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A collection of words in (a) specific language(s), often containing usage information.

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dictionary with the smallest number of circularly defined words

Motivation: words in a dictionary are defined in terms of other words, but at some point it becomes circular: words defined by other words that have also been defined using some of the same words. … Thus every dictionary must have a minimum set of words that are not defined but can be used to define the rest of words in the dictionary. …
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