Example sentences for: headword

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

  • And what about Longman's headwords ? Their relevant definition of headword is “a word or term placed at the beginning (e.g.

  • W9's relevant definition of headword does not even mention dictionaries: “a word or term placed at the beginning (as of a chapter or an entry in an encyclopedia)”.

  • Longman: a dictionary headword [!], often together with its definition.

  • A typical Rybakin main name entry has seven items of information following the headword that is the name itself: pronunciation (in IPA), gender, Russian form (both traditional and modern), language(s) of origin, ultimate literal meaning, examples of literary bearers, and derivatives.

  • 1. The headword is syllabified in W , not in L . In older dictionaries the words are syllabified mainly to help in pronouncing them; latterly, syllabication has been used largely to find where a word can be hyphenated at the end of a line of text, though, judging by today's newspapers and magazines, one would be sore put to believe that a dictionary had ever been within the grasp of their editors, proofreaders, or the programmers who wrote the hyphenation programs for the automatic typesetting many of them now employ.


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