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/ˈdɪkʃən(ə)ri/

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- 1. a book or electronic resource that lists the words of a language (typically in alphabetical order) and gives their meaning, or gives the equivalent words in a different language, often also providing information about pronunciation, origin, and usage: "I'll look up 'love' in the dictionary"
- ▪ a reference book on a particular subject, the items of which are typically arranged in alphabetical order: "a dictionary of quotations"
- ▪ a set of words or other text strings made for use in applications such as spellcheckers: "the worm attempts to crack account passwords using a built-in dictionary"
Word Origin early 16th century: from medieval Latin dictionarium (manuale) or dictionarius (liber) ‘manual or book of words’, from Latin dictio (see diction).
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