Dictionary
noun
A book or online resource that lists the words of a language and gives their meaning.
I use the dictionary to look up words I don't understand.
Often appears as...
- online dictionary
- pocket dictionary
noun
A reference book on any subject, the items of which are arranged in alphabetical order.
I got a medical dictionary to understand medical terms.
Often appears as...
- medical dictionary
- technical dictionary
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Academic
noun
In computing, a data structure that stores pairs of objects, in which one element is a key and the other is a value.
In Python, dictionary is a mutable data type.
Often appears as...
- python dictionary
- dictionary key
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Technical
noun
A book or online resource that lists the words of a language and gives their meaning.
I use the dictionary to look up words I don't understand.
Often appears as...
- online dictionary
- pocket dictionary
noun
A reference book on any subject, the items of which are arranged in alphabetical order.
I got a medical dictionary to understand medical terms.
Often appears as...
- medical dictionary
- technical dictionary
Usage tips
Academic
noun
In computing, a data structure that stores pairs of objects, in which one element is a key and the other is a value.
In Python, dictionary is a mutable data type.
Often appears as...
- python dictionary
- dictionary key
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Language Improvement
A dictionary helps improve your language by showing correct spelling, pronunciation, and usage.
Every time I learn a new word, I check the dictionary to understand it completely.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Insights
Some dictionaries include cultural phrases, idioms, or regionalisms, providing a deeper understanding of the language.
I found the phrase 'raining cats and dogs' in the dictionary under English idioms.
Pro Tip 3/3Word Origins
Many dictionaries provide etymologies, helping you learn the history and origin of words.
The dictionary stated that 'serendipity' has its origins in a fairy tale.
Pro Tip 1/3Language Improvement
A dictionary helps improve your language by showing correct spelling, pronunciation, and usage.
Every time I learn a new word, I check the dictionary to understand it completely.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Insights
Some dictionaries include cultural phrases, idioms, or regionalisms, providing a deeper understanding of the language.
I found the phrase 'raining cats and dogs' in the dictionary under English idioms.
Pro Tip 3/3Word Origins
Many dictionaries provide etymologies, helping you learn the history and origin of words.
The dictionary stated that 'serendipity' has its origins in a fairy tale.
Pro Tip 1/3Language Improvement
A dictionary helps improve your language by showing correct spelling, pronunciation, and usage.
Every time I learn a new word, I check the dictionary to understand it completely.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Insights
Some dictionaries include cultural phrases, idioms, or regionalisms, providing a deeper understanding of the language.
I found the phrase 'raining cats and dogs' in the dictionary under English idioms.
Pro Tip 3/3Word Origins
Many dictionaries provide etymologies, helping you learn the history and origin of words.
The dictionary stated that 'serendipity' has its origins in a fairy tale.
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Can plants talk to each...
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Redefining the...
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How to create a great...
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How to Speak Chimpanzee...
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The difference between...
excitement, trust and security, and yes, sometimes sadness and disappointment. There might not be a word in the dictionary that more of us are connected to than love. Yet, given its central importance in our lives,
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Erin McKean: The joy of...
the prototype for the shapes dictionaries come in. So, think about it this if you've got an artificial constraint, artificial constraints lead to arbitrary distinctions and a skewed worldview.
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How computers translate...
Perhaps by the time we encounter intergalactic life forms, we'll be able to communicate with them through a tiny gizmo, or we might have to start compiling that dictionary, after all.
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Buzz Words: The Bee...
of pulsed vibrations that honeybees use to communicate amongst each other what martin's saying is that he's writing the world's first b dictionary i like that expression yes
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Watch the Total Solar...
lifetime experience we say this all the time about the night sky there's so much awe and Wonder that you can get just by looking up and now you get to do it during the day look up and I promise you I promise you especially if you're in the path of totality disappointment will not be a word in your dictionary no this
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Can plants talk to each...
without making a sound, and without brains, noses, dictionaries, or the Internet. And if we can learn to speak to them on their terms, we may gain a powerful new tool to protect crops and other valuable species. It all makes you wonder what else are we missing?
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Thought-provoking...
by observing many different groups of chimpanzees catcher hopes to compile the world's first chimp dictionary the twycross chimps are a useful group to study there's an ongoing power struggle between the dominant male kip and a young teenage challenger named
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Redefining the...
to be the only shape dictionaries come in and it's not going to be the prototype for the shapes dictionaries come in so think about it this way if you have an artificial constraint artificial constraints lead to arbitrary distinctions and a skewed worldview
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How to create a great...
healthy and the hong kong and shanghai bank changed to eight that changed to hsbc to help the bank expand globally real words like uber and slack are ripped right out of a dictionary and suggest attributes or benefits uber literally means an outstanding
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How to Speak Chimpanzee...
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The difference between...
excitement, trust and security, and yes, sometimes sadness and disappointment. There might not be a word in the dictionary that more of us are connected to than love. Yet, given its central importance in our lives,
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Erin McKean: The joy of...
the prototype for the shapes dictionaries come in. So, think about it this if you've got an artificial constraint, artificial constraints lead to arbitrary distinctions and a skewed worldview.
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How computers translate...
Perhaps by the time we encounter intergalactic life forms, we'll be able to communicate with them through a tiny gizmo, or we might have to start compiling that dictionary, after all.
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Buzz Words: The Bee...
of pulsed vibrations that honeybees use to communicate amongst each other what martin's saying is that he's writing the world's first b dictionary i like that expression yes
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Winnie Harlow
Canadian Model
I'm just living life. And if that inspires you, I'm proud, but I'm not going to put pressure on myself to be the best person in the world and tell everyone I have vitiligo. If you want to know about it, you can do your research. Either way, I'm not in the dictionary under 'vitiligo.
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Kanye West
American Rapper
If we go on your iPhone and go to the dictionary and look up 'humble,' 80 per cent of the definition is negative. It's a controlling word. It's a way to control the masses and to control the sheep.
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Billy Graham
American Clergyman
The word 'romance,' according to the dictionary, means excitement, adventure, and something extremely real. Romance should last a lifetime.
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Susie Dent
English Scientist
The character of our language defines us, and dictionaries say as much about us as about the way we speak.
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Dan Levy
American Comedian
It is important that we realize that words have meanings far beyond the dictionary definition.
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John Wooden
American Coach
Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.
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Carl Sandburg
American Poet
The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help.
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Vivienne Westwood
English Designer
Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary, I'm delighted.
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Werner Herzog
German Director
I'm simply not afraid. It's not in my dictionary of behaviour.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Life is our dictionary.
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Winnie Harlow
Canadian Model
I'm just living life. And if that inspires you, I'm proud, but I'm not going to put pressure on myself to be the best person in the world and tell everyone I have vitiligo. If you want to know about it, you can do your research. Either way, I'm not in the dictionary under 'vitiligo.
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Kanye West
American Rapper
If we go on your iPhone and go to the dictionary and look up 'humble,' 80 per cent of the definition is negative. It's a controlling word. It's a way to control the masses and to control the sheep.
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Billy Graham
American Clergyman
The word 'romance,' according to the dictionary, means excitement, adventure, and something extremely real. Romance should last a lifetime.
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Susie Dent
English Scientist
The character of our language defines us, and dictionaries say as much about us as about the way we speak.
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Dan Levy
American Comedian
It is important that we realize that words have meanings far beyond the dictionary definition.
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John Wooden
American Coach
Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.
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Carl Sandburg
American Poet
The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help.
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Vivienne Westwood
English Designer
Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary, I'm delighted.
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Werner Herzog
German Director
I'm simply not afraid. It's not in my dictionary of behaviour.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Life is our dictionary.
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