dictionary

Other forms of dictionary

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Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dictionary

What does dictionary mean?

dictionary means "a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them".

How many syllables are in dictionary?

dictionary has 4 syllables: dic-tio-nar-y. The stress falls on "dic". In IPA it is /ˈdɪkʃəˌnɛɹi/.

What is another word for dictionary?

Close synonyms include lexicon. 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 dictionary a common word?

dictionary is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with dictionary?

41 words rhyme with dictionary. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.