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dict

dict noun: a saying; a statement. Also the clipping of dictionary.

Noun

dict (plural dicts)

  1. (archaic, rare) A saying; a statement.
    • And accoꝛdyng to theyꝛe dictys reherſyd as thus […][c. 1525], [Fernando de Rojas], anonymous translator, A New Cõmodye in Englysh in Maner of an Enterlude Ryght Elygant ⁊ Full of Craft of Rethoryk / Wherein Is Shewd ⁊ Dyscrybyd as Well the Bewte ⁊...
    • In the deſcription of King Priams ſtate, we must needes imagine it great, where ſo many forraigne Kings aſſembled in his ayde, in whoſe names we haue confer’d Dares, the Troian Dictes, the Greeke Homer, Virgill, and others, who though in ſome particuler thinges (not momentarily they differ) yet...1609, Tho[mas] Heywood, “Canto. 11.”, in Troia Britanica: Or, Great Britaines Troy. […], London: […] W[illiam] Iaggard, →OCLC, page 265

Proper noun capitalized: DICT

DICT

  1. A dictionary network protocol.
  2. (Philippines, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Department of Information and Communications Technology.

Also used as

dict is also the clipping of dictionary.

Forms of dict

pluraldicts
alternative formdict.

Origin of dict

From Middle English dicte, from Latin dictum. Doublet of dictum.

Questions about dict

What does dict mean?
Dict means a saying; a statement.
What part of speech is dict?
Dict can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of dict?
The plural of dict is dicts.

Words near dict in the dictionary

  1. dicrotophos
  2. dicrotous
  3. dicrurid
  4. dicrurids
  5. DICs
  6. dict
  7. dict.
  8. dicta
  9. dictablanda
  10. dictablandas
  11. dictagraph

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