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online dictionary

[ on-lahyn dik-shuh-ner-ee, awn-lahyn ]

noun,plural on·line dic·tion·ar·ies.
  1. a dictionary that is available on the internet. Online dictionaries like Dictionary.com offer immediate, direct access through large databases to a word's spelling and meanings, plus a host of ancillary information, including its variant spellings, pronunciation, inflected forms, origin, and derived forms, as well as supplementary notes about how the word is used.

Origin of online dictionary

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First recorded in 1975–80

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