dictionary
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dictionary/ˈdɪkʃənri/
▶noun (pl. dictionaries) a book that lists the words of a language in alphabetical order and gives their meaning, or their equivalent in a different language.
– origin C16: from med. L. dictionarium (manuale) or dictionarius (liber) ‘manual or book of words’, from L. dictio (see diction).
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