Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Dictionary"

A: Shoving something across a desk means to push it on the top of the desk to someone else with great force. Yes, it slid on top of the desk. It was not taken off the desk.

A: usually called guy-lines. They are ropes on a ship. Ropes on a ship are called lines. Guy is a corruption of guide. So ropes holding up a mast are called guys.

A: When the dictionary uses the semicolon (;) like this, it means that the two definitions are related to each other but are not the same.

In this example:

"to stay in a particular condition or position; to make somebody/something do this"

means: (1) to stay in a particular condition or position, or (2) to make somebody or something stay in a particular condition or position.

A: I recognise this sentence from a comment on another question. :)

It isn't a correct sentence. The person's original question asked for English learning tips. Someone suggested they use a dictionary and this was their response.
I believe they were trying to say
"I used a dictionary but nothing came of it."

That basically means:

I used a dictionary but it didn't work.

A: Ok, it is basically saying "Something important that needs to be looked at before getting rid of a decision"
If that makes sense...

So irrelevant here just means to make it unimportant or to take out of consideration.

A: Appreciated.

A: @Korean_DodoBird_1641 Oh thanks a lot! It’s been a big help:)

A: I didn't know that word, so I had to look it up on the dictionary

A: "Respects" is more of a feeling towards something, example being: "This dictionary deserves my respect!"
This dictionary is one that I view as good / high quality in this situation.
It doesn't sound natural to say "respects." (I don't think anyone says that in this kind of situation)
However,
"Aspects" means parts or features. To say that "This dictionary is better than others in many aspects." Means this dictionary is better than the other ones in many ways.

Hope this helps! （╹◡╹）

A: A dictionary is a book. (словарь)
'Vocabulary' usually refers to the amount of words someone knows. (словарный запас)

A: A Dictionary contains alphabetical lists of words that includes the meaning, etymology and pronunciation while the thesaurus is a book that contains synonyms and even antonyms. While a dictionary defines a word, a thesaurus gives a choice of words for each entry.

Example sentences with dictionary and thesaurus

“I used the dictionary to see what the word hope means”

“A thesaurus is a useful aid to writing”

A: dictionary is like a books which contain so many words and their meaning which they're compiled in one book...while vocabulary is the individual word contained in the dictionary, that is why you'll always heard people say watch tv and improve your vocab, because there is so many words that you can learn by that

A: Dictionary: is a book that lists all words in alphabetical order
vocabulary : is not an object , it's that collection of words used in a given language

I hope that this has helped you!

A: Oh! If he's at an international school, then he might have more opportunities to use one than the average kid.

If you're asking the teacher, then I would say it dlfferently.
→"Will he have occasion to use it at school?"

A: You can say :

Go to the movies OR
Go to see a movie

But we don’t say “Go to see the movies” without further context.

I suppose it’s wrong because logically, we don’t know what movies the definite article “the” is referring to.

Note that in the expression “go to the movies”, what we are really saying is that we are going to a movie theater. It is a set expression and it does not mean that we are going to see multiple movies.

A: All of them are correct. I believe most of them are used in terms of literary and the last one is from Shakespeare

A: You can listen to the pronunciation of "dictionary" on the Oxford Learner's Dictionary.
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/dictionary?q=dictionary

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A: I haven't heard anyone say that "elderly" is rude. I don't think the word is inherently rude, but of course it would depend on the context and how you are using the word.

A common alternative that is often used is "seniors" or "senior citizens".

However, there is a difference in meaning. The term "senior" / "senior citizen" may refer to anyone in retirement age (like age 60+) whereas "elderly" is often used in reference to people who are even older (like age 70+) and may suggest that you are referring especially to people who are weak, frail, or in poor health.

A: @CatLaw

The ‘e’ in memo is short as in memorandum (and in memory, memorise, mention, meddle, metal etc.)

The ‘e’ in Me, meme, Mede etc(?) it is long. I don’t know ‘why’ exactly, except that in these examples the e is either alone or followed by a consonant and a second ‘e’.

BUT ‘rules’ are of little use in English pronunciation. There are usually too many ‘exceptions’, and the ‘rules’ were nineteenth century attempts to pretend that English was regular like Latin 🙄

A: × Using dictionary is the last resort for me to communicate with foreigners in English.
✓ Using a dictionary is the last resort for me to communicate with foreigners in English.

A: The definition of hymn includes more than singing in a Christian church. It can be called a hymn for other religions also.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/hymn

A: It means in contrast to. Conjuctions are used to join sentences together while Prepositions tell the relation of one thing to another. For example, the dog is over the bus. Here it tells the relation between the dog and the bus.