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How to Use a Dictionary

Dictionaries are overflowing with interesting information! Here's how to get the most out of your dictionary.


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How to Use a Dictionary

 

The best way to find information in the dictionary

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Is there one standard way?

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Editor Emily Brewster clarifies the difference.

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Comedian ISMO on what separates a boot from a trunk

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The History of 'Cynic'

 

How an ancient philosophical movement devoted to the pursuit of virtue came to describe eye-rolling criticism.

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And how did it get that name?