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   Dic·tion·ar·y

   /ˈdikSHəˌnerē/

   

   noun

   • 1. a book or electronic resource that lists the words of a language (typically in alphabetical order) and gives their meaning, or gives the equivalent words in a different language, often also providing information about pronunciation, origin, and usage: "I'll look up “love” in the dictionary"
   • ▪ a reference work on a particular subject, the items of which are typically arranged in alphabetical order: "a dictionary of quotations"
   • ▪ a set of words or other text strings made for use in applications such as spelling checkers: "the worm attempts to crack account passwords using a built-in dictionary"

   Word Origin early 16th century: from medieval Latin dictionarium (manuale) or dictionarius (liber) ‘manual or book of words’, from Latin dictio (see diction).

   Scrabble Points: 16

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   The meaning of DICTIONARY is a reference source in print or electronic form containing words usually alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, etymologies, meanings, and syntactic and idiomatic uses. How to use dictionary in a sentence.

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   Dictionary definition: a book or digital resource (such as Dictionary.com) containing a selection of words and information about their meanings, pronunciations, etymologies, inflected forms, derived forms, etc., in either the same or another language; lexicon; glossary. See examples of DICTIONARY used in a sentence.

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   Browse. Definition definition: the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear. See examples of DEFINITION used in a sentence.

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