dictionary?

Answer 1

What about the dictionary...?

Answer 2

Well, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, a dictionary is:

'A book dealing with the individual words of a language (or certain specified classes of them), so as to set forth their orthography, pronunciation, signification, and use, their synonyms, derivation, and history, or at least some of these facts: for convenience of reference, the words are arranged in some stated order, now, in most languages, alphabetical; and in larger dictionaries the information given is illustrated by quotations from literature; a word-book, vocabulary, or lexicon.'

Answer 3

Dictionary, listing of the words of a language, usually in alphabetical order but sometimes also by topic, with their meanings or their equivalents. The term dictionary is also applied to any systematic list of special terms such as abbreviations, slang, or etymology, or to a list in which the special terms of a particular subject are defined. Some dictionaries focus on particular subjects.
Some dictionaries are called encyclopedic because they not only define words but also offer additional descriptive and explanatory information and identify many biographical and geographical names. A famous encyclopedic dictionary is the French 19th-century dictionary-encyclopedia the Grand dictionnaire universel (17 volumes, 1865-1890), compiled by Pierre

Answer 4

A dictionary is a list of words with their definitions, a list of characters with their glyphs, or a list of words with corresponding words in other languages. In a few languages, words can appear in many different forms, but only the lemma form appears as the main word or headword in most dictionaries. Many dictionaries also provide pronunciation information; grammatical information; word derivations, histories, or etymologies; illustrations; usage guidance; and examples in phrases or sentences. Dictionaries are most commonly found in the form of a book. Some dictionaries are also found in electronic portable handheld devices. Most dictionaries are produced by lexicographers.

Word order

Today, dictionaries of most languages with alphabetic and syllabic writing systems list words in lexicographic order, usually alphabetical or some analogous phonetic system.

In many languages, words are grouped together according to their true or normal origin ("root"), and these roots are arranged alphabetically. If English dictionaries were arranged like this, the words "import", "export", "support", "report", "porter", "port", "important" and "transportation" would all be listed under "port". This method has the advantage that all words of a common origin are listed together, but the disadvantage is that you have to know how to disassemble all prefixes of a word after you look it down. Some Hebrew, Sanskrit, and Arabic dictionaries work like this.

Dictionaries of languages using ideographic writing systems, such as Chinese and Japanese, may be sorted either according to one of many schemes based on the component parts of the characters (number of strokes, overall shape, or pronunciation of each letter), or according to the pronunciation of the full words when spelled phonetically. Due to the unfamiliarity of Chinese speakers with phonetic spellings, phonetic sorts are particularly unsuitable for Chinese dictionaries, while the fluency of Japanese speakers with kana makes kana spelling the most common and convenient method to sort Japanese dictionaries. (See collation for more information on linguistic sorting).

The first English alphabetical dictionary came out in 1604 and alphabetical ordering was a rarity until the 18th century. Before alphabetical listings, dictionaries were organized by topic, i.e. a list of animals all together in one topic.

Answer 5

Dictionary states the precise meaning of (a word or sense of a word, for example).It gives its form and meaning

Answer 6

Dictionary is a synonym for lexicon, a book compiled by a lexicographer.

Answer 7

A place where you can find definitions and explications.
A great place where you can find a good online dictionary is
http://dictionary.oxid.ro

Answer 8

A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them.

Answer 9

Very useful all your life.
An excellent gift to a young one.

Answer 10

Rajiv,
You want to know about Online dictionary:
you can checkout this: www.m-w.com

Next time be clear with your question, my friend.