English dictionary

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[ing-glish dik-shuh-ner-ee, ing-lish] / ˈɪŋ glɪʃ ˈdɪk ʃəˌnɛr i, ˈɪŋ lɪʃ /

noun

English dictionaries plural

1. 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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• English dictionaries
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Etymology

Origin of English dictionary

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

Robert Cawdry released "A Table Alphabeticall" in 1604, making it the "first single-language English dictionary ever published," according to the British Library.

From Fox News • Oct. 16, 2021

Major Japanese newspaper Mainichi in its obituary credited Kaji for starting the puzzle sections at bookstores, as well as introducing the word “Sudoku” into the Oxford English dictionary.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2021

The word, "covfefe", was not included in any English dictionary.

From BBC • May 9, 2019

The sequence of words is meaningless: a random array strung together by an algorithm let loose in an English dictionary.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2018

Boyer compiled a valuable French and English dictionary.

From The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 by Aitken, George A.