Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: dictionary
IPA transcription: [d'ɪkʃən,ɛɹi]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: dictionary, lexicon
    Meaning: a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
Usage examples
  • People have evidently been deceived by the dictionary.
  • He would sit in the twilight and read a dictionary as long as he could see.
  • In the first place, what is the meaning of the word "Cat." Let us look in the dictionary.
  • The dictionary defines "monotonous" as being synonymous with "wearisome." That is putting it mildly.
  • He had just left Priscilla, pale and heavy-eyed, in dun-colored merino, poring over a Greek dictionary, and the sudden entering the bright room, and finding himself facing Theodora North in rose-colored satin, was a little like electricity.
  • With this in mind, the author has prepared "The Foolish Dictionary," not in serious emulation of the worthier--and wordier--works of Webster and Worcester, but rather in the playful spirit of the parodist, who would gladly direct the faint rays from his flickering candle of fun to the shrine of their great memories.