encyclopedia in English dictionary

  • encyclopedia

    Meanings and definitions of "encyclopedia"

    • A comprehensive reference work with articles on a range of subjects.
    • noun
      A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
    • noun
      (dated)
      The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge.
    • comprehensive reference with articles on a range of topic
    • A comprehensive, often multivolume, reference work containing articles on a wide rage of subjects or on various aspects of a particular field, usually, alphabetically arranged.
    • encyclopedia (encyclopaedia)
    • 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

    Synonyms of "encyclopedia" in English dictionary

    cyclopaedia, book of facts, encyclopaedia are the top synonyms of "encyclopedia" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of encyclopedia

    • The National Scientific Publishers encyclopedia (Polish) encyclopedia ( plural  encyclopedias)
    • encyclopedia (plural encyclopedias or encyclopediae or encyclopediæ)
  • Encyclopedia

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