you are trying to look for a word that you have not idea what i means in the dictionary and when you find it and look at the defenition, there are other words that you dont know that explain the word you were trying to figure out in the first place.
2006-11-19 09:47:46 · 10 answers · asked by victor y 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
i dont mean all words! i ment that it happend to me a couple of times. not all the time!
2006-11-19 11:07:59 · update #1
i dont have that problem
2006-11-19 09:49:06 · answer #1 · answered by voodomd 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, that doesn’t upset me. In fact that is part of the enjoyment of looking up words, that is, finding other words to learn. Just looking up the meaning of a word is really not enough. Discovering the word usage history and the root origin adds depth and power to words and how they are used. Etymology is the icing on the cake of language.
This is the foundation of sentence syntax and learning the parsing of sentences (based on correct word understanding) leads to greater enjoyment of the language.
2006-11-19 18:02:45 · answer #2 · answered by Randy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I know what you mean. But it should just inspire you to keep looking and learning. Sometimes, looking up one word in the dictionary can lead to looking up many more. One word leads to another, then another, etc. It's hard to put it down sometimes.
2006-11-19 23:00:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In all languages that I know; there are a lot of words for certain word. The meaning may contradict with other detention too.
2006-11-19 17:58:08 · answer #4 · answered by Iranian Amigo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't have that problem but,know where you are coming from.Just use the words you do understand.
2006-11-19 17:50:44 · answer #5 · answered by ruth4526 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i hate when that happens! i usually start to burn the dictionary after that. webster is just too smart for us! lol
2006-11-19 17:52:39 · answer #6 · answered by shheeyya mann 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
sorry no but why don't you try looking for the definition on the internet?
2006-11-19 17:54:09 · answer #7 · answered by Vinisha P 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think I know what you mean.....
Vengeful: adj. vindictive; seeking vengeance,
Doesn't help if you don't know what the words "vengeance" or "vindictive" mean....does it?
2006-11-19 18:00:35 · answer #8 · answered by Canadian Ken 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you sure you aren't using a thesaurus?
2006-11-19 17:50:59 · answer #9 · answered by OldCollegeTry 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
oh man you're ******* crazy
2006-11-19 17:49:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋