Example sentences for: dictionary

How can you use “dictionary” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The main general collocations dictionary is Slovar' sochetaemosti slov russkogo yazyka Russian Word-combinatory Dictionary), by P.N. Denisov and V.V. Markovkin (Russki Yazyk, 1983).

  • In essence, this is a versatile two-way bilingual (Russian English) collocation dictionary providing information about how to intensify, heighten, or escalate the basic meanings of nouns on the one hand, and verbs and adjectives on the other, by qualifying them with adjectives and adverbs, respectively.

  • (1921): a metal bird cage, painted white, containing 151 marble cubes, a thermometer, and a piece of cuttlebone--the internal shell of a squid-like creature, used, according to the dictionary, as "a dietary supplement for caged birds."

  • For example, if you are writing an article on Churchill , not listed in the 37,000-entry dictionary, the program will stop at the first encounter; but once you have signaled it to GO ON, it will pass over any further repetitions of Churchill . When the temporary memory has been filled, the following message appears on the screen, which makes me wonder why I am relying on the program at all:

  • A Dictionary of Love


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