"metadictionary" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "meta- + dictionary",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From meta- + dictionary.",
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    {
      "form": "metadictionaries",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with meta-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Dictionaries",
          "orig": "en:Dictionaries",
          "parents": [
            "Lexicography",
            "Reference works",
            "Linguistics",
            "Books",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Literature",
            "Mass media",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Media",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental",
            "Human"
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        {
          "ref": "2008, Peter Rob, Database Systems: Design, Implementation & Management, page 788:",
          "text": "XML can also be used to create metadictionaries, or vocabularies, for databases. These metadictionaries can be used by applications that need to access other external data sources.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "An online dictionary portal that allows searches on multiple lexicographical databases at once."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "portal",
          "portal"
        ],
        [
          "lexicographical",
          "lexicographical"
        ]
      ]
    }
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  "word": "metadictionary"
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  "etymology_text": "From meta- + dictionary.",
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    {
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
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      ],
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          "portal",
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        ],
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          "lexicographical",
          "lexicographical"
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