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DICTIONARY meaning: 1 : a reference book that contains words listed in alphabetical order and that gives information about the words' meanings, forms, pronunciations, etc.; 2 : a reference book that lists in alphabetical order the words of one language and shows their meanings or translations in a different language

Britannica Dictionary definition of DEFINITION. 1 [count] a : an explanation of the meaning of a word, phrase, etc.: a statement that defines a word, phrase, etc. dictionary definitions [+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples.

Dictionary, reference book that lists words in order—usually, for Western languages, alphabetical—and gives their meanings. In addition to its basic function of defining words, a dictionary may provide information about their pronunciation, grammatical forms and functions, etymologies, syntactic

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INTUITIVE meaning: 1 : having the ability to know or understand things without any proof or evidence having or characterized by intuition; 2 : based on or agreeing with what is known or understood without any proof or evidence known or understood by intuition

Britannica Dictionary definition of BE. 1 [linking verb] a — used to indicate the identity of a person or thing. Today is Wednesday. John is my brother. The first person I met was Susan. = Susan was the first person I met. Who are you?

Britannica Dictionary definition of AT. 1 — used to indicate the place where someone or something is. We're staying at a hotel. The kitchen is at the back of the house. He was sitting at the table. They left for Cambridge early and arrived at [=in] Cambridge before noon.

Britannica Dictionary definition of MAY [modal verb] 1 — used to indicate that something is possible or probable. They may still succeed. Do you think they may [=can, could, might] still succeed? “Have they failed?” “They may have.” = (Brit) “They may …

Britannica Dictionary definition of ELABORATE [ more elaborate; most elaborate ] : made or done with great care or with much detail : having many parts that are carefully arranged or planned