Topic: NEWSPAPERS, PUBLISHING
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Medieval Latin |
| Origin: | encyclopaedia 'course of general education', from Greek enkyklios paideia 'general education' |
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en‧cy‧clo‧pe‧di‧a also encyclopaedia British English
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[countable]TCN a book or CD, or a set of these, containing facts about many different subjects, or containing detailed facts about one subject : the Encyclopedia of Music
the Encyclopedia of MusicWORD FOCUS: book WORD FOCUS: book
a book about imaginary events: novel, thriller, mystery, horror story, love story, detective story, whodunit
books about imaginary events in general: fiction, science fiction, romantic fiction, crime fiction, chick lit informal
famous or important novels, poems etc : literature
books about real events: non-fiction
a book that gives information: reference book, encyclopedia, textbook
a book about someone's life: biography, autobiography, journal, diary
someone who writes books: writer, author, novelist
a book with a hard cover: hardback /hardcover American English
a book with a cover made of paper or card: paperback
➔ See also book
WORD FOCUS: book a book about imaginary events: novel, thriller, mystery, horror story, love story, detective story, whodunit
books about imaginary events in general: fiction, science fiction, romantic fiction, crime fiction, chick lit informal
famous or important novels, poems etc : literature
books about real events: non-fiction
a book that gives information: reference book, encyclopedia, textbook
a book about someone's life: biography, autobiography, journal, diary
someone who writes books: writer, author, novelist
a book with a hard cover: hardback /hardcover American English
a book with a cover made of paper or card: paperback
➔ See also book
