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has an article on:
Dictionary
Pronunciation
[
change
]
(
UK
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈdɪkʃən(ə)ri/
,
SAMPA
:
/"dIkS@n(@)ri/
(
US
)
enPR
:
dĭk'shə-nĕr"ē
,
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈdɪkʃənˌɛri/
,
SAMPA
:
/"dIkS@n%Eri/
Audio (UK)
(
file
)
Audio (US)
(
file
)
Noun
[
change
]
Singular
dictionary
Plural
dictionaries
A
dictionary
.
Some
bilingual
dictionaries
.
(
countable
) A
dictionary
is a
book
that tells you what
words
mean, and how to
spell
them. A lot of
dictionaries
will also tell you about
etymology
(where words come from) and
pronunciation
(how to speak them).
Synonyms:
lexicon
and
wordbook
You are reading an online
dictionary
right now.
The words in a printed
dictionary
are in
alphabetical order
.
I looked up the
dictionary
to find the meaning of the word
business
.
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]
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]
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