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of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be
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The monolingual general dictionary ... is therefore also often called defining dictionary or explanatory dictionary
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that provides definitions of word meanings at its entries. It may give additional information on
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Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing
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Hartmann, Reinhard Rudolf Karl; James, Gregory (2002).
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Defining vocabulary
general notability guideline
reliable secondary sources
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"Explanatory dictionary"
news
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JSTOR
Learn how and when to remove this message
dictionary
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An Introduction to Lexicography
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