Dictionary Skills

A guide word is a word printed at the top of a dictionary page that helps you find the words listed on that page.

Plate comes first in ABC order.

Intrigued means interested.

You would find the word 'knife' on the same page.

In this context, 'raise' means to collect.

A pronunciation guide shows how to pronounce words, often using symbols or phonetic spelling.

A synonym is a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word.

A dictionary provides definitions, pronunciations, and information about words.

You use context clues by looking at the surrounding words and sentences to infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word.

A definition explains the meaning of a word, while a synonym is another word that means the same thing.