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dictionary (plural dictionaries) 1. A reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meaning, and sometimes containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, translations, and other data. 1.1. 1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 7, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 339: 1.1.1. But what other kind(s) of syntactic information should be included in Lexical Entries? Traditional dictionaries such as Hornby's (1974) Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English include not only categorial information in their entries, but also information about the range of Complementswhich a given item permits (this information is represented by the use of a number/letter code). 1.1. Synonym: wordbook 2. (preceded by the) A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language. 2.1. 1930, Norman Li...

dictionary (third-person singular simple present dictionaries, present participle dictionarying, simple past and past participle dictionaried) 1. (transitive)To look up in a dictionary. 2. (transitive) To add to a dictionary. 2.1. 1866, William Henry Ward, The international day, night, and fog signal telegraph, page 12: 2.1.1. By a reference to the following dictionariedabbreviations, the simplicity and harmony of each sentence will be manifestly apparent; although it does not embrace everything, and could not, as it would be far too voluminous for general use. 2.2. 2001, The Michigan Alumnus, page 25: 2.2.1. Should I use a word that a lot of people use but isn't in the dictionary? Uncle Phil would rather get a root canal than say he was scrapbooking, because the word isn't dictionaried. 3. (intransitive, rare) To compile a dictionary. 3.1. 1864, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 96, page 334: 3.1.1. They [dictionary-makers] may have had their romance at home — may have been cr...