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An English monolingual dictionary is useful for understanding a word meaning - not only for native English speakers, but also for those who are learning English as a second language. Whether you are translating from English into your mother tongue or you simply don’t know what a word means, you can always count on our English dictionary, with its definitions of common words, technical terms and idioms, many of them added by our community members.
How to take part:
English words are used all over the world. They are borrowed by other languages, and often become buzzwords used daily by millions of people. It is obviously vital to understand their meaning and use them correctly. That’s why Reverso allows its users to contribute to the online dictionary with their own English definitions. Thousands of English words and idioms, colloquial expressions, phrase, slang terms, and specialized terms have already been added to the English dictionary. You can help us write our online dictionary by adding words and expressions and their English definition, or by making comments on the definitions added by other users.
When you look up the definition of a word in our English dictionary, the results displayed will include not only words and phrases from the general dictionary, but also definitions added by users. With a single click, you can suggest a new definition for an English word, search for its synonyms, conjugate verbs or hear the pronunciation of the word.
