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# dictionary

noun (a dictionary, dictionaries)

«dictionary» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A dictionary is a book or website that lists words in alphabetical order and tells you what they mean, how to spell and say them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictionary/#m1)
2. A book that gives the words of one language in another language, like an English–French dictionary. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictionary/#m2)
3. (computing) A list of names paired with values in a computer program. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictionary/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used every day in school for spelling and meaning. Phrases: «look it up in the dictionary», «a picture dictionary», «a bilingual dictionary», «online dictionary». It tells the reader where to find out about words.

### Examples

- Look up «enormous» in the dictionary. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictionary/#x1)
- Our teacher keeps a big dictionary on her desk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictionary/#x2)
- I used an online dictionary to check the spelling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictionary/#x3)
- She bought a French dictionary for her holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictionary/#x4)
- Words in a dictionary are in alphabetical order. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictionary/#x5)
- The dictionary says «colour» is spelled «color» in the US. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictionary/#x6)
- My little brother has a picture dictionary. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictionary/#x7)
- The youth who knew the dictionary and newspaper by heart had a black horse, and he who knew all about the corporation laws received a milk-white steed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictionary/#x8)

### Note

Plural: dictionaries (y changes to ies). Alphabetical order trap: words are sorted letter by letter, so «cat» comes before «catch». A thesaurus is different: it gives words with similar meanings. Spelling: dic-tion-ar-y.

## In Jewish tradition

Used every day in school for spelling and meaning. Phrases: «look it up in the dictionary», «a picture dictionary», «a bilingual dictionary», «online dictionary». It tells the reader where to find out about words.

### Examples

- Frey in his dictionary gives ChHM as the plural word, lives, or vitae. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictionary/#x1)
- This passage is explained by Isaac Satanow in his Hebrew Dictionary entitled Sephath Emeth, p. 44, b: (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictionary/#x2)
- Bible dictionaries generally give the word as Cherubim, but in Hebrew the initial letter is always K and not Ch. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictionary/#x3)

### Note

Plural: dictionaries (y changes to ies). Alphabetical order trap: words are sorted letter by letter, so «cat» comes before «catch». A thesaurus is different: it gives words with similar meanings. Spelling: dic-tion-ar-y.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dictionary» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictionary/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dictionary» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dictionary.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «dictionary» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictionary/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dictionary» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/dictionary.html) on Mova free.