dictionary

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dictionary

Plural
dictionaries

A dictionary.
Some bilingual dictionaries.
  1. (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).
    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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