what is a dictionary?

Answer 1

It is an alphabetical way of categorizing items and defining them.

~~ a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
http://www.wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

~~ The 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. ...
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary

~~ The Dictionary application, developed by Apple for its Macintosh computers, was introduced with Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger". It provides definitions and synonyms from the New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd Edition and Oxford American Writers Thesaurus, 1st Edition.
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary (software)

~~ The current list of characters that have been defined in a file.
http://www.the-labs.com/MacromediaFlash/SWF-Spec/terminology.html

~~ a book that gives definitions of words. Dictionaries may be general (Webster's new Collegiate Dictionary), or specialized (Dictionary of Economics).
http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/LMC/Library_Terminology.html

~~ An alphabetical listing of words with their meanings, spellings, variant forms, pronunciation, etymology, synonyms, antonyms, usage examples, etc., usually in a single language. ...
http://www.cms-global.org/Glossary/TranGlossary.html

~~ A reference source that provides meanings of words and other information. Specialized dictionaries ( foreign languages, fields of study ) are also available.
http://www.usd.edu/library/instruction/glossary.shtml

~~ A book of words in a language, arranged alphabetically, which provides information about spelling, meaning, etymology (origins), function, pronunciation, etc. *
http://www.lscc.edu/library/guides/lilt.aspx

~~ A Python object a bit like a dictionary, an address book or an encyclopaedia. A dictionary is made up of associations.
http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/pyBiblio/livewires/course/J-jargon.html

~~ an item which can help you understand terminology and concepts, suggest synonyms, related terms, and scientific names, and is a useful resource to consult when formulating and refining your research strategy. Many general and subject-specific dictionaries & glossaries can be found on the web.
http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/help/research/terms.htm

~~ An organized list of terms and their definitions.
http://www.loc.gov/marc/dc/subtypes-20000612.html

~~ A book which gives the pronunciation and meaning of words. An unabridged dictionary is comprehensive in scope and gives more complete information. An abridged dictionary is narrow and provides less complete information.
http://www.lib.colostate.edu/howto/gloss.html

~~ List for words and their definitions -- address and parameters. Almost the entire Forth program is contained within the dictionary.
http://www.pcai.com/web/glossary/pcai_d_f_glossary.html

~~ another term for category system. A dictionary consists of all search patterns that form the categories. Sometimes the term dictionary is also used in the sense of a word list.
http://www.textanalysis.info/glossary.htm

~~ Covers all main european languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian. - Possibility to search words in many dictionaries - Possibility to search words across many dictionaries - Possibility to search words in an indexed order. ...
http://www.free-soft.ro/everest/everest.html

~~ An alphabetical list of words and their meanings.
http://www.lib.ucr.edu/depts/acquisitions/YBP%20NSP%20GLOSSARY%20EXTERNAL%20revised6-02.php

~~ The server can handle several distinct dictionaries. You can select specific dictionaries or ask the server to search in all dictionaries or until matches or definitions are found. To search in all dictionaries the special name * is used, the special name ! ...
http://www.myrkr.in-berlin.de/dictionary/using.html

~~ (The position is in the form "page.position" with the final digit in the position being "0" for characters actually in the dictionary and "1" for characters not found in the dictionary and assigned a "virtual" position in the dictionary. ...
http://www.efts.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/chinese/dictionary/docum.html

~~ A work which defines the terms of a language, profession, discipline, or specialized area of knowledge. Terms are usually arranged in alphabetical order. ABRIDGED dictionaries limit themselves to the most commonly used words. UNABRIDGED dictionaries aim at a much higher level of completeness.
http://www.library.auraria.edu/guides/general/libterm.html

~~ is in scare quotes in the paragraph above because in many ways the Linguru dictionaries are unlike conventional paper dictionaries. Entries in Linguru dictionaries can be more flexible and varied than those found in traditional dictionaries. ...
http://www.linguru.com/glossary/glossary.html

~~ A repository containing a definition of the content and structure of a database. It is used by the db.* runtime library functions for accessing and manipulating information from that database.
http://www.ittia.com/dbstar/manual/UG_Gloss.htm

~~ Alphabetical lists of terms and their definitions that provide variant senses for each term, where applicable. They are more general in scope than a glossary. ...
http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/library/Departments/abc/SACSEM-SemInGlossary.htm

~~ a reference book containing words, usually alphabetically arranged, together with information about them, especially their forms, pronunciations, parts of speech, meanings, origins, grammatical requirements, and idiomatic uses
http://reference.iucr.org/dictionary/Interim_Report_of_Working_Group

~~ A book explaining the meaning of words, organised in alphabetical order.
http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_poetic_terms_d.htm

~~ The PG-PARS software package is based on the world’s largest English-Russian / Russian-English comprehensive dictionary with over 1,500,000 translations in both parts. A dictionary entry consists of a headword with its translations as well as relevant phrases, comments and examples. ...
www.allvirtualware.com/rusoft/pgpars.htm

~~ Provides the meaning of words in a language or field of knowledge.
http://www.seattlecentral.org/faculty/jshoop/glossary.html

~~ an alphabetical listing of terms with definitions. Dictionaries are produced for many specialist subject areas and can be useful in finding keywords for a database search.
http://www.perdanacollege.com/library/glossary.html

~~ In Smalltalk, an unordered collection whose elements are accessed by an explicitly assigned external key. See also pool dictionary.
http://www.daimi.au.dk/~ups/OOVM/smalltalk-tutorial/glossary.html

Answer 2

Are you serious or you just trying to help people gain points for answering quesions....

The first dictionary of the Chinese language, the Shuowen Jiezi, was written around 100 CE. According to the The Chronicles of Japan, Japanese dictionaries originated in 682 CE, although the first dictionary dealt with the deciphering of Chinese characters. The first dictionary ever written was done by the Babylonians in 6th Century B.C.

Answer 3

It is a large book that gives definitions and the meanings of words. There are also dictionaries that give the translation of words from one language to another. For example, you could get a dictionary that translates an English word into someone's native language.

Answer 4

A dictionary, is a book that contains the words of a language.

Answer 5

.A dictionary is a book (now-a-days also in CD) in which you can find meanings of different words. These words are arranged alphabetically so that the words are easier to find

Answer 6

a dictionary mean a book full of words for u to find the meaning of the words which u dont know..........

Answer 7

r u serious. a dictionary is a big book that tells you countless definitions from a-z. it also give pronunciations of words and how it is used in a sentence

Answer 8

A dictionary is a complilation of words and their meanings usally in alphabetical order.

Answer 9

Webster Dictionary

Answer 10

A book where you look up for meanings, definitions of words, which really might help people like you -yeah you- not to ask this question.

Answer 11

it is a book or electronic material to search the meanings you dont know or want to know multiple meanings.all the words are arranged in assending order.so it is easy for you search.

for example if want to see the meaning of "god"
first go to 'g' letter then go to word 'go' then 'god' ...like that
have a nice day!