dictionarynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdɪk.ʃən.ər.i/us/ˈdɪk.ʃən.er.i/A1 a book that contains a list of words in alphabetical order and that explains their meanings, or gives a word for them in another language; a similar product for use on a computer:
a French-English/English-French dictionary
a bilingual/monolingual dictionary
To check how a word is spelled, look it up in a dictionary.
a book that gives information about a particular subject, in which the entries (= words or phrases) are given in alphabetical order:
a biographical/science dictionary
a dictionary of quotations
More examples
- "Is that the correct spelling?" "I don't know - look it up in a dictionary."
- In this dictionary, verbs which are intransitive are marked [I].
- Count nouns are shown in this dictionary with [C].
- This dictionary went online in 1999.
- Notes on how to use this dictionary can be found at the beginning of the book.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Books: reference books
- almanac
- annual
- atlas
- bible
- coursebook
- directory
- gazetteer
- grammar
- guide
- guidebook
- handbook
- manual
- peerage
- phrase book
- primer
- textbook
- the Yellow Pages
- thesaurus
- who's who idiom
- yearbook
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