Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
headword .
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Examples
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Phrases follow each definition using headwords in standard contexts
Barron’s Spanish-English Pocket Bilingual Dictionary « Books « Literacy News 2010
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Exemplary phrases using headwords in standard contexts
Barron’s German-English Dictionary: Worterbuch Deutsch-Englisch « Books « Literacy News 2009
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The lighter large-face Egyptian was used for subsidiary headwords, usually archaic forms, and also for the sense-numbering system.
Not Just a Pretty Face: The Contribution of Typography to Lexicography Paul Luna 2009
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The lighter large-face Egyptian was used for subsidiary headwords, usually archaic forms, and also for the sense-numbering system.
Archive 2009-02-01 Paul Luna 2009
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The boldest, largest fount was used only for headwords.
Not Just a Pretty Face: The Contribution of Typography to Lexicography Paul Luna 2009
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The access structure is provided at the macro-typographic level by the alphabetic sequence and page elements (alphabetic sections, headlines, headwords) which assist overall navigation and the location of entries, and at the micro-typographic level by the differentiation of elements (etymologies, cited forms, sense numbers) within an entry.
Archive 2009-02-01 Paul Luna 2009
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The boldest, largest fount was used only for headwords.
Archive 2009-02-01 Paul Luna 2009
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Exemplary phrases using headwords in standard contexts
Barron’s Italian-English Dictionary: Dizionario Italiano-Inglese « Books « Literacy News 2009
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The access structure is provided at the macro-typographic level by the alphabetic sequence and page elements (alphabetic sections, headlines, headwords) which assist overall navigation and the location of entries, and at the micro-typographic level by the differentiation of elements (etymologies, cited forms, sense numbers) within an entry.
Not Just a Pretty Face: The Contribution of Typography to Lexicography Paul Luna 2009
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There is a hint of variation in US dictionaries: Random House gives it only with a capital, but Webster which lists all its headwords in lower-case says 'usu cap'.
On Christian vs christian DC 2007
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