Definition

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Definition

The Oxford English dictionary defines "definition" as:
A precise statement of the essential nature of a thing; a statement or form of words by which anything is defined.

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A

The Oxford English dictionary defines "A" as:

(indefinite article)

precise

The Oxford English dictionary defines "precise" as:

Characterized by definiteness or exactness of expression; strictly or exactly defined; (of a person) definite and exact in statement.

<<"(indefinite article) characterized by definiteness or exactness of expression; strictly or exactly defined; (of a person) definite and exact in statement?" This is kind of confusing. Should I go back and look up indefinite? Wait, it uses this "defined" thing again! Oh well, maybe when I get further in it will make more sense...>>

statement

The Oxford English dictionary defines "statement" as:

A written or oral communication setting forth facts, arguments, demands, or the like.

of

The Oxford English dictionary defines "of" as:

Following a noun, as the head of a postmodifying noun phrase.

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Oxford

The Oxford English dictionary defines "Oxford" as:
In the sense ‘of, relating to, or originating from Oxford University’, as Oxford college, graduate, man, etc.

<<Wait, so I'm supposed to have been to this Oxford place before I use this book to look stuff up in?>>

Dictionary

The Oxford English dictionary defines "dictionary" as:
A book dealing with the individual words of a language (or certain specified classes of them), so as to set forth their orthography, pronunciation, signification, and use, their synonyms, derivation, and history, or at least some of these facts: for convenience of reference, the words are arranged in some stated order, now, in most languages, alphabetical; and in larger dictionaries the information given is illustrated by quotations from literature; a word-book, vocabulary, or lexicon.

<<What is it I'm looking in again? What's a lexicon?>>

A word-book or dictionary; chiefly applied to a dictionary of Greek, Hebrew, Syriac, or Arabic.

<<Argh! All I need is to find out what "definition" means! Oh, why did we have to discover this stupid planet...? I'm going home.>>