burr
I am an unmarried man, as opposed to a single man. A bachelor, according to the dictionary, is a man who has never been married. An unmarried man is not married at the moment. Many of these terms have fallen into disuse.
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Saffron Burrows
I'll always take Scrabble and chess if I'm going filming. But I do have the Scrabble dictionary, which can be infuriating for other players.
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Brian Celio
Don't hate the word, playa; hate the dictionary.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DICTIONARY»

Discover the use of dictionary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dictionary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
Suggests words with related meanings for 8,500 words and provides over seventeen thousand example phrases to illustrated how words are used.
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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Oxford Dictionary of English
The foremost single volume authority on the English language, the Oxford Dictionary of English is at the forefront of language research, focusing on English as it is used today.
Angus Stevenson, 2010
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A Dictionary of Nursing
This best-selling dictionary provides comprehensive coverage of the ever-expanding vocabulary of the nursing professions in an authoritative and accessible way.
Elizabeth Martin, Tanya McFerran, 2008
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The Ladies Dictionary (1694)
The ladies dictionary, being a general entertainment for the fair-sex was published in 1694 and offers around 1950 lexical and encyclopaedic entries, the great majority excerpted either verbatim or with some degree of abridgement or ...
N. H., 2010
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The Development Dictionary: A Guide to Knowledge as Power
In this pioneering collection, some of the world’s most eminent critics of development review the key concepts of the development discourse in the post-war era.
Wolfgang Sachs, 1992
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A Dictionary of Psychology
Entries are extensively cross-referenced for ease of use, and cover word origins and derivations as well as definitions. Over 80 illustrations complement the text.
Andrew M. Colman, 2009
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Concise Medical Dictionary
This market-leading and best-selling illustrated dictionary contains 12,300 authoritative entries on all aspects of medical science. Entries are accessible and jargon-free and are complemented by over 140 illustrations and diagrams.
Elizabeth A. Martin, 2010
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Dictionary: Tohono O'odham/Pima to English, English to ...
This dictionary is a useful tool for native speakers, linguists, and any outsiders working among those peoples. The second edition has been expanded to more than 5,000 entries and enhanced by a more accessible format.
Dean Saxton, Lucille Saxton, Susie Enos, 1998
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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
More than twenty thousand quotations from every era and location are combined in a comprehensive reference that also encompasses details of the earliest traceable source, birth and death dates, and career briefs for each entry, as well as a ...
Elizabeth M. Knowles, 1999
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Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian
Includes definitions, a grammar, and a pronunciation key
Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel H. Elbert, 1986

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DICTIONARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dictionary is used in the context of the following news items.
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Story of Madura Kulatunga – Developer of Madura Dictionary | Sri …
He originally established his reputation as the developer of Madura English-Sinhala Dictionary which has become the most popular electronic ... «Sri Lanka Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Narendra Modi releases first Uzbek-Hindi dictionary - The Hindu
Modi releases first Uzbek-Hindi dictionary ... The Prime Minister also released the first Uzbek-Hindi dictionary along with his Uzbek counterpart ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
3
Should "bro-country" be added to the dictionary? - KFDI
The jury is still out according to the Cambridge Dictionary's New Word blog. The Cambridge staff featured the word on their New Word blog becauseit has“been ... «KFDI, Jul 15»
4
The Herald: A crowdsourced Scots dictionary means we can ensure …
BEFORE the meteoric rise in printing technology, most European nations were a hodgepodge of dialects and linguistic variations. More of a ... «CommonSpace, Jul 15»
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Modi releases first Uzbek-Hindi dictionary - Kashmir Images
The Prime Minister also released the first Uzbek-Hindi dictionary along with his Uzbek counterpart and Indologist Rakhmatov. «Kashmir Images, Jul 15»
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There's now an Urban Dictionary for tech terms, how many do you …
Silicon Valley Dictionary serves up nearly 200 (and counting) terms commonly used in the tech world, along with a smattering of them from ... «The Next Web, Jul 15»
7
Meet the boss - dictionary editor Susan Butler
Susan Butler started working at the Macquarie Dictionary in 1970, and ... As the editor of the Macquarie Dictionary, Susan Butler knows she has ... «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»
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William D. Hastings' Prison Slang Dictionary Will Answer All Your …
Hastings, a currently incarcerated inmate who both maintains the online dictionary and updates a weekly blog called Behind Prison Walls, offers valuable insight ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
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“You want me to take f**king out of the Scrabble dictionary?”
The players decided to settle the dispute by checking the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, Second Edition. However, in skimming the pages ... «Salon, Jul 15»
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Medical Dictionary: Hyperhidrosis
Hyperhidrosis. Hyperhidrosis is a medical condition that causes someone to sweat excessively and unpredictably. People with hyperhidrosis ... «The News Journal, Jul 15»

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