ONLINE DICTIONARY Definition & Meaning

online dictionary

[ on-lahyn dik-shuh-ner-ee, awn-lahyn ]

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noun

plural online dictionaries.

a dictionary that is available on the internet. Online dictionaries like Dictionary.com offer immediate, direct access through large databases to a word's spelling and meanings, plus a host of ancillary information, including its variant spellings, pronunciation, inflected forms, origin, and derived forms, as well as supplementary notes about how the word is used.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of online dictionary¹

First recorded in 1975–80

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The word “Babbitt” came to signify a “materialistic, complacent, and conformist businessman,” as one online dictionary defines it.

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Merriam-Webster added the word to its online dictionary in September and it’s been among the top lookups since, Sokolowski said.

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The online dictionary 51�Թ�Net defines it as “basically shredded cabbage.”

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“All of these are words that have already been vetted and defined and added to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, and now we’ve determined they’re playable in Scrabble,” Sokolowski said.

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Two dictionaries I use are the built-in Apple dictionary, which is based on New Oxford American, and Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary.

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