For me, a dictionary is a living record of a living language, and they’re important because language is important to us. My hope is that people read this and love English more.

Long before Oxford Dictionaries named the tears-of-joy emoji 2015's "word" of the year, the language grumps were grumbling about the downfall of the written word.

This Japanese department store provides a must-learn example of why it’s important to use a dictionary in your advertising. WARNING: This link will take you to graphic content.

The parameters of English are formed both top-down and bottom-up. Dictionaries amalgamate and standardize these two linguistic influences and, in doing so, define our most fundamental cultural medium.

While dictionaries currently outperform AI in language mastery, that doesn’t undermine the potential of AI. When combined, these tools can create a synergistic relationship that maximizes their ...

The optimal time is now. Data dictionaries will become increasingly important in the post-cookie future of audience building and ad targeting. So, what is a data dictionary? Let’s review the basics.

At Dictionary.com, they scrutinize the searches that turn up a “did you misspell that?” page: Often, said Jane Solomon, a Dictionary.com lexicographer, those misspellings are actually new words.

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