How to Use dictionary in a Sentence
dictionary
noun
- Look it up in the dictionary.
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Famed for his dictionary, "Rambler" essays and {it}The Lives of the English Poets{/it}, Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) remains one of the most-quoted and carefully observed authors who ever lived.
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Publishers Weekly,
21 July 2008
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The dictionary didn’t help and there was no Google back then.
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Washington Post,
28 Apr. 2021
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And for the third year running, our 19th sliver of the dictionary is still in the H’s.
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Pat Myers,
Washington Post,
18 Aug. 2022
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To press, find a thick heavy book, like a dictionary, and open to the middle.
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Lindsey Vickers,
USA TODAY,
3 Apr. 2020
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Look ups for the word spiked 3,800% on Wednesday, the dictionary said.
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Christina Maxouris,
CNN,
8 Oct. 2020
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For the terms that have been in the dictionary before, please use the new meanings.
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Washington Post,
28 Oct. 2021
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The smaller-market teams are going to go the way of the dictionary.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 July 2019
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To play the game, each person will take a turn choosing a word from the dictionary.
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Jasmine Gomez,
Seventeen,
7 June 2019
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Never use a name or a word that can be found in a dictionary.
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Larry Magid,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2024
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Look up ‘climate’ and ‘weather’ in the dictionary and get back to me.
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Michael Lynch,
Forbes,
26 Apr. 2022
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But what if there were only 100 words in the dictionary?
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Quanta Magazine,
24 Oct. 2017
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The sight of the word sent me straight to the unabridged dictionary to find the precise English equivalent.
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Bernhard Warner,
Fortune,
16 Nov. 2020
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The dictionary can often say as much in a tweet as a pundit can in an hour.
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Mary Schmich,
chicagotribune.com,
11 May 2017
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Look up ‘fungible’ in the dictionary and get back to me.
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Michael Lynch,
Forbes,
26 Apr. 2022
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On his desk is a Black's law dictionary and little else.
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Joan Biskupic,
CNN,
1 July 2017
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In my fifth-grade classroom, the teacher kept a huge and heavy dictionary on the back table.
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Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com,
al,
24 Aug. 2022
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Slang often leads to new words being added to the dictionary.
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Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
11 Nov. 2021
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Those words have no business in a dictionary used to support a game.
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Kat Eschner,
Smithsonian,
13 Apr. 2017
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There is now a dictionary of Hong Kong English and even a hip-hop anthem.
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Liam Fitzpatrick / Hong Kong,
Time,
27 June 2017
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One place people turn to search for meaning is the dictionary.
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Katy Steinmetz,
Time,
3 Oct. 2017
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Put that free kick in the dictionary as the latest example.
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Jonathan Tannenwald,
Pro Soccer USA,
29 June 2019
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And with that, GerriRoman is canon, and slime puppy goes in the dictionary.
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Zoe Haylock,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2021
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How many people have ever looked it up in the dictionary?
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New York Times,
31 Mar. 2022
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At the request of Rude, Aoki came to the Umatilla Reservation to help with the dictionary.
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Wil Phinney,
oregonlive,
12 Nov. 2022
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As the media started reporting on the tweet, even the dictionary couldn’t help but poke fun.
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Graeme McMillan,
WIRED,
8 July 2018
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Sokolowski is part of a small team of about 25 people who work all day, every day on the dictionary.
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Jenn Harris Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Dec. 2021
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With the thought dictionary set up, the team disconnected the treadmill.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
2 Nov. 2023
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Sorry, [insert bad word of choice here] is not a valid word in the English dictionary.
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Andrew Beaton,
WSJ,
6 Oct. 2017
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Blake asked Santa for books, a dictionary, compass and a watch.
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Janelle Griffith,
NBC News,
19 Dec. 2019
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