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   Dic·tion·ar·y

   /ˈdikSHəˌnerē/

   

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   • 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).

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   The English language (and, we may presume, many other languages) has both antonyms and synonyms. There are many more words with synonyms than there are words with antonyms, since many things exist which do not have an opposite (the word sandwich, for instance, may be said to have synonyms in the words hoagie, grinder, submarine, and many other word...

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   borrowed from French antonyme, probably back-formation (after synonyme synonym) from antonymie \"opposition of words with contrary senses,\" borrowed from Greek antōnymía \"pronoun (i.e., a word substituting for another), interchange of names,\" from ant-, anti- \"in opposition to, in place of\" + -ōnymos \"having a name (of the kind specified)\" +...

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   Note: French antonyme appears in the title and text of Dictionnaire des antonymes ou contremots (Paris & Berlin, 1842), an early dictionary of antonyms compiled from 17th-18th-century authors by the Alsatian philologist Paul Ackermann (1812-46), who may have coined the word. In English antonym was promulgated, if not first used, by the British cler...

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   Learn the meaning, history, and usage of the word antonym, which means a word of opposite meaning. Find examples, synonyms, related articles, and more on Merriam-Webster.com.

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   An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word. For example, the word small means of limited size, while big means of large size. Happy, a feeling of gladness, is an antonym of sad, a feeling of sorrow. Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs can all have antonyms, though not all do. A word can also have multiple antonyms.

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   noun. a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other. synonyms: opposite, opposite word. see more. Pronunciation. US. /ˌæntəˈnɪm/ UK. /ˈæntənɪm/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Antonym."

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   What is the meaning of antonyms?

   • Bill felt remorse, or shame, for his harsh words. His rancor, or hatred, for socializing resulted in a life of loneliness and boredom. Antonyms are another type of context clue. As crazy as it may sound, antonyms, or words that mean the opposite, actually provide meaning for unknown words!

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   What is the difference between antonyms and synonyms?

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   Are there more words with synonyms than antonyms?

   • There are many more words with synonyms than there are words with antonyms, since many things exist which do not have an opposite (the word sandwich, for instance, may be said to have synonyms in the words hoagie, grinder, submarine, and many other words, but there is no opposite of sandwich ).

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   Can you use antonyms in a sentence?

   • Even while writing, one may be using the same words too often making the prose drab and boring. Using antonyms, without changing the meaning of a sentence, can be a good way to make things interesting. Q: Choose the option which means the opposite of the given word: Copious

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