Sekirov Dictionary

dictionary

UK /ˈdɪk.ʃə.nə.ɹi/US /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/

noun 6
verb 3
forms 3
phrases 1

noun6

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A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each term's meanings or senses, often also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information.
- If you want to know the meaning of a word, look it up in the dictionary.
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A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.
- Look it up in the dictionary, and what do you find? — 1930
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A reference work on a particular subject or activity in which the entries are arranged alphabetically; an alphabetical encyclopedia.
- a dictionary of sports
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An associative array; a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a dictionary.
- User calls RouteCollection.GetVirtualPath, passing in a RequestContext, a dictionary of values, and an optional route name used to select the correct route to generate the URL. — 2011
(figurative) Someone or something regarded as a repository or compendium of information.
(figurative) The collection of words used or understood by a particular individual.

verb3

To look up in a dictionary.
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To add to a dictionary.
- Should I use a word that a lot of people use but isn't in the dictionary? Uncle Phil would rather get a root canal than say he was scrapbooking, because the word isn't dictionaried. — 2001
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(rare) To compile a dictionary.
- They [dictionary-makers] may have had their romance at home—may have been crossed in love, and thence driven to dictionarying; may have been involved in domestic tragedies—who can say? — 1864

forms

dictionaried · dictionarying · dictionaries

Phrases with dictionary

swallow the dictionary
To speak using long or obscure words.

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