HOW TO PRONOUNCE
encyclopedia
/ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpidi.ə/
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What does encyclopedia mean?
noun
- A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
- Similarly comprehensive works in other formats.
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noun
- (dated) The circle of arts and sciences (see Etymology); a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch thereof.
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The Encyclopedia, in the last century, was a mine that was almost open to the sky.
Storrow, on the contrary, was a small man, quiet in manner, conversational in argument, and an encyclopedia of definite information.
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Such poor under-nourished nurseries must needs fall back upon the Encyclopedia Britannica, and even that is becoming flexible on India paper!
But now, when the girls talk about things that I never heard of, I just keep still and look them up in the encyclopedia.
Ten years ago, the Internet was the mystical province of physicists; today, it is a commonplace encyclopedia for millions of schoolchildren.