Dictionary and Edition

Dictionary

Dictionary noun - A reference book giving information about the meanings, pronunciations, uses, and origins of words listed in alphabetical order.

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Edition and dictionary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Edition" instead a noun "Dictionary".

Nearby Word: diction

Edition noun - The form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published.

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Dictionary and edition are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dictionary" instead a noun "Edition".

Nearby Words: edited, editor, editorship

old	old dictionary	old edition
full	full dictionary	full edition
particular	particular dictionary	particular edition
normal	normal dictionary	normal edition
Other adjectives: regular, standard, actual, lost, limited, different, unabridged, abridged, bilingual, online.

In the 2011 edition of You Don't Know Jack, one of the commercials / sponsors is for a rhyming dictionary where the voice over consistently fails to rhyme any of his lines.

Source: Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion
Fun fact: The major German dictionary Duden had to change the meaning of the verb google from "searching the web" to "searching the web with Google" in the next edition, actual usage be damned.

Source: Brand Name Takeover
The sole fact that it has been published nearly two hundred years ago (first edition is from 1819) and is used as the standard Greek-English dictionary by classical philologists means something.

Source: Literature / Liddell and Scott Greek-English Lexicon

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