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Cambridge Dictionary names ‘Hallucinate’ Word of the Year 2023

15 Nov 2023

A new definition of ‘hallucinate’ was one of many AI-related updates to the Cambridge Dictionary in 2023.

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A home run in a baseball game

Cambridge Dictionary names 'homer' Word of the Year 2022

17 Nov 2022

Homer, an informal American English word for a home run in baseball, is Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2022, thanks to Wordle.

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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover

Cambridge Dictionary names 'perseverance' Word of the Year 2021

17 Nov 2021

Perseverance, a word which captures the undaunted will of people across the world to never give up, despite the many challenges of the last 12 months...

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Man sat looking out of a window at a giant representation of COVID-19. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

Cambridge Dictionary names 'quarantine’ Word of the Year 2020

24 Nov 2020

‘Quarantine’ has defeated 'lockdown' and 'pandemic' to be crowned Word of the Year 2020 after data showed it to be one of the most highly searched...

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Dictionary

Defining words

01 Sep 2007

Two very different projects in the University have at their heart the ancient craft of lexicography: the art of compiling and editing dictionaries...

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