why are there two versions of the definitions in your dictionary?
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Why are their two versions of the definitions in your dictionary?
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updated Jul 13, 2011
posted by Zorrrro
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Dictionaries complete one another. Sometimes a dictionary lists a meaning for a word that another doesn't.
Look up any word at Dictionary.com and see how many definitions you'll get.
updated Jul 13, 2011
edited by SpanishPal
posted by SpanishPal
I think you meant to use the word "complement," rather than "complete?" :) - territurtle, Jul 12, 2011
No, I meant complete. If a meaning of a word is missing in one, the other lists it, hence dictionaries complete one another. - SpanishPal, Jul 12, 2011
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Because it comes from two different dictionaries.
Saludos
updated Jul 12, 2011
posted by NuriaMonfort
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Maybe there is more than one usage of the word. Maybe the word is used as an indiom, or context changes the definition of the word.
updated Jul 12, 2011
posted by KarenOregon
