online dictionary

[ on-lahyn dik-shuh-ner-ee, awn-lahyn ]

/ ˈɒnˌlaɪn ˈdɪk ʃəˌnɛr i, ˈɔnˌlaɪn /

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noun, plural on·line dic·tion·ar·ies.

a dictionary that is available on the internet. Online dictionaries like Dictionary.com offer immediate, direct access through large databases to a word's spelling and meanings, plus a host of ancillary information, including its variant spellings, pronunciation, inflected forms, origin, and derived forms, as well as supplementary notes about how the word is used.

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Origin of online dictionary

First recorded in 1975–80

Words nearby online dictionary

On Liberty, onliest, on-limits, online, online catalog, online dictionary, onliner, online thesaurus, onload, onlooker, onlooking

How to use online dictionary in a sentence

I truly can’t fathom why Merriam-Webster doesn’t want to tell the world which 455 words and meanings it’s added to its online dictionary since January — only that there are 455 of them.
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Spouting off against police online has become criminalized in recent weeks.
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Most of it is taken up by a graphic inviting the visitor to participate in the 2016 online presidential straw poll.
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We did ThunderAnt stuff for ourselves and just put it online, and then it blossomed into something else.
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These online communities are establishing familial bonds between strangers.
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He prepared a glossary of provincial and archological words, intended for a supplement to Johnson's Dictionary.
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And when they came to the next story the Boy took pleasure in doing his own hunting in the dictionary.
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The Dictionary we have compiled will tell the amateur what names will most probably supply the qualities he desires.
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A big dictionary placed in an armchair, raised little Henrietta to the proper height at the Norwood dinner table.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
Well, suppose you are allowed one, and you choose a French dictionary, and try to learn it off by heart before you come out.
First Plays|A. A. Milne