Macquarie Dictionary
E53297
The Macquarie Dictionary is a major authoritative dictionary of Australian English, widely regarded as the standard reference for Australian vocabulary, spelling, and usage.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T420132 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macquarie Dictionary Context triple: [Australian English, documentedIn, Macquarie Dictionary]
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A.
Wiktionary
Wiktionary is a collaboratively edited, multilingual online dictionary and lexical resource.
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B.
Diccionario de americanismos
Diccionario de americanismos is a specialized dictionary compiled under the auspices of the Royal Spanish Academy that documents and explains the distinctive Spanish vocabulary and usages found throughout the Americas.
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C.
Australasian English
Australasian English is the group of English varieties spoken primarily in Australia and New Zealand, characterized by distinct accents, vocabulary, and regional usage.
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D.
Diccionario del estudiante
Diccionario del estudiante is a Spanish-language dictionary created by the Royal Spanish Academy specifically tailored to the needs and usage of students.
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E.
Diccionario de la lengua española
Diccionario de la lengua española is the principal normative dictionary of the Spanish language, produced by the Royal Spanish Academy and widely regarded as the authoritative reference for Spanish vocabulary and usage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macquarie Dictionary Target entity description: The Macquarie Dictionary is a major authoritative dictionary of Australian English, widely regarded as the standard reference for Australian vocabulary, spelling, and usage.
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A.
Wiktionary
Wiktionary is a collaboratively edited, multilingual online dictionary and lexical resource.
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B.
Diccionario de americanismos
Diccionario de americanismos is a specialized dictionary compiled under the auspices of the Royal Spanish Academy that documents and explains the distinctive Spanish vocabulary and usages found throughout the Americas.
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C.
Australasian English
Australasian English is the group of English varieties spoken primarily in Australia and New Zealand, characterized by distinct accents, vocabulary, and regional usage.
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D.
Diccionario del estudiante
Diccionario del estudiante is a Spanish-language dictionary created by the Royal Spanish Academy specifically tailored to the needs and usage of students.
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E.
Diccionario de la lengua española
Diccionario de la lengua española is the principal normative dictionary of the Spanish language, produced by the Royal Spanish Academy and widely regarded as the authoritative reference for Spanish vocabulary and usage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian English dictionary
ⓘ
English dictionary ⓘ dictionary ⓘ |
| basedIn | Sydney ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| editorInChief |
Alison Moore
ⓘ
Sue Butler ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublicationYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| focus | Australian English ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
Macquarie Dictionary
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Macquarie Dictionary Fifth Edition
Macquarie Dictionary self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macquarie Dictionary First Edition
Macquarie Dictionary self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macquarie Dictionary Fourth Edition
Macquarie Dictionary self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macquarie Dictionary Second Edition
Macquarie Dictionary self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macquarie Dictionary Seventh Edition
Macquarie Dictionary self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macquarie Dictionary Sixth Edition
Macquarie Dictionary self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macquarie Dictionary Third Edition
|
| hasFeature |
Word of the Year selection
ⓘ
style guides ⓘ thesaurus content ⓘ |
| hasOnlineService |
Macquarie Dictionary
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Macquarie Dictionary Online
|
| includes |
Aboriginal English words
ⓘ
Australianisms ⓘ definitions ⓘ etymologies ⓘ pronunciations ⓘ regional Australian vocabulary ⓘ usage notes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
mobile app
ⓘ
online ⓘ print ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Lachlan Macquarie ⓘ |
| notableFor |
documentation of Australian English spelling
ⓘ
documentation of Australian English usage ⓘ documentation of Australian English vocabulary ⓘ |
| publisher |
Macquarie Dictionary
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Macquarie Dictionary Publishers
Macmillan Publishers ⓘ
surface form:
Pan Macmillan Australia
|
| regardedAs |
authoritative dictionary of Australian English
ⓘ
standard reference for Australian English ⓘ standard reference for Australian spelling ⓘ standard reference for Australian usage ⓘ |
| region | Australia ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
Australian English lexicography
ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ |
| usedAs | spelling authority in Australia ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Australian editors
ⓘ
Australian educators ⓘ Australian government agencies ⓘ Australian writers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Macquarie Dictionary Description of subject: The Macquarie Dictionary is a major authoritative dictionary of Australian English, widely regarded as the standard reference for Australian vocabulary, spelling, and usage.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Macquarie Dictionary Publishers
this entity surface form:
Macquarie Dictionary First Edition
this entity surface form:
Macquarie Dictionary Second Edition
this entity surface form:
Macquarie Dictionary Third Edition
this entity surface form:
Macquarie Dictionary Fourth Edition
this entity surface form:
Macquarie Dictionary Fifth Edition
this entity surface form:
Macquarie Dictionary Sixth Edition
this entity surface form:
Macquarie Dictionary Seventh Edition
this entity surface form:
Macquarie Dictionary Online