Encyclopedia - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpiːdɪə|
Brit.
|enˌsaɪklə(ʊ)ˈpiːdɪə|
noun
- 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 (syn: cyclopaedia, cyclopedia, encyclopaedia)
Extra examples
...obviously a one-volume encyclopedia can offer only a very summary account of the American Civil War...
...you can't just copy the encyclopedia article verbatim for your report—that's plagiarism...
The Encyclopedia of Gardening is a companion volume to the Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers.
This is a fine book; a worthy addition to the Cambridge Encyclopedia series.
Word forms
noun
singular: encyclopedia
plural: encyclopedias
singular: encyclopedia
plural: encyclopedias
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