'Dictionaries' definitions:
Definition of 'Dictionaries'
From: GCIDE
- Dictionary \Dic"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. Dictionaries. [Cf. F. dictionnaire. See Diction.]
- 1. A book containing the words of a language, arranged alphabetically, with explanations of their meanings; a lexicon; a vocabulary; a wordbook. [1913 Webster]
- I applied myself to the perusal of our writers; and noting whatever might be of use to ascertain or illustrate any word or phrase, accumulated in time the materials of a dictionary. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical dictionary. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Dictionaries'
- Dictionary,
- bilingual dictionary,
- collegiate dictionary,
- desk dictionary,
- dictionary definition,
- dictionary entry,
- electronic dictionary,
- etymological dictionary,
- learner's dictionary,
- little dictionary,
- pocket dictionary,
- school dictionary,
- unabridged dictionary,
- machine readable dictionary,
- oxford english dictionary