Definition of Dictionaries. Meaning of Dictionaries. Synonyms of Dictionaries

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Definition of Dictionaries

Dictionaries
Dictionary Dic"tion*a*ry, n.; pl. Dictionaries. [Cf. F. dictionnaire. See Diction.] 1. A book containing the words of a language, arranged alphabetically, with explanations of their meanings; a lexicon; a vocabulary; a wordbook. I applied myself to the perusal of our writers; and noting whatever might be of use to ascertain or illustrate any word or phrase, accumulated in time the materials of a dictionary. --Johnson. 2. Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical dictionary.

Meaning of Dictionaries from wikipedia

- other types of dictionaries that do not fit neatly into the above distinction, for instance bilingual (translation) dictionaries, dictionaries of synonyms...
- hosted by OUP's own website Oxford Dictionaries Online (ODO), later known as Oxford Living Dictionaries. The dictionaries' definitions have also appeared...
- Oxford English Dictionary of Current English Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (OALD) Oxford Russian Dictionary (ORD) Oxford Dictionaries (website) Oxford...
- Webster's Dictionary is any of the US English language dictionaries edited in the early 19th century by Noah Webster (1758–1843), a US lexicographer,...
- Single-field dictionaries should be contrasted with multi-field dictionaries and sub-field dictionaries. Examples of single-field dictionaries are a dictionary of...
- dictionaries regularly used in the Chinese language: 'character dictionaries' (字典; zìdiǎn) list individual Chinese characters, and 'word dictionaries'...
- Specialized dictionaries can have various functions, i.e. they can help users in different types of situation. Monolingual dictionaries can help users...
- The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia is one of the largest encyclopedic dictionaries of the English language. It was compared favorably with the Oxford...
- Some Deficiencies in our English Dictionaries, which identified seven distinct shortcomings in contemporary dictionaries: Incomplete coverage of obsolete...
- Chinese character dictionaries. Present-day ****anese lexicographers are exploring computerized editing and electronic dictionaries. According to Nakao...