indicates type of entry, in dictionaries with multiple types. Suggested values include: 1] main; 2] hom (homograph); 3] xref (cross reference); 4] affix; 5] abbr (abbreviation); 6] supplemental; 7] foreign main a main entry (default). hom (homograph) groups information relating to one homograph within an entry. xref (cross reference) a reduced entry whose only function is to point to another main entry (e.g. for forms of an irregular verb or for variant spellings: was pointing to be, or esthete to aesthete). affix an entry for a prefix, infix, or suffix. abbr (abbreviation) an entry for an abbreviation. supplemental a supplemental entry (for use in dictionaries which issue supplements to their main work in which they include updated information about entries). foreign an entry for a foreign word in a monolingual dictionary. contains a (sortable) character sequence reflecting the entry's alphabetical position in the printed dictionary. gives an expanded form of information presented more concisely in the dictionary (normalized) gives a normalized form of information given by the source text in a non-normalized form gives the list of split values for a merged form gives a value which lacks any realization in the printed source text. (original) gives the original string or is the empty string when the element does not appear in the source text. provides a reference to an anchor element elsewhere in the document indicating the original location of this component. gives a reference to another element, where the original appears as a merged form. (optional) indicates whether the element is optional or not identifies the orthographic form or pronunciation referred to. contains grammatical case information given by a dictionary for a given form. (collocate) contains a collocate of the headword. (definition) contains definition text in a dictionary entry. (dictionary scrap) encloses a part of a dictionary entry in which other phrase-level dictionary elements are freely combined. contains a reasonably well-structured dictionary entry. (unstructured entry) contains a dictionary entry which does not necessarily conform to the constraints imposed by the entry element. (etymology) encloses the etymological information in a dictionary entry. (form information group) groups all the information on the written and spoken forms of one headword. classifies form as simple, compound, etc. Suggested values include: 1] simple; 2] lemma; 3] variant; 4] compound; 5] derivative; 6] inflected; 7] phrase simple single free lexical item lemma the headword itself variant a variant form compound word formed from simple lexical items derivative word derived from headword inflected word in other than usual dictionary form phrase multiple-word lexical item (gender) identifies the morphological gender of a lexical item, as given in the dictionary. (grammatical information) within an entry in a dictionary or a terminological data file, contains grammatical information relating to a term, word, or form. classifies the grammatical information given according to some convenient typology — in the case of terminological information, preferably the dictionary of data element types specified in ISO WD 12 620. Sample values include: 1] pos (part of speech); 2] gen (gender); 3] num (number); 4] animate; 5] proper (grammatical information group) groups morpho-syntactic information about a lexical item, e.g. pos, gen, number, case, or iType (inflectional class). (homograph) groups information relating to one homograph within an entry. (hyphenation) contains a hyphenated form of a dictionary headword, or hyphenation information in some other form. (inflectional class) indicates the inflectional class associated with a lexical item. indicates the type of indicator used to specify the inflection class, when it is necessary to distinguish between the usual abbreviated indications (e.g. inv) and other kinds of indicators, such as special codes referring to conjugation patterns, etc. Sample values include: 1] abbrev; 2] verbTable (language name) name of a language mentioned in etymological or other linguistic discussion. (label) contains a label for a form, example, translation, or other piece of information, e.g. abbreviation for, contraction of, literally, approximately, synonyms:, etc. classifies the label using any convenient typology. contains information about the grammatical mood of verbs (e.g. indicative, subjunctive, imperative). indicates grammatical number associated with a form, as given in a dictionary. (orthographic-form reference) in a dictionary example, indicates a reference to the orthographic form(s) of the headword. indicates the kind of typographic modification made to the headword in the reference. Sample values include: 1] cap (capital); 2] noHyph (no hyphen) (orthographic-variant reference) in a dictionary example, indicates a reference to variant orthographic form(s) of the headword. indicates the kind of variant involved. Sample values include: 1] pt (past tense); 2] pp (past participle); 3] prp (present participle); 4] f (feminine); 5] pl (plural) (orthographic form) gives the orthographic form of a dictionary headword. gives the type of spelling. gives the extent of the orthographic information provided. Sample values include: 1] full (full form); 2] pref (prefix); 3] suff (suffix); 4] part (partial) (pronunciation reference) in a dictionary example, indicates a reference to the pronunciation(s) of the headword. (pronunciation-variant reference) in a dictionary example, indicates a reference to variant pronunciation(s) of the headword. (person) contains an indication of the grammatical person (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) associated with a given inflected form in a dictionary. (part of speech) indicates the part of speech assigned to a dictionary headword such as noun, verb, or adjective. (pronunciation) contains the pronunciation(s) of the word. indicates whether the pronunciation is for whole word or part. Sample values include: 1] full (full form); 2] pref (prefix); 3] suff (suffix); 4] part (partial) indicates what notation is used for the pronunciation, if more than one occurs in the machine-readable dictionary. (related entry) contains a dictionary entry for a lexical item related to the headword, such as a compound phrase or derived form, embedded inside a larger entry. groups together all information relating to one word sense in a dictionary entry, for example definitions, examples, and translation equivalents. gives the nesting depth of this sense. contains the stress pattern for a dictionary headword, if given separately. (subcategorization) contains subcategorization information (transitive/intransitive, countable/non-countable, etc.) groups successive entries for a set of homographs. (syllabification) contains the syllabification of the headword. (tense) indicates the grammatical tense associated with a given inflected form in a dictionary. (usage) contains usage information in a dictionary entry. classifies the usage information using any convenient typology. Sample values include: 1] geo (geographic); 2] time; 3] dom (domain); 4] reg (register); 5] style; 6] plev (preference level); 7] lang (language); 8] gram (grammatical); 9] syn (synonym); 10] hyper (hypernym); 11] colloc (collocation); 12] comp (complement); 13] obj (object); 14] subj (subject); 15] verb; 16] hint (cross-reference phrase) contains a phrase, sentence, or icon referring the reader to some other location in this or another text. indicates the type of cross reference, using any convenient typology. Sample values include: 1] syn (synonym); 2] etym (etymological); 3] cf (compare or consult); 4] illus (illustration)