Friday 9 July 2021

How Does A Word Get Into The Dictionary?



    Written by: Becca Marsh
Reading time: 4 mins
Last updated: March 17, 2021


Have you ever wondered how a word gets into the dictionary?

Does one person decide or does it have to go through a number of people before being granted permission to be published?

In this article, we will be looking at how a word gets into the dictionary.

To put it simply a word gets into the dictionary when it becomes a popularly used word.

New words, such as slang and abbreviations are added to the dictionary once they start to appear across a substantial amount of sources and are regularly spoken.

Once a word is commonly used and there is an understanding of a common meaning it can be considered to be added to the dictionary.


To learn more about the process, visit https://www.thefactsite.com/how-words-get-into-dictionary/

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