dictionary
- dictionary
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ good
▪ comprehensive, unabridged
▪ electronic, online
▪ picture
▪ pocket
▪ English, French, etc.
▪ English-Spanish, Spanish-English, etc.
▪ bilingual, monolingual
▪ learner's
▪ standard
▪ technical
▪ etymological, historical, pronunciation
▪ biographical, encyclopedic, medical
▪ I decided to consult a medical dictionary.
VERB + DICTIONARY
▪ check, consult, look sth up in, use
▪ If you don't know the meaning of a word, look it up in the dictionary.
▪ a way of teaching children how to use dictionaries
▪ need
▪ You need a dictionary to understand what he's saying half the time.
▪ compile, write
▪ edit
▪ publish
DICTIONARY + NOUN
▪ definition, entry
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the dictionary
▪ I couldn't find the word in the dictionary.
Collocations dictionary.
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