Was die in der KategorieENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY
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English - Etymology
Medieval Latin _dictionarium_, from Latin _dictionarius_, from _dictio_ (“speaking”), from _dictus_, perfect past participle of _dīcō_ (“speak”) + _-arium_ (“room, place”).
Medieval Latin dictionarium, from Latin dictionarius, from dictio (“speaking”), from
dictus, perfect past participle of dīcō (“speak”) + -arium (“room, place”).
Was die in der KategorieENGLISH - PRONUNCIATION
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English - Pronunciation
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɪkʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹɪ/
* (General American, Canada) enPR: dĭk'shə-nĕr-ē, IPA(key): /ˈdɪkʃənɛɹi/
* Hyphenation: dic‧tion‧ary
Was die in der KategorieENGLISH - NOUN
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English - Noun
DICTIONARY (_plural_ DICTIONARIES)
* A reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically and explaining each word's meaning and sometimes containing information on its etymology, usage, translations, and other data.
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But what other kind(s) of syntactic information should be included in Lexical Entries? Traditional DICTIONARIES such as Hornby's (1974) _Oxford Advanced Learner's DICTIONARY of Current English_ include not only _categorial_ information in their entries, but also information about the range of _Complements_ which a given item permits (this information is represented by the use of a number/letter code).
* 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.
* 2011, Jon Galloway, Phil Haack, Brad Wilson, _Professional ASP.NET MVC 3_
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.
* For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
SYNONYMS
* wordbook
DERIVED TERMS
* encyclopedic dictionary
* explanatory dictionary
* fictionary
* pedagogical dictionary
* Pictionary
* pronunciation dictionary
* subdictionary
* translating dictionary
* translationary
SEE ALSO
* lexicon
* encyclopedia
* vocabulary
TRANSLATIONS
dictionary
(plural dictionaries)
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A reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically and explaining each word's meaning and sometimes containing
information on its etymology, usage, translations, and other data.
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By extension, any work that has a
list of material organized alphabetically; e.g. biographical dictionary, encyclopedic dictionary.
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(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.
Was die in der KategorieENGLISH - ANAGRAMS
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English - Anagrams
* indicatory
Was die in der KategorieENGLISH - VERB
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English - 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.
* 1866, William Henry Ward, _The international day, night, and fog signal telegraph_ (page 12)
By a reference to the following DICTIONARIED abbreviations, the simplicity and harmony of each sentence will be manifestly apparent; although it does not embrace everything, and could not, as it would be far too voluminous for general use.
* 2001, _The Michigan Alumnus_ (page 25)
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.
* (intransitive, rare) To compile a dictionary.
* 1864, _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_ (volume 96, page 334)
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?
* (intransitive) To appear in a dictionary.
dictionary
(third-person singular simple present dictionaries, present participle dictionarying, simple past and past participle dictionaried)
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(transitive) To look up in a dictionary.
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(transitive) To add to a dictionary.
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(intransitive, rare) To compile a dictionary.
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(intransitive) To appear in a dictionary.