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The ''Gage Canadian Dictionary'' is a dictionary for Canadian English published by Gage Publishers in
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, Canada.University of Manitoba review
/ref> The dictionary contains over 140,000 entry words with definitions,
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pronunciation key,
homonym In linguistics, homonyms are words which are homographs (words that share the same spelling, regardless of pronunciation), or homophones ( equivocal words, that share the same pronunciation, regardless of spelling), or both. Using this definiti ...
s and synonyms. In addition, the dictionary contains many illustrations and photos. It was first published in 1967 as ''Dictionary of Canadian English: The Senior Dictionary'', with a subsequent edition under the same title in 1973, and a further one as ''Canadian Senior Dictionary'' in 1979. WorldCat
/ref> This was followed by an edition as ''The Gage Canadian Dictionary'' in 1983, and a revised edition in 1997. (). The most recent editions are under the title ''Collins Gage Canadian dictionary'' (2009) and ''Nelson Gage Canadian paperback dictionary'' in 2013. An abridged version was published as ''Gage Canadian concise dictionary'' in 2002,WorldCat title listing
/ref> and a children's and intermediate versions in various years.WorldCat title listing
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See also

* List of Canadian English dictionaries


References

2000 non-fiction books Canadian English English dictionaries {{canada-culture-stub