What word has the longest definition in an english dictionary?

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What word has the longest definition in an english dictionary?

What word in the english language has the longest definition....

2006-09-16 05:30:54 · 3 answers · asked by mistress_ang 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages

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If you check the largest dictionary you can find (probably the Oxford World Dictionary of the English Language) the one word with the MOST (which is not necessarily the longest explanation of one definition but a host of definitions and uses) is the word, "run," which has upward of 90 definitions, meanings and uses.

2006-09-16 08:55:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

The word "Static" ! It has the longest understandable definition!

Ciao..John-John.

2006-09-16 12:34:34 · answer #2 · answered by John-John 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

"Set" has more definitions than any other word.

2006-09-16 12:44:33 · answer #3 · answered by ichliebekira 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋