{"id":8292,"date":"2013-10-29T19:32:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T19:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/?page_id=8292"},"modified":"2025-12-05T12:48:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T18:48:20","slug":"dictionaries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/dictionaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Dictionaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>How to Use a Dictionary<\/h1>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"Dictionaries\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_gU2_5b-Ke_M\"><div id=\"lyte_gU2_5b-Ke_M\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FgU2_5b-Ke_M%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Dictionaries<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gU2_5b-Ke_M\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FgU2_5b-Ke_M%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Dictionaries\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"accordion\"><input id=\"transcript\" type=\"checkbox\" class=\"spoiler_button\" \/><label for=\"transcript\">Transcript<\/label>\n<div class=\"spoiler\" id=\"transcript-spoiler\">\n<p>A dictionary is a great resource for finding out a number of things about a particular word. All the words in a dictionary are going to be categorized in alphabetical order, which makes finding a word very easy. <b>There are a number of components that each dictionary entry is going to have.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>First of all, there&#8217;s going to be a pronunciation guide.<\/b> This is to help the reader understand how to say the word. There will also be a listing of the parts of speech that word can be, depending on the sentence the word is in. Some words might be able to be an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/what-is-an-adjective\/\"><strong>adjective<\/strong><\/a> or an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/adverbs\/\"><strong>adverb<\/strong><\/a>, and other words might always be a verb. In addition to that information, they may also include etymology, which is the language that the word originally came from and the word&#8217;s definition in that language.<\/p>\n<p><b>A dictionary entry will always contain the definition of the word in English.<\/b> While many people think that only words and definitions are included in a dictionary, you can see here that there&#8217;s also other information. Someone may look up a word in a dictionary to figure out how to pronounce it or to figure out what parts of speech it can be. <b>Finding the definition of a word is only one of the uses for a dictionary.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Down here, I have a sample entry in a dictionary. This only contains the parts of speech and the definition of the word. &#8220;Well&#8221; can be an adverb or noun. Here, you have the definition for &#8220;well&#8221; when it&#8217;s an adverb, which means &#8220;in a good way&#8221;, and when &#8220;well&#8221; is a noun it means &#8220;a hole drilled into the earth&#8221;. <b>Notice here that there&#8217;s the number one.<\/b> That&#8217;s because there could also be a number two. Maybe there could be two definitions for &#8220;well&#8221; when it&#8217;s an adverb or two definitions for &#8220;well&#8221; when it&#8217;s a noun.<\/p>\n<p><b>Some words may always just be one part of speech.<\/b> Say a word is always a noun. There could be three or four, or maybe even more definitions for that word when it&#8217;s a noun. <b>All of those would be listed here in the dictionary entry.<\/b> The best way for a reader to determine which is the correct definition of a word is to replace the word in this sentence with the dictionary definition. If the sentence says, &#8220;The person fell into the well,&#8221; you could replace &#8220;well&#8221; with these two definitions to see which one seems correct. The first sentence would say, &#8220;The person fell into in a good way,&#8221; or &#8220;The person fell into a hole drilled into the earth.&#8221; Obviously, &#8220;well&#8221; is a noun. You would go with this definition of the word.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Use a Dictionary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-8292","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"page_type-video","6":"page_domain-english"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 5.0.2 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This video tutorial helps explain the basics of Dictionaries. 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