Dictionary definitions

Read dictionary definitions for academic words and review parts of speech to practise and improve your reading skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.

Preparation

Reading text

attend

(v)

to officially go to a place, like a school, university or class
You must attend 80 per cent of classes to pass the course.

dormitory plural dormitories

(n)

1. a place where many people sleep
2. US: a big building at a university where students live (UK: hall of residence)
I know John. He lives in my dorm at university.

faculty plural faculties

(n)

all the teachers who work at a university
Norman Brown was in the English faculty for twenty years.

teaching assistant

(n)

a person who works to help a university teacher in a classroom
The teaching assistant has the exams for you at the end of class.

tuition fee

(n)

an amount of money that you pay to go to university
Tuition fees are very high this year.

undergraduate

(n)

a student at a college or university who is studying for a first degree
They met when they were undergraduates at Cambridge University.

Task 1

TrueOrFalse_MjMxOTQ=.xml

Task 2

GapFillDragAndDrop_MjMxOTU=.xml

Discussion

How often do you use a dictionary?

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I use the dictionary virtually often.

I always use dictionary when I study English. Especially I use to find second meaning of the word.

I use the dictionary every day when I see any new words that I didn't hear before. Usually, I use an electronic dictionary, it reliable and suitable. But also using a dictionary book, it's helpful for finding the meaning of the word that u need to know, and finding some examples where to use it.

I use dictionaries every day. Because I learn two foreign languages (English and Polish) and also I need it sometimes when I'm not sure if I use Ukrainian words correctly. Fortunately, we can use electronic dictionaries nowadays. It's much handier than paper ones. I still remember how it was when you had to use those fat books and spent time on thumbing ((

I know about the advantages of use the dictionary as a book but I’m rarely use it, I use dictionary from my Phone

The paper dictionary has more meanings than Google Translator, but I prefer the online one because I can research wherever I want. I sometimes use the dictionary when I find words that I don’t know.

Often I use the dictionary by Phone

It's rarely, when I have doubts about some word I use Siri, the iphone's assistant.

I do not use dictionary as a book. If I need to learn a word which I don't know, I use Google Translate app on my phone. Btw, I try to translate English to English as possible as I can.

I use dictionary in my regular life. When I read any articles or any news in English, I find many words difficult and totally unknown. To get a clear idea about those texts, i often take help from dictionary. As i use dictionary in my regular life that's why i have installed Dictionary app in my mobile phone and it has made my life very easy to keep my connected myself learning new words everyday.