National Dictionary Day is Wednesday, October 16th; Learn a new word

Wednesday, October 16th, 2013 is National Dictionary Day . Dictionary , as defined by Merriam-Webster is;

1. “a reference book that contains words listed in alphabetical order and that gives information about the words' meanings, forms, pronunciations, etc.

2. a reference book that lists in alphabetical order the words of one language and shows their meanings or translations in a different language

3. a reference book that lists in alphabetical order words that relate to a particular subject along with their definitions and uses”

While many print dictionaries are available for you to have, to love and to hold, this is all about the online dictionaries. After all, this column is from the National INTERNET & technology Examiner. It is also about those apps for the mobile market, including iOS and Android.

Go to your favorite search engine, mine being Google, and simply use the search string “ Online Dictionaries ”. You will notice, that Merriam Webster is the first hit. Bing, has the same result . Yahoo on the other hand has ads related to dictionaries first but then, does list Merriam Webster as the first hit. As an alternative, when the question “ Where is there a list of online dictionaries ?” is posed to Ask.com, you get many more hits, including an actual list , which looks strangely like Wikipedia , which lists several “Major” English language dictionaries including;

· A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson (prescriptive)

· The American College Dictionary by Clarence L. Barnhart

· The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

· Black's Law Dictionary , a law dictionary

· Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

· Canadian Oxford Dictionary

· Century Dictionary

· Chambers Dictionary

· Collins English Dictionary

· Concise Oxford English Dictionary

· Longman

· Macquarie Dictionary , a dictionary of Australian English

· Merriam-Webster

· New Oxford Dictionary of English

· Oxford Dictionary of English

· Oxford English Dictionary (descriptive)

· Random House Dictionary of the English Language

· Noah Webster 's An American Dictionary of the English Language (prescriptive)

· Webster's Dictionary (descriptive)

· Webster's New World Dictionary

Wkipedia also lists its Wikitionary as a viable alternative.

So there you have it. Impress your friends with a word of the day in English or another language. All you need to do is search. Don't forget to check out the iTunes App store and the Google Play store for mobile apps.

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