unabridged dictionary

  • 1unabridged dictionary — noun a dictionary that has not been shortened by the omitting terms or definitions; a comprehensive dictionary • Syn: ↑unabridged • Hypernyms: ↑dictionary, ↑lexicon • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Oxford English Dictionary, ↑O.E.D., ↑ …

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  • 2unabridged, abridged, expurgated — Unabridged means not reduced in compass or scope by condensing, omitting, etc. ; that is, it means full length or not cut. Abridged, conversely, implies reduction. Thus we speak of an unabridged dictionary when we refer to one that is large and… …

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  • 3unabridged — [un΄ə brijd′] adj. 1. not abridged; complete 2. designating or of a dictionary that is not abridged from a larger work: an arbitrary designation for any of various large, extensive dictionaries n. ☆ an unabridged dictionary …

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  • 4dictionary — n. 1) to compile a dictionary 2) to expand; revise; update a dictionary 3) to consult a dictionary 4) an abridged, desk; bilingual; biographical; college, collegiate (AE); combinatorial, combinatory; dialect; etymological; general use, general… …

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  • 5Dictionary — For other uses, see Dictionary (disambiguation). For Wikimedia s dictionary project visit Wiktionary, or see the Wiktionary article. A multi volume Latin dictionary by Egidio Forcellini. A dic …

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  • 6Dictionary of American English — A Dictionary of American English on Historical Principles (DAE) is a dictionary of terms appearing in English in the United States that was published in four volumes from 1938 to 1944 by the University of Chicago Press.[1][2][3] Intended to pick… …

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  • 7Dictionary of Old English — The Dictionary of Old English (DOE) is a dictionary published by the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto under the direction of Angus Cameron (1941–1983), Ashley Crandell Amos (1951–1989), and Antonette diPaolo Healey. It defines… …

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  • 8dictionary — Synonyms and related words: biographical dictionary, cant, chemical dictionary, desk dictionary, dialect dictionary, dictionary of quotations, electronics dictionary, etymological dictionary, foreign language dictionary, gazetteer, general… …

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  • 9unabridged — adjective Date: 1599 1. not abridged ; complete < an unabridged reprint of a novel > 2. being the most complete of its class ; not based on one larger < an unabridged dictionary > …

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  • 10dictionary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. wordbook, lexicon, vocabulary. See publication. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. glossary, lexicon, wordbook, word list, vocabulary, thesaurus, concordance, reference work, gazetteer, encyclopedia, cyclopedia …

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