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HistoryOfEnglish » FocusAndContent » IdentifyingCentralProblems » Lexicography » CreateYourOwnDictionaryEntry

Create Your Own Dictionary Entry

In the preceeding two paragraphs, you have learned how two dictionaries have been produced. The editors faced a lot of problems writing the definitions of the words because a lot of words have multiple meanings.

Your task now is to try to write your own dictionary entry focussing on the meanings of the words. Who knows, you might be the next Johnson or Murray.


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