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# dictionary

«dictionary» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a book or website that lists words in alphabetical order…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a dictionary, dictionaries)

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictionary/#m1)

2) A book that gives the words of one language in another language, like an English–French dictionary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictionary/#m2)

3) (computing) A list of names paired with values in a computer program. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictionary/#m3)

### sense 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

- Frey in his dictionary gives ChHM as the plural word, lives, or vitae. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictionary/#x3)
- Look up «enormous» in the dictionary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictionary/#x4)
- Our teacher keeps a big dictionary on her desk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictionary/#x5)
- I used an online dictionary to check the spelling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictionary/#x6)
- She bought a French dictionary for her holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictionary/#x7)
- Words in a dictionary are in alphabetical order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictionary/#x8)
- The dictionary says «colour» is spelled «color» in the US. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictionary/#x9)
- My little brother has a picture dictionary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictionary/#x10)
- 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictionary/#x11)

### 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 the corpora

- [A dictionary gives spelling and meaning; spellcheck is quick but may suggest the wrong word, so read the suggestion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/18/)
- [When context is not enough, a dictionary settles it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/20-vocabulary-in-context/14/)
- [English has no official academy; French has the Académie Française; dictionaries and style guides record how people write.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/20-is-there-one-proper-english/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dictionary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictionary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.