Synonyms for dictionary
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dik-shuh-ner-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪk ʃəˌnɛr i |
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Définition of dictionary
Origin :- 1520s, from Medieval Latin dictionarium "collection of words and phrases," from Latin dictionarius "of words," from dictio "word" (see diction). Probably first English use in title of a book was in Sir Thomas Elyot's "Latin Dictionary" (1538) though Latin Dictionarius was so used from early 13c. Grose's 1788 "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue" has "RICHARD SNARY. A dictionary."
- noun book of word meanings
- He had given shape and permanence to his native language by his Dictionary.
- Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The Century Dictionary will please not copy this definition.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- He had returned to New York, and was engaged in the preparation of his dictionary.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- To decipher the message, a special code-book or dictionary would be required.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- It was written in French, and so he was obliged to save again, till he could buy a dictionary.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- He had an especial dislike of learned and "dictionary words."
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Get that old French dictionary out of the bookcase downstairs, will you?
- Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
- "I can make out some of it," he remarked to Dan, when his friend returned with the dictionary.
- Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
- Like Richelieu and Napoleon, he would have the word “impossible” banished from the dictionary.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- Impossible,” said he, “is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
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