Each headword is listed with its translation, part of speech, and pronunciation. From Wordnik.com. [Barron’s Spanish-English Pocket Bilingual Dictionary « Books « Literacy News] Reference
Translated headword: with piebald or swift-circling ponies. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: SUDA/SUIDAS.] Reference
When a headword is misspelled, things have come to a pretty pass:EPHETIC a. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: THE SUPERIOR PERSON'S BOOK OF WORDS.] Reference
Other giveaways are that headword occurrences in the references are abbreviated p. and not i. and where the arrows at the bottom go. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: THE NEW SAPPHO.] Reference
SOED which is, I allow, wrong often enough has it as an adjective with its own headword entry, though its status is a little compromised. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: CLUNKY COMPOUNDS.] Reference
Sub-editors sorted each headword into various parts of speech, and more senior editor-sorters would determine subtle shades of meaning from the quotations at hand. From Wordnik.com. [Analyzing Becky Sharp’s Trash] Reference
So they thought up the idea of making an entry that had all the possible complications that had been causing them problems, and tested all the new releases against that headword. From Wordnik.com. [Two stories from last week - shaggy dog and dictionary] Reference
Problems arose when a word had two different statuses in the entry structure, for example if it were both part of a phrase and also a cross reference; of if it was a repeat of the headword and part of a phrase. From Wordnik.com. [Not Just a Pretty Face: The Contribution of Typography to Lexicography] Reference
The Random House Dictionary text was keyboarded after writing and each entry was divided and entered in fields assigned to different levels of information for example headword, pronunciation, definitions, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
At least the subentries under chain reflect the same form as the headword. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 3] Reference
• usage examples showing the headword in context and extensive usage notes. From Wordnik.com. [Larousse Student Dictionary Spanish-English / English-Spanish « Books « Literacy News] Reference
The definition is given first, immediately after the headword which -- praises be!. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol 2 No 1] Reference
In the example: k'ingxis English headword are given, illustrating different fall! fall over!. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Some dictionaries save space by collapsing entries in paragraphs, listing compounds under a headword. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 4] Reference
I have no idea where I might have looked for Blackmail Lettering since I cannot imagine having thought up such a headword. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 3] Reference
Experienced compilers know the agony attached to headword selection and to comment on the ins and outs seems ungentlemanly. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 2] Reference
Their relevant definition of headword is "a word or term placed at the beginning (e.g. of a chapter or an entry in a dictionary).". From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 2] Reference
I debolded the headword for consistency, but if anyone (Hayford, John?) wants to bold all headwords, fine - just not a job for aged. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The unexpected swung dash-most used to show the placement of a headword in an illustrative phrase in a dictionary entry-surprises us. From Wordnik.com. [dbqp: visualizing poetics] Reference
Within each are a number of sections, each given a heading of a euphemism; the text discusses not only the headword or phrase but several related terms. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4] Reference
Then come verbal illustrations, which are generous, and then the headword again, followed by pronunciations, parts of speech, and plurals or past tenses. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol 2 No 1] Reference
Then, thinking that we have captured them all, we find that passkey, passmark, and password are given separate headword status, presumably because they are solid. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 3] Reference
W9's relevant definition of headword does not even mention dictionaries: "a word or term placed at the beginning (as of a chapter or an entry in an encyclopedia)". From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 2] Reference
The label connotative is inserted to indicate those words and meanings that come from a source other than the name in the headword but are nonetheless closely associated with it. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 2] Reference
The ordinary entry is structured to show the headword or phrase, in boldface, followed by an italicized part-of-speech label, followed by the definition, then the source or sources. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4] Reference
The headword toad is duly glossed, as padda, karta, and then -- quite needlessly -- illustrated, with this remarkably elucidating sentence: the toad was delighted to see his mother again. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 2] Reference
It is my understanding that Collins has now determined that the usefulness of such information has diminished considerably and that it could well be sacrificed in favor of a cleaner-looking, easier-to-read headword. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 3] Reference
The index is sometimes not in alphabetical order, in particular the plural of a headword often immediately follows the singular of a headword. From Wordnik.com. [Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature] Reference
Search by headword or run a full-text search. From Wordnik.com. [Databases: Dictionaries: Search (Free): Oxford Compact English Dictionary, Concise Dictionary of First Names, & The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations « ResourceShelf] Reference
(pronunciation or syllabification) in the headword at the expense of its clean appearance. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 4] Reference
The headword is on the right. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The headword is syllabified in W, not in L. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 1] Reference
When the spelling of the headword is misleading ... or when the recorded variants are potentially useful for dialectologists ". From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 2] Reference
(3): headword (4): a headword with its definition or identification (5): VOCABULARY ENTRY ". From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 2] Reference
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