{"id":124546,"date":"2017-09-25T19:42:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T17:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/?p=124546"},"modified":"2023-09-21T18:25:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:25:11","slug":"word-gets-into-dictionary-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/word-gets-into-dictionary-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"How a word gets into the dictionary (infographic)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"How<\/p>\n

Have you ever wondered why certain words get into the dictionary and others don’t?<\/p>\n

See also:<\/strong>
\n[ef-archive number=2 tag=”lists” ]<\/div>\n

Merriam-Webster comes with the answer. In an article How a Word Gets Into the Dictionary<\/a>, we read:<\/p>\n

\nA word gets into a dictionary when it is used by many people who all agree that it means the same thing.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What’s very important, dictionary editors have to research how widely a new word is used. They search the web and databases to measure three criteria: frequent use, widespread use, and meaningful use.<\/p>\n

The article is inspired by Grammarly’s challenge to define how the Internet has affected the pace at which new words enter the dictionary. The text is accompanied by a fun infographic shown below.<\/p>\n

Click or tap the infographic to enlarge it.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/a><\/p>\n

Via Merriam-Webster Words At Play<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

More to explore:<\/p>\n

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Have you ever wondered why certain words get into the dictionary and others don’t? See also: [ef-archive number=2 tag=”lists” ] Merriam-Webster comes with the answer. In an article How a Word Gets Into the Dictionary, we read: A word gets into a dictionary when it is used by many people who all agree that it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":124548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[7],"tags":[11173,11570],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/How-a-word-gets-into-a-dictionary-full-infographic.jpg?fit=840%2C2523&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdOQhx-woO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124546"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124546"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124551,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124546\/revisions\/124551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}