superdictionary

Definitions

An exceptionally comprehensive dictionary, which includes all other dictionaries.

Examples

“The law is a kind of superdictionary that knows in advance what any possible combination of words and expressions means.”

“Mr. [Michael] Proffitt was reluctant to place⟳ the O.E.D. at the forefront of such a project. The dictionary, he said, lacks resources to transform⟳ itself this way. Instead, he advocates a federation of reference works. "The superdictionary may be, in fact, superdictionaries," he said. "What you want⟳ is some kind of search⟳ that then sends you to the right place⟳."”

“[…] will anyone ever have⟳ enough time and motivation to consult⟳ them all, for the entire alphabet, and thus arrive⟳ at a truly complete⟳ superdictionary?”

“The current direction in Estonian lexicography is a unification of lexical resources (dictionaries and term bases) into a central superdictionary, the online public dictionary CombiDic.”

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