encyclopedia meaning
EN[ənˌsəɪ.kləˈpi.diə] [ɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpi(ː).diə] [-iːdiə]US
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- An encyclopedia or encyclopaedia (also spelled encyclopædia, see spelling differences) is a type of reference work or compendium holding a comprehensive summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge.
- Encyclopedias have existed for around 2,000 years; the oldest still in existence, Naturalis Historia, was written starting in ca. AD 77 by Pliny the Elder; it was not fully revised at the time of his death in 79.
- NounPLencyclopediasPLencyclopediaePLencyclopediæ
- A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
- I only use the library for the encyclopedia, as we’ve got most other books here.
- His life's work was a four-volume encyclopedia of aviation topics.
- (dated) The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge.
- A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The bullshitters have gotten pretty lazy, because they’ve thrown away all dictionaries and encyclopedias containing words or ideas that are unbullshit.
- If this edit is mine, the other must be yours. Their encyclopedia is good, but yours is even better. It’s all yours.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- If we desire to find the hidden meaning and subtlety of the pictorial symbols we must search these mediæval encyclopediæ.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of encyclopedia in English Dictionary
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