How to Use dictionary in a Sentence

dictionary

noun

• Look it up in the dictionary.
• Famed for his dictionary, "Rambler" essays and {it}The Lives of the English Poets{/it}, Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) remains one of the most-quoted and carefully observed authors who ever lived.
  — Publishers Weekly, 21 July 2008
• For the terms that have been in the dictionary before, please use the new meanings.
  — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021
• The dictionary didn’t help and there was no Google back then.
  — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2021
• The smaller-market teams are going to go the way of the dictionary.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2019
• The dictionary can often say as much in a tweet as a pundit can in an hour.
  — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2017
• To play the game, each person will take a turn choosing a word from the dictionary.
  — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 7 June 2019
• To press, find a thick heavy book, like a dictionary, and open to the middle.
  — Lindsey Vickers, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2020
• Slang often leads to new words being added to the dictionary.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2021
• Those words have no business in a dictionary used to support a game.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 13 Apr. 2017
• Put that free kick in the dictionary as the latest example.
  — Jonathan Tannenwald, Pro Soccer USA, 29 June 2019
• One place people turn to search for meaning is the dictionary.
  — Katy Steinmetz, Time, 3 Oct. 2017
• How many people have ever looked it up in the dictionary?
  — New York Times, 31 Mar. 2022
• Look up ‘fungible’ in the dictionary and get back to me.
  — Michael Lynch, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
• Hopefully the dictionary was able to set them straight.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 10 Oct. 2016
• The sight of the word sent me straight to the unabridged dictionary to find the precise English equivalent.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2020
• With the thought dictionary set up, the team disconnected the treadmill.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2023
• In my fifth-grade classroom, the teacher kept a huge and heavy dictionary on the back table.
  — Beth Thames | [e-mail], al, 24 Aug. 2022
• On his desk is a Black's law dictionary and little else.
  — Joan Biskupic, CNN, 1 July 2017
• Betty looked through the dictionary for a word that would fit their new invention.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 13 Oct. 2022
• Look up ‘climate’ and ‘weather’ in the dictionary and get back to me.
  — Michael Lynch, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
• Another dictionary is close to naming its word of the year, but needs your help.
  — Brenda Looper, Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2022
• And the dictionary continues to serve a vital purpose in times of tumult.
  — Jess McHugh, Time, 9 June 2021
• This book is a gift for those who need a reminder that success only comes before work in the dictionary.
  — Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
• As the media started reporting on the tweet, even the dictionary couldn’t help but poke fun.
  — Graeme McMillan, WIRED, 8 July 2018
• Love: the most dangerous four-letter word in the dictionary.
  — Alexis Jones and Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Feb. 2019
• Expect other dictionaries to issue their words of the year in the coming weeks.
  — Bydavid Meyer, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2023
• When is a word or term considered for inclusion in the dictionary?
  — Anne Quito, Quartz, 11 May 2021
• Stan questioned the merit of a sport that can only be observed while holding a dictionary.
  — Irv Erdoscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
• Brewster said, adding people turned to the dictionary to clarify its use and learn more.
  — Ben Kesslen, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024