dictionary
US: /ˈdɪkʃəˌnɛɹi/
UK: /dˈɪkʃənəɹi/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
dictionary /'dikʃənəri/- danh từ
- từ điển
- a walking (living) dictionary: từ điển sống, người học rộng biết nhiều
- (định ngữ) có tính chất từ điển, có tính chất sách vở
- a dictionary style: văn sách vở
- dictionary English: tiếng Anh sách vở
- từ điển
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun (plural dictionaries)1 a book that gives a list of the words of a language in alphabetical order and explains what they mean, or gives a word for them in a foreign language: a Spanish-English dictionary
2 a book that explains the words that are used in a particular subject: a dictionary of mathematics
3 a list of words in electronic form, for example stored in a computer's SPELLCHECKER
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
lexicon, glossary, wordbook; thesaurus:
My dictionary gives the pronunciation, etymology, and meanings of hundreds of thousands of words.
Collocation
ADJ.
comprehensive, good | electronic, online | picture | pocket | English, French, etc. | English/French, French/English, etc. | bilingual, monolingual | learner's, native-speaker | standard | specialist, technical | collocation, etymological, historical, pronunciation | biographical, encyclopedic, medical
I decided to consult a medical dictionary.
VERB + DICTIONARY
consult, look sth up in, use
If you don't know the meaning of a word, look it up in the dictionary. teaching children how to use dictionaries
| compile, write | edit | publish
DICTIONARY + NOUN
definition, entry
PREP.
in a/the ~
I couldn't find the word in the dictionary.
Concise dictionary
dictionaries'dɪkʃənrɪnoun
+a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
