Encyclopedia (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- She spent hours searching the encyclopedia for information on the history of ancient civilizations.
- The set of encyclopedia volumes on her bookshelf took up an entire shelf and weighed a small fortune.
- The company was proud to announce that its online encyclopedia was now available to the public free of charge.
- The encyclopedia article on climate change was so poorly written that she decided to rewrite it herself.
- Before the internet, the family encyclopedia was the go-to source of information on any subject.