Dictionary Skills

To provide definitions, pronunciations, and information about words.

By comparing the first letters of each word, then the second letters if the first letters are the same, and so on.

Guide words are the words at the top of a dictionary page that indicate the first and last words on that page.

It means that the word is the earliest in the alphabetical sequence compared to other words.

By using the first letter of the word to locate the correct section, then using guide words to narrow down the search.

Lowercase letters are small letters (a, b, c), while uppercase letters are capital letters (A, B, C).

Any word that starts with 's' but comes after 'silly' in alphabetical order, such as 'silver'.

clack, clamp, clasp, classic.

The first letter is the primary factor in determining the order; words are sorted based on the sequence of their first letters.

If the word falls alphabetically between the two guide words.