Examples

3 sentences

  1. This encyclopaedia is convenient for looking up things.

    deDieses Lexikon ist praktisch, um Dinge nachzuschlagen. — xtofu80

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  2. She's a living encyclopaedia.

    ruОна живая энциклопедия. — marafon

    deSie ist eine lebende Enzyklopädie. — al_ex_an_der

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  3. And how do you expect me to know that? I'm not an encyclopaedia.

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Meaning

1 senses

  1. Commonwealth standard spelling of encyclopedia.

More definitions
  • a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty

Origin

Borrowed from New Latin encyclopaedia; the English word is an etymologically restored spel

Borrowed from New Latin encyclopaedia; the English word is an etymologically restored spelling variant of earlier encyclopedia, q.v.

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Forms

plural: encyclopaedias / encyclopaediae

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty:encyclopediacyclopediacyclopaedia

Lessons for this word

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
encroachencryptencryptionencumberC2encyclopediaB1encyclopedicendA1

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