American English pronunciation
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IPA transcription: [ɪn,saɪklə'pidiə]
Pronunciation variants: [ɪn,saɪklə'pidiə][ɪn,saɪkloʊ'pidiə]
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Noun
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a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
Usage examples
- Each seems to have taken a different approach to encyclopedia-making.
- If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence.
- W. Craig Gaines, "Encyclopedia of Civil War shipwrecks".
- If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence.
- She stored a collection of dictionaries and encyclopedia books in this cupboard.
- The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life and Thought.
- The encyclopedia was written by Israeli, American and European professional subject specialists.
- She stored a collection of dictionaries and encyclopedia books in this cupboard.
- This revival had a "brief run", according to the "Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre".
- A great deal of biographic material is recorded in the "New International Encyclopedia".