dictionary
/ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/ noun A1- 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.
- A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.
- A reference work on a particular subject or activity in which the entries are arranged alphabetically; an alphabetical encyclopedia. · a law dictionary· a dictionary of sports
- The collection of words used or understood by a particular individual.
- Someone or something regarded as a repository or compendium of information. · walking dictionary
- An associative array; a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a dictionary (noun sense 1).
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As soon as she was gone, Noirtier made a sign to Morrel to take the dictionary.
Accustomed, however, as he was to the work, he had to repeat most of the letters of the alphabet and to find every word in the dictionary, so that it was ten minutes before the thought of the old man was translated by these words,
The names have been purposely concealed; my father himself does not know who this president was, and if he knows, he cannot tell you; proper names are not in the dictionary.”
Noirtier looked at the dictionary.
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