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a reference book giving information about the meanings, pronunciations, uses, and origins of words listed in alphabetical order
try to develop the habit of going to the dictionary whenever you encounter an unfamiliar word
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Recent Examples of dictionaries
For the first time in 20 years, the company that publishes reference books and is mostly known for its dictionaries, is releasing a brand new edition of its iconic Collegiate Dictionary.
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Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Anyway, in numerous cases in this volume, being aware of dictionaries in other languages has left a mark on lexicographers.
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
At a time when contentious words dominate our conversations—think insurrection and fascism and fake news and woke—the need for dictionaries to chronicle and explain language, and serve as its watchdog, has never been greater.
—Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
Others, like pain points and thought leaders, seem like things that AI got from business buzzword dictionaries.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Anyway, in numerous cases in this volume, being aware of dictionaries in other languages has left a mark on lexicographers.
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
At a time when contentious words dominate our conversations—think insurrection and fascism and fake news and woke—the need for dictionaries to chronicle and explain language, and serve as its watchdog, has never been greater.
—Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
Others, like pain points and thought leaders, seem like things that AI got from business buzzword dictionaries.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Dictionaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dictionaries. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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