Dictionary Entry

A Dictionary Entry is a dictionary item that is a document entry.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) be a member of a Dictionary Document.
  • …
• Example(s):
  • a Dictionary Entry, such as: de•clen•sion \dɪˈklen.ʃən\, noun [MiddleEnglish declenson, modification of MiddleFrench declinaison, from Latin declination-, declinatio grammatical inflection, turning aside, from declinare to inflect, turn aside] (15c)
1 a: noun, adjective, or pronoun inflection especially in some prescribed order of the forms
1b : a class of nouns or adjectives having the same type of inflectional forms
2 : a falling of or away : deteriortion
3:descent, slope – declensional \-ˈklen.ʃənəl\, adj
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Dictionary Record.
  • a Glossary Entry.
• See: Definitional Passage.

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