DIALECT
\dˈa͡ɪ͡əlɛkt], \dˈaɪəlɛkt], \d_ˈaɪə_l_ɛ_k_t]\
Definitions of DIALECT
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.
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The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned.
By Oddity Software
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Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.
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The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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n. [Greek] Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue;—variety or subdivision of a language;—local form; provincialism; patois.
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The subdivision of a language; stile, manner of expression; language, speech.
By Thomas Sheridan
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