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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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Etymology

Origin of English dictionary

First recorded in 1720–30

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English dictionary

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

“Every English dictionary definition of ’emolument’ from 1604 to 1806″ uses a “broad definition,” including “profit,” “advantage,” “gain,” or benefit,” he wrote in his paper describing the research.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2018

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

His largest undertaking was an English dictionary, upon which he spent eight years of labor.

From Sir Joshua Reynolds A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation by Estelle M. (Estelle May) Hurll