DICTIONARY ENTRY Synonyms

• an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field

• a language user's knowledge of words

• a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

• a word or expression used for some particular thing

• a limited period of time

• (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement

• any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial

• one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition

• the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent

• (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome

• name formally or designate with a term

• a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

• status with respect to the relations between people or groups

• the amount of money needed to purchase something

• a listing of the words used in some enterprise

• a language user's knowledge of words

• the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts)

• a reference book containing words (usually with their meanings)

• the entry in a dictionary of information about a word