RESEARCH ToOLs You CAN USE How Do I Use a Dictionary Jennifer Landau Britannica Educational Publishing IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROSEN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
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WHAT Is A DICTIONARY Dictionaries let a terrier ter e ar n a usually small dog origi nally used by hunters to force animals from student know whether their holes a word is a noun word history verb adjective or terrier another part of Terriers were first used in hunt ing Their job was to dig for speech In many dic small animals and force them from their holes The word terri tionaries synonyms er comes from a medieval and antonyms for French phrase chen terrer or chien terrier literally earth dog The terr in ter words are given Syn rier comes ultimately from Latin terra earth onyms are words that Some dictionaries provide the history of a mean the same as the word to show how it became part of the word you are looking language up while antonyms have the opposite meaning Many dictionaries include drawings to help you understand what a word means Good dictionaries are available for all ages Pronounce means to make and reading levels the proper sound of a letter or