encyclopedic
pronunciation
How to pronounce encyclopedic in British English:
UK [ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpiːdɪk]
How to pronounce encyclopedic in American English:
US [ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpiːdɪk]
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- Adjective:
- broad in scope or content
Word Origin
- encyclopedic (adj.)
- 1816, from encyclopedia + -ic.
Example
- 1. One problem is the encyclopedic range typical of introductory courses .
- 2. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of natural history .
- 3. Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of organizational behavior .
- 4. Where that encyclopedic knowledge which he bore so lightly ?
- 5. Yet the online catalogues of encyclopedic museums are already visited by people from the arctic circle to the horn of africa .