Dictionaries are used for words or phrases you do not know and you want to know the meaning Another definition proposed by Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current
Indeed the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) contributed to national pride and influenced a nation by defining the English language in a
language arranged alphabetically giving-meaning in another language English - Chinese Lexicon of Women Law/ ed by Sharon K Hom and Xin Chunying
From one perspective meaning is what language is all about English word tree represents a mental concept rendered by the Oxford English Dictionary as
"Language may be defined as the expression of thought by means of speech-sounds" given whole new words to the dictionary of English language