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  2. Comparison of English dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    This is a comparison of English dictionaries, which are dictionaries about the language of English.The dictionaries listed here are categorized into "full-size" dictionaries (which extensively cover the language, and are targeted to native speakers), "collegiate" (which are smaller, and often contain other biographical or geographical information useful to college students), and "learner's ...

  3. List of Unicode characters - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, a character entity reference refers to a character by the name of an entity which has the desired character as its replacement text. The entity must either be predefined (built into the markup language) or explicitly declared in a Document Type Definition (DTD). The format is the same as for any entity reference: &name;

  4. Glossary - Wikipedia

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    The intelligence law glossary provides a description of the key terms in intelligence law. A core glossary is a simple glossary or explanatory dictionary that enables definition of other concepts, especially for newcomers to a language or field of study. It contains a small working vocabulary and definitions for important or frequently ...

  5. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  6. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Glossaries

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    For example, glossary-style formatting may work well for presenting a list of aircraft serial numbers along with their models and descriptions, using the same basic layout as glossaries. For an article that is a non-glossary list that uses glossary formatting, follow the advice at WP:Stand-alone lists#Naming conventions.

  7. Wikipedia:Contents/Glossaries - Wikipedia

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    A glossary is a list of specialised or technical words with their meanings. Listed below are many glossaries supporting a wide range of subjects. See also Category:Wikipedia glossaries. Also try our sister project Wiktionary.

  8. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks

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    Chinese punctuation – Punctuation used with Chinese characters; Currency symbol – Symbol used to represent a monetary currency's name; Diacritic – Modifier mark added to a letter (accent marks etc.) Hebrew punctuation – Punctuation conventions of the Hebrew language over time; Glossary of mathematical symbols; Japanese punctuation

  9. List of glossing abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    For example, NPST non-past is not listed, as it is composable from N-non-+ PST past. This convention is grounded in the Leipzig Glossing Rules. [2] Some authors use a lower-case n, for example n H for 'non-human'. [16] Some sources are moving from classical lative (LAT, -L) terminology to 'directional' (DIR), with concommitant changes in the ...