dictionary

substantivo

1. 1

   A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses, oftentimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information.

   If you want to know the meaning of a word, look it up in the dictionary.

   But what other kind(s) of syntactic information should be included in Lexical Entries? Traditional dictionaries such as Hornby's (1974) Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English include not only categorial information in their entries, but also information about the range of Complements which a given item permits (this information is represented by the use of a number/letter code).

2. 2

   A reference work on a particular subject or activity in which the entries are arranged alphabetically; an alphabetical encyclopedia.

   a law dictionary

   a dictionary of sports

3. 3

   figuradoA person or thing regarded as a repository or compendium of information.

4. 4

   The collection of words used or understood by a particular person; vocabulary.

5. 5

   A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.

   Look it up in the dictionary, and what do you find?

   By 1986 the name Walkman was included as a word in the English dictionary.

6. 6

   An associative array, or a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a dictionary (noun sense 1).

   User calls RouteCollection.GetVirtualPath, passing in a RequestContext, a dictionary of values, and an optional route name used to select the correct route to generate the URL.

verbo

1. 1

   To look up in a dictionary.

2. 2

   To add to a dictionary.

   By a reference to the following dictionaried abbreviations, the simplicity and harmony of each sentence will be manifestly apparent; although it does not embrace everything, and could not, as it would be far too voluminous for general use.

   Should I use a word that a lot of people use but isn't in the dictionary? Uncle Phil would rather get a root canal than say he was scrapbooking, because the word isn't dictionaried.

3. 3

   raroTo compile a dictionary.

   They [dictionary-makers] may have had their romance at home—may have been crossed in love, and thence driven to dictionarying; may have been involved in domestic tragedies—who can say?

Formas

plural

dictionaries

pretérito

dictionaried

particípio passado

dictionaried

gerúndio

dictionarying

3.ª pessoa do singular

dictionaries