Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Assignment2- Dictionaries

I try all the online dictionary.
I think Merriam-Webster's Learners' Dictionary is the best.
It have the word's pronounced,function,meaning,sentence,and search it very fast.

1.magnitude-noun
     meaning: the size, extent, or importance of something.
     sentence: The country's small army would be crushed in a war of such magnitude.
2.epicenter-noun
     meaning: the part of the earth's surface that is directly above the place where an earthquake starts.
3.rumble-verb
     meaning: to make a low, heavy, continuous sound or series of sounds.
     sentence: Thunder rumbled in the distance.
                    I got hungry and my stomach started rumbling.
4.disrupt-verb
     meaning: to cause (something) to be unable to continue in the normal way.
     sentence: Protesters disrupted the conference.
                   The barking dogs disrupted my sleep.
5.stability-noun
     meaning: the quality or state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change.
     sentence: the country's political and economic stability.

1 comment:

  1. It's good that you take time to explore all the dictionaries. So you prefer a dictionary that tell you how to pronounce a word.

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