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▸ noun: (preceded by the) A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.
▸ noun: (by extension) Any work that has a list of material organized alphabetically; e.g., biographical dictionary, encyclopedic dictionary.
▸ noun: (computing) An associative array, a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a dictionary (sense 1).
▸ verb: (transitive) To look up in a dictionary.
▸ verb: (transitive) To add to a dictionary.
▸ verb: (intransitive, rare) To compile a dictionary.
▸ noun: Nickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words.
Similar:
lexicon,
thesaurus,
glossary,
encyclopedia,
vocabulary,
lexicography,
lexicological,
encyclopaedia,
wordlist,
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English dictionary,
thesaurus,
medical dictionary,
legal dictionary,
rhyming dictionary,
slang dictionary,
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english,
biographical,
new,
good,
historical,
unabridged,
medical,
standard,
comprehensive,
french,
etymological
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