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

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

He said his group developed software to help speed the process by removing all words that were not in an English dictionary, though he acknowledged it was not perfect.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2020

Macquarie Dictionary, an Australian English dictionary, had also chosen “cancel culture” for its Word of the Year after holding a vote for the public.

From Fox News • Dec. 2, 2019

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

From BBC • May 9, 2019

If Pope, as Spence represents, rejected Ralegh's works as 'too affected' for one of the foundations of an English dictionary, he must have been talking at random.

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)