ENGLISH DICTIONARY Definition & Meaning

English dictionary

[ing-glish dik-shuh-ner-ee, ing-lish]

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plural

English dictionaries

a dictionary in which most of the entry words and all of their definitions, as well as supplementary material, are in English; a monolingual English dictionary, such as Dictionary.com. Terms from other languages that are commonly used by speakers of English are given language labels and often the foreign as well as Anglicized pronunciations.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of English dictionary¹

First recorded in 1720–30

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The Oxford English Dictionary says sandwiches are made of two thin slices of bread, usually buttered, "with a savoury… or other filling".

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The Oxford English Dictionary is hoaching with new Scottish words - with beamer, bummer and tattie scone among 13 new entries.

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The word entered the Oxford English Dictionary in the 1990s, but Caltrans says that as far as it can tell, “SigAlerts” just don’t show up in your average traffic apps.

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Though the gesture is closely associated with Hawaiian surf culture in the 1970s, the Oxford English Dictionary says it potentially has Japanese roots.

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On its handful of stages, I’ve seen Shakespeare, a drama about the Oxford English Dictionary and a big-budget musical that later landed on Broadway.

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