Cambridge Dictionary
E56223
Cambridge Dictionary is a major British English reference work and online resource that provides authoritative definitions, spellings, and usage guidance for English learners and speakers worldwide.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary | 1 |
| Cambridge Business English Dictionary | 1 |
| Cambridge Dictionary canonical | 1 |
| Cambridge Essential English Dictionary | 1 |
| Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T441032 — 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: Cambridge Dictionary Context triple: [British English, hasSpellingAuthority, Cambridge Dictionary]
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A.
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is the authoritative, comprehensive historical dictionary of the English language, widely regarded as the standard reference for definitions, usage, and etymology.
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B.
Macquarie Dictionary
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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C.
Wiktionary
Wiktionary is a collaboratively edited, multilingual online dictionary and lexical resource.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Cambridge Dictionary Target entity description: Cambridge Dictionary is a major British English reference work and online resource that provides authoritative definitions, spellings, and usage guidance for English learners and speakers worldwide.
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A.
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is the authoritative, comprehensive historical dictionary of the English language, widely regarded as the standard reference for definitions, usage, and etymology.
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B.
Macquarie Dictionary
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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C.
Wiktionary
Wiktionary is a collaboratively edited, multilingual online dictionary and lexical resource.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English dictionary
ⓘ
online dictionary ⓘ reference work ⓘ |
| accessModel | free online access ⓘ |
| alsoCoversDialect | American English ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| focusesOnDialect | British English ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
Cambridge Dictionary
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
Cambridge Dictionary self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cambridge Business English Dictionary
Cambridge Dictionary self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cambridge Essential English Dictionary
Cambridge Dictionary self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary
|
| hasFeature |
audio pronunciation
ⓘ
examples from real usage ⓘ learner-focused definitions ⓘ searchable online interface ⓘ translation dictionaries ⓘ word lists ⓘ |
| hasMobileApp | true ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Cambridge University Press ELT resources ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| license | proprietary ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | lexicographers at Cambridge University Press ⓘ |
| mediaType |
online resource
ⓘ
print dictionary ⓘ |
| notableFor |
British English focus
ⓘ
clear usage guidance ⓘ learner-friendly definitions ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Cambridge University Press ⓘ |
| provides |
American English pronunciations
ⓘ
American English spellings ⓘ British English pronunciations ⓘ British English spellings ⓘ definitions ⓘ example sentences ⓘ grammar information ⓘ pronunciations ⓘ usage notes ⓘ |
| publisher | Cambridge University Press ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
English language learning
ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
Android
ⓘ
iOS ⓘ web ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general English speakers
ⓘ
learners of English ⓘ teachers of English ⓘ |
| website | https://dictionary.cambridge.org ⓘ |
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: Cambridge Dictionary Description of subject: Cambridge Dictionary is a major British English reference work and online resource that provides authoritative definitions, spellings, and usage guidance for English learners and speakers worldwide.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
this entity surface form:
Cambridge Essential English Dictionary
this entity surface form:
Cambridge Business English Dictionary
this entity surface form:
Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary