亚洲网紅露点

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dictionary

[ dik-shuh-ner-ee ]

noun

plural dictionaries.
  1. a book or digital resource (such as 亚洲网紅露点) containing a selection of words and information about their meanings, pronunciations, etymologies, inflected forms, derived forms, etc., in either the same or another language; lexicon; glossary:

    an unabridged dictionary of English;

    a Japanese鈥揈nglish dictionary.

  2. a book or digital resource giving information on a particular subject or on a particular class of words, names, or facts, usually arranged alphabetically:

    a biographical dictionary;

    a dictionary of mathematics.

  3. Computers.
    1. a list of codes, terms, keys, etc., and their meanings, used by a computer program or system.
    2. a selection of words used by a piece of software, such as a word-processing program, to check the spelling of text entered.


dictionary

/ 藞d瑟k蕛蓹n蓹r瑟; -蕛蓹nr瑟 /

noun

    1. a reference resource, in printed or electronic form, that consists of an alphabetical list of words with their meanings and parts of speech, and often a guide to accepted pronunciation and syllabification, irregular inflections of words, derived words of different parts of speech, and etymologies
    2. a similar reference work giving equivalent words in two or more languages. Such dictionaries often consist of two or more parts, in each of which the alphabetical list is given in a different language

      a German-English dictionary

    3. ( as modifier ) See also glossary lexicon thesaurus

      a dictionary definition

  1. a reference publication listing words or terms of a particular subject or activity, giving information about their meanings and other attributes

    a dictionary of gardening

  2. a collection of information or examples with the entries alphabetically arranged

    a dictionary of quotations

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of dictionary1

First recorded in 1570鈥80; from Medieval Latin 诲颈肠迟颈艒苍腻谤颈耻尘, 诲颈肠迟颈艒苍腻谤颈耻蝉, from Late Latin 诲颈肠迟颈艒苍- stem of 诲颈肠迟颈艒 鈥渨ord鈥 + -膩rium, -膩rius adjective and noun suffix; diction ( def ), -ary ( def )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of dictionary1

C16: from Medieval Latin 诲颈肠迟颈艒n膩rium collection of words, from Late Latin 诲颈肠迟颈艒 word; see diction
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But giving effort and playing hard, at least internally in the Lakers鈥 dictionary, have two different definitions.

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鈥淲arfare鈥 wants to live in the dictionary shoehorned between war cry and war hawk.

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Today, he will reveal in the White House Rose Garden not just how serious he is about "the most beautiful word in the dictionary", but effectively call time on decades of economic globalisation.

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Chelsea is sunny and compassionate, while Rick seems like the dictionary definition of a misanthrope.

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鈥淧eople joke that when you get hired at Google, they have to give you a dictionary so you can understand all the terms,鈥 advised Columbia Business School professor Adam Galinsky in his school鈥檚 publication.

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