Dictionary.com

American  

[dik-shuh-ner-ee-dot--kom] / ˈdɪk ʃə nɛr iˌdɒt ˈkɒm /

Trademark

1. an online dictionary website that includes digital reference resources, including dictionaries of American and British English, specialized dictionaries, a thesaurus, word lists, and various games.

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verb (used with object)

1. to search for (a word, phrase, etc.) on the Dictionary.com website.

   I’d never even heard of the word, so I Dictionary.commed it.

Etymology

Origin of Dictionary.com

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Dictionary.com

"You might be feeling a familiar vexation at the sight of these two formerly innocuous numerals," Dictionary.com said, addressing parents as it announced the winner this week.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025

Another internet phenomenon has inspired the Dictionary.com word of the year which is demure.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2024

According to Dictionary.com, the verb “harass” means “to disturb or bother persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; pester.”

From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022

The word is set apart from “alliance,” which Dictionary.com defines in one sense as a “merging of efforts or interests by persons, families, states or organizations.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2021

Of course, you’re seldom at Dictionary.com while having a conversation, so get familiar with hard-to-pronounce words before you need them.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner