Questions about English dictionaries
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Is the word “encomprise” used in modern English? [closed]
If one googles the word encomprises, there are 5K+ pages, that have this word. I personally have heard people in the USA use it with a meaning of include.
Official dictionaries, on the other hand, ...
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Where can I find a relatively inclusive word-list for analysis of prefixes and suffixes? [closed]
To illustrate a simple example, when I encounter the word "claustrophobia", what I already knew is the left part "claustro-" means "small and enclosed", and I want to discover if "-phobia" has a fixed ...
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Is there a simple word -> noun/verb/pronoun table? [closed]
I'm after a basic list of words and their "role" in language. It could be plain text, excel, csv, but all I want is, eg:
cat noun
run verb
etc. Simple as that. I'm teaching a young friend who's ...
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When does a word become a 'word'? [duplicate]
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Creating a new word
The rule of thumb used to be that when a word hit the Oxford Dictionary, it was considered to be an accepted word - this, however, seems to have ...
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Descent, Ancestry, Lineage
Please help me with the words 'descent', 'ancestry', and 'lineage'. Dictionaries show that they are loosely the same:
1a. He has German descent.
1b. He is of German descent.
2a. He has ...
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Suggestion for English phrase dictionary?
I am not native English guy. One of the problem when I learn English is that I don't understand phrases, the phrase used cannot be found in the dictionary, which only contains single word.
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Prepositional phrases on the internet
Is there any online dictionary or database of prepositional phrases? What I would like is to enter e. g. "justification" and it would give me: "justification to somebody", "justification of ...
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How are words added to the Oxford Dictionary? [duplicate]
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Is there an ‘official’ way to suggest a new word become part of the English language?
What are the criteria to adopt new words into English?
Creating a new word
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How can you submit a new word for inclusion in a dictionary? [duplicate]
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Is there an ‘official’ way to suggest a new word become part of the English language?
If I happened to have coined a few words that I find could be of practical value to ...
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Any good phrasal dictionaries? [closed]
I think I'm supposed to have a phrasal dictionary while learning English.
E-books and paper-formed are both welcome.
Any advice?
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Why are dictionary definitions for verbs prefixed with a 'To'?
I look up a dictionary for allow and I get
To permit
To assign
To grant or give, esp periodically
To concede or acknowledge
Similarly for flow, I see
to run
to move or change form like a fluid
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When could you take the “Urban Dictionary” seriously? [closed]
I have always had a serious problem with Urban Dictionary as I do not know when to take it seriously and when not! Sometimes it seems very useful to me to understand what ordinary people on the ...
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How can dictionaries be tyrants? [closed]
Sometimes you might hear the phrase, tyranny of the dictionary Is there a way to express succinctly just what that means?
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Verb for creating an icon
I am having some difficulty wording a title for a paper of mine. I am going for something like, "Automatic text iconification". Which means an automatic method of giving text a symbolic ...
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How to find a word to fit a meaning?
I need to find a word that would have a reasonably close meaning to:
a collection of facts and arguments used to arrive at an explanation [of some (thing|concept|idea|...)]
More generally, I ...
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Best resources for word popularity [closed]
I am looking for a good resource that can give me some idea of how popular or commonly used a word is. Some of these may be:
WordCount.org -- Indexes the words based on the popularity count. For ...
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English word list with pronunciation [duplicate]
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Where can I obtain an English dictionary with structured data?
Where can I find a digital English-language dictionary or word list containing pronunciation? I would ...
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Are there any online dictionaries that allow you to link to a single specific definition of a word? [closed]
For example, on my blog I want to link to the definition of 'nut' as'a perforated block usually of metal that has an internal screw thread and is used on a bolt or screw' which is the third definition ...
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List of your first 1000 english words [closed]
I'm looking for a way to teach English vocabulary to my kids. I wanted to have a list of the most useful and common words to know when you start to learn a language.
Is there any website where a list ...
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could you recommend an English dictionary for me? [closed]
English is my second language, and my vocabularies is about 2000-3000. Now, I want to buy an English dictionary. After searching for some hours, Colins, Oxford and Longman will be my choice.
Could ...
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Where can I find an English dictionary that can be used as reference? [duplicate]
I usually use Google Translate to translate from my language into English and vice versa. But sometimes the translation is not right as words have different meanings depending on context, or maybe the ...
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Which is the definitive reference for the English language [duplicate]
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Regulatory bodies and authoritative dictionaries for English
What are your favorite English language tools?
This should be a reference for word meaning and usage, which ...
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What is best dictionary software which helps me to depend less on SE? [duplicate]
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What are your favorite English language tools?
Regulatory bodies and authoritative dictionaries for English
While I am surfing through this ELL SE, I have found that ...
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Most famous/authentic dictionaries? [duplicate]
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Regulatory bodies and authoritative dictionaries for English
What are the most famous or authentic dictionaries?
I mean- One can use a dictionary to learn about the ...
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Does “to differ” have an antonym? [closed]
The antonym of different is similar. What is the antonym of to differ? I would love it if to similate were a word.
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What's another way of saying “supposed to graduate in 2013”? [closed]
I am filling out a job application and I know there's an official word for it, but I just can't think of it. It can normally be found on transcripts.
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online free dictionary of choice? [duplicate]
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What are your favorite English language tools?
This may seem like a meta question but I feel it is really about English Language and Usage.
What is the preferred online ...
