defining a dictionary in python
Definition and Use of DictionariesÂ¶. In common usage, a dictionary is a collection of words matched with their definitions. Given a word, you can look up its definition. Python has a built in dictionary type called dict which you can use to create dictionaries with arbitrary definitions for character strings. It can be used for the common usage, as in a simple English-Spanish dictionary. Look at the example program spanish1.py and run it.