English dictionary

American  

[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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Etymology

Origin of English dictionary

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

Whether real people or AI are behind the proliferating hyphens, I believe some retraining or reprogramming based on an English dictionary is warranted.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022

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

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

From BBC • May 9, 2019

Also for sale are trench coats, one black and one tan, that once belonged to Powers, and a Russian to English dictionary that he used while imprisoned in Russia following his 1960 capture.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2017

Dr. Johnson, the maker of the first great English dictionary, added some words to the language.

From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)