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A dictionary is a reference book that lists words and provides information about them, such as their meanings, pronunciations, and uses. Dictionaries matter because they help people understand and use language correctly, whether they're learning a new language or looking up unfamiliar words in their own.

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History
English dictionaries in Britain
American English dictionaries
Types
Specialized dictionaries
Defining dictionaries
Prescriptive vs. descriptive
Historical dictionaries
Dictionaries for natural language processing
Other types
Pronunciation
Examples
Major English dictionaries
Dictionaries of other languages
Online dictionaries
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thumb|Langenscheidt dictionaries in various languages thumb|A multi-volume Latin dictionary by Egidio Forcellini thumb|Dictionary definition entries

A dictionary is a listing of words or lexemes—typically base forms—from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical and stroke for logographic languages), which may include information on definitions, usage, etymologies, pronunciations, translation, etc. It is a lexicographical reference that shows inter-relationships among the data.