Dictionary Presentation
Transcript of Dictionary Presentation
Dictionaries are books that list all the words in
a language.
A dictionary is a type of index.
An index is an alphabetized list of names, places, or
subjects in a printed work, giving the
location or pages on which each item is
mentioned.
To make dictionaries
easier to use, the words are organized in alphabetical
order.
Let’s practice arranging these
words in alphabetical order.
mile milk milking
military mildew mild
middle might microwave
Answer:
Since there are so many words in a dictionary, guide words are used to help you locate a
word quickly.What are guide words?
Guide words are found at the top of each page.
They tell you the first and last word that is found on
that page.
How do guide words help you
find a word quickly?
Instead of looking at each word on a page, which could take forever, you just look at
the guide words and then use what you know about
alphabetizing words to decide if your word would be
found on that page.
Let’s pretend you are looking up the
word, science. First we would turn to the S
section
Then you would use the guide
words and what you know about alphabetizing
words to decide the correct page in
the S section.
You would look at the guide words at
the top of each page and decide between which ones our word would come in
alphabetical order.
Let’s do that for the word science-
Which one of these pages
would contain the word science?
scienceThe page with the guide words-
stamp - summer
Or the page with the words-
sandwich - seventy
scienceThe page with the guide words-
stamp - summer
Or the page with the words-
sandwich - seventy
Dictionary entries have multiple parts: entry term, pronunciation, part of speech, plural
spelling, and definition.
Entry Format
Dictionaries use abbreviations, or shortened forms of words to make definition lengths more
manageable.adj. Adjective inter. interjection
adv. Adverb n. noun
approx. Approminately pl. Plural
Brit. British prep. Preposition
def. Definite sl. Slang
e.g. For example s.o. Someone
esp. Especially sth. Something
indef. Indefinite usu. Usually
inf. Informal v. verb