When I need to know the meaning of a word, I look it up in a dictionary.
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At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning.
If you have a big enough dictionary, just about everything is a word.
Sometimes I know the meaning of a word but am tired of it and feel the need for an unfamiliar, especially precise or poetic term, perhaps one with a nuance that flatters my readership's exquisite sensitivity.
Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary, I'm delighted.
Words take on many different meanings.
A lot of people use the dictionary to find out how to spell words.
We think people go to a dictionary to find out what a word means. Most people go to the dictionary because they don't want to look stupid.
My vocabulary is vast and expert, and I don't think I overuse any word.
I coined a word the other day, but I forgot what it was. It was a good one, it came to me in a dream.
The trouble with the dictionary is that you have to know how a word is spelled before you can look it up to see how it is spelled.