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Word Meaning in the Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language Answers

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What was revolutionary about Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language?

It was the first dictionary to be compiled by a group of critics, poets, essayists, and biographers.

It was the first dictionary to include definitions of difficult or technical words.

It was the first English dictionary to use quotations from literature to illustrate word usage and development.

✔ failure victory uncertainty

failure

victory

uncertainty

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