<span>When you look up a word in a
basic dictionary, there is quite a bit of information you’ll find. Of course, you’ll find the definition of the
word. If the word, however, has more
than one meaning, all meanings will be presented in the entry. The word will be spaced out into syllables. You’ll see the phonetic pronunciation of the
word. For instance, if you look up the
word, “happy,” you’ll see “hap-ee.” In
addition, some dictionaries will also present a word’s language origin (such as
Latin or French) as well as the part of speech such as whether the word is a
noun, verb, adjective, etc. </span>
