thesaurus in Chinese
thesaurus in Chinese is 词典 — thesaurus means a reference book or website that groups words by meaning, so you can look up a word and find its synonyms and often its antonyms.
thesaurus in Chinese
词典
Pronounced: cí diǎn
A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.
What does "thesaurus" mean?
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noun A reference book or website that groups words by meaning, so you can look up a word and find its synonyms and often its antonyms.
"I keep a thesaurus open when I'm editing to avoid repeating myself."
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noun A controlled list of indexing terms and their relationships, used to catalogue and search a collection of documents.
"Articles are tagged using the library's medical subject thesaurus."
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thesaurus in a sentence
- I keep a thesaurus open when I'm editing to avoid repeating myself.
- Don't just grab the longest word the thesaurus offers.
- Articles are tagged using the library's medical subject thesaurus.
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What is "thesaurus" in Chinese?
"thesaurus" in Chinese is 词典. thesaurus means: A reference book or website that groups words by meaning, so you can look up a word and find its synonyms and often its antonyms.
How do you pronounce 词典?
"thesaurus" in Chinese is 词典, pronounced "cí diǎn".
How do you use "thesaurus" in a sentence?
Example: "I keep a thesaurus open when I'm editing to avoid repeating myself." In Chinese, "thesaurus" is 词典.
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