Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary
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The Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary is a widely used reference work that provides authoritative phonetic transcriptions and pronunciation guidance for English words, particularly reflecting standard British usage.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary canonical | 6 |
| Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (later editions) | 2 |
| Cambridge Pronouncing Dictionary | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T479981 — 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 English Pronouncing Dictionary Context triple: [Received Pronunciation, codifiedIn, Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary]
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A.
Collins English Dictionary
Collins English Dictionary is a major authoritative reference work on the English language, particularly influential for British English usage and spelling.
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B.
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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C.
Cambridge Dictionary
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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D.
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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E.
Wiktionary
Wiktionary is a collaboratively edited, multilingual online dictionary and lexical resource.
- 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 English Pronouncing Dictionary Target entity description: The Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary is a widely used reference work that provides authoritative phonetic transcriptions and pronunciation guidance for English words, particularly reflecting standard British usage.
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A.
Collins English Dictionary
Collins English Dictionary is a major authoritative reference work on the English language, particularly influential for British English usage and spelling.
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B.
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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C.
Cambridge Dictionary
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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D.
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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E.
Wiktionary
Wiktionary is a collaboratively edited, multilingual online dictionary and lexical resource.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dictionary of English pronunciation
ⓘ
pronouncing dictionary ⓘ reference work ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CEPD ⓘ |
| alsoIncludes | American English pronunciations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coversPronunciationStandard |
Received Pronunciation
ⓘ
standard British English ⓘ |
| editor | Daniel Jones ⓘ |
| feature |
geographical names pronunciations
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indication of variant pronunciations ⓘ indication of weak forms ⓘ indication of word stress ⓘ proper names pronunciations ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
10th edition
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11th edition ⓘ 12th edition ⓘ 13th edition ⓘ 14th edition ⓘ 15th edition ⓘ 16th edition ⓘ 17th edition ⓘ 18th edition ⓘ 19th edition ⓘ 1st edition ⓘ 20th edition ⓘ 2nd edition ⓘ 3rd edition ⓘ 4th edition ⓘ 5th edition ⓘ 6th edition ⓘ 7th edition ⓘ 8th edition ⓘ 9th edition ⓘ later editions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterEditor |
A. C. Gimson
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Alan Cruttenden ⓘ Jane Setter ⓘ Joanna Ashby ⓘ Peter Roach ⓘ |
| medium |
CD-ROM
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digital / online ⓘ print ⓘ |
| originalTitle | English Pronouncing Dictionary ⓘ |
| primaryFocus |
phonetic transcriptions of English words
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pronunciation guidance ⓘ |
| publisher | Cambridge University Press ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
English lexicography
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phonetics ⓘ phonology ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
lexicographers
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phoneticians ⓘ students of English ⓘ teachers of English ⓘ |
| usesPhoneticSystem | International Phonetic Alphabet ⓘ |
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 English Pronouncing Dictionary Description of subject: The Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary is a widely used reference work that provides authoritative phonetic transcriptions and pronunciation guidance for English words, particularly reflecting standard British usage.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary
linked to: Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary
linked to: Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary