DICTIONARY
Dictionary
A dictionary is a collection of words in one or more specific languages, often listed alphabetically, with usage information, definitions, etymologies, phonetics, pronunciations, 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 above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Dictionary
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dictionary
Noun
- 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.
- By extension, any work that has a list of material organized alphabetically; e.g. biographical dictionary, encyclopedic dictionary.
- An associative array, a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a physical dictionary.
Verb
- To look up in a dictionary
- To add to a dictionary
- To appear in a dictionary
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