Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for encyclopedia

encyclopedia

[ en-sahy-kluh-pee-dee-uh ]

noun

  1. a book, set of books, optical disc, mobile device, or online informational resource containing articles on various topics, usually in alphabetical arrangement, covering all branches of knowledge or, less commonly, all aspects of one subject.
  2. Encyclopedia, the French work edited by Diderot and D'Alembert, published in the 18th century, distinguished by its representation of the views of the Enlightenment.


encyclopedia

/ ɛnˌsaɪkləʊˈpiːdɪə /

noun

  1. a book, often in many volumes, containing articles on various topics, often arranged in alphabetical order, dealing either with the whole range of human knowledge or with one particular subject

    a medical encyclopedia

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of encyclopedia1

First recorded in 1525–35; from New Latin encyclopaedia, from Greek enkyklopaidía, a misreading of enkýklios paideía “circular (i.e., well-rounded) education”; encyclical, pedo- 1
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of encyclopedia1

C16: from New Latin encyclopaedia, erroneously for Greek enkuklios paideia general education, from enkuklios general (see encyclical ), + paideia education, from pais child
Discover More

Example Sentences

You play during an ancient era, and are told to develop the Sinnoh region’s first-ever Pokédex, an encyclopedia logging every type of Pokémon.

Like all encyclopedias, it’s dependent on the existence of high-quality primary sources, including journalism—and my industry, for the most part, is not in great shape, especially at the local level.

From Time

As there are field guides to bird identification, there are plenty of illustrated encyclopedias and online resources to help recognize the different breeds and learn their fascinating histories.

He recalls his mother, who didn’t have a lot of money when he was a child, buying him a set of encyclopedias, which he read voraciously.

From Ozy

Nelson’s volumes consisted of pages of alphabetically ordered entries, like any other modern encyclopedia.

From Time

I had buzzed around the wiki flower for a while, and then pollinated the free-encyclopedia flower.

Wales next tried an idea that reflected his childhood love of the World Book: an online encyclopedia.

I joke that I started as a kid revising the encyclopedia by stickering the one my mother bought.

Reading the Encyclopedia Brittanica while walking the Appalachian Trail!

In Paris, Kis completed his last work, The Encyclopedia of the Dead, a wonderful collection of fablelike stories.

He was not an encyclopedia, but a compact volume of naked logic.

That was after we read about the Cyclopes in the Ulysses story in our encyclopedia.

The encyclopedia mentioned all of them but did not mention Crimson at all.

The statement of the "Encyclopedia Britannica," that Argentina had a hundred million sheep in 1866 is quite incredible.

This list has great possibilities for club study, especially if there is the encyclopedia, so essential for reference.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


encyclicalencyclopedic