A dictionary is a list of words with their definitions, a list of characters with their glyphs, or a list of words with corresponding words in other languages. In some languages, words can appear in many different forms, but only the lemma form appears as the main word or headword in most dictionaries. Many dictionaries also provide pronunciation information; grammatical information; word derivations, histories, or etymologies; illustrations; usage guidance; and examples in phrases or sentences. Dictionaries are most commonly found in the form of a book.

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The first monolingual English dictionary is usually considered to be Robert Cawdrey's 1604 A Table Alphabeticall (text).Micklethwait, David (2005). Noah Webster and the American Dictionary, 34. ISBN 0786421576. Cawdrey's dictionary only defined loanwords.

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thepatriot09 (Anthony) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:41:22 -0000
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ccatko (Cathy Kodama) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:40:51 -0000
Sometimes those ad-things on the right, that look like dictionary defs, are funny. "Trends.map n. a map of local trends."
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To get pancakes back for his being so rude and uncaring, i'm reading aloud from he medical dictionary the section on female problems...hehe
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