collegiate dictionary

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   an abridged dictionary of a size convenient to hold in the hand

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Questions about collegiate dictionary

What does collegiate dictionary mean?

collegiate dictionary means "an abridged dictionary of a size convenient to hold in the hand".

What is another word for collegiate dictionary?

Close synonyms include desk dictionary. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is collegiate dictionary a common word?

collegiate dictionary is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.