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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Etymology

Origin of English dictionary

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

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English dictionary

"This word is very old school and it's time to abolish the R-word out of the English dictionary."

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2023

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 sequence of words is meaningless: a random array strung together by an algorithm let loose in an English dictionary.

From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2018

Probably not one in a hundred usual readers, could 'read and translate' the word-stilts with which we have trammelled our poetic feet, except with the aid of patient and repeated communion with his English dictionary.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various