Example sentences for: encyclopedic

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

  • But the purpose of such entries is linguistic rather than encyclopedic: they are there to show how they are pronounced or how their form differs in different languages:

  • The present book, although it is called a dictionary, contains much ancillary encyclopedic, folkloristic, and fishloristic information, most of it carefully referenced to sources, which are documented in an eight-page bibliography.

  • I question their status as lexical items but cannot argue on safe ground because they might well be categorized as part of the “encyclopedic” information.

  • 3) Why is the dispute between the Greek government and the British Museum over the Elgin Marbles raised in a dictionary (regardless of how encyclopedic it is)?

  • His "encyclopedic" press conference (Mark Shields, NewsHour With Jim Lehrer ) was Issue 1, his midweek cancellation of the deadline for U.S. troop withdrawal from Bosnia was Issue 2, and his disarming chat at the White House with conservative critics of affirmative action ranked as Issue 3.


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