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Noun: dictionary  'dik-shu,ne-ree [N. Amer], dik-sh(u)-n(u-)ree [Brit]
  1. A reference work containing a list of words in alphabetical order, giving their meaning, translation and/or other information
    - lexicon
     
  2. (computing) a data structure consisting of key-value pairs, used to store the value of each unique key (e.g. some text or number)
    - associative array

Derived forms: dictionaries

Type of: wordbook

Encyclopedia: Dictionary

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