Cambridge Dictionary names ‘Hallucinate’ Word of the Year 2023
15 November 2023A new definition of ‘hallucinate’ was one of many AI-related updates to the Cambridge Dictionary in 2023.
A new definition of ‘hallucinate’ was one of many AI-related updates to the Cambridge Dictionary in 2023.
Homer, an informal American English word for a home run in baseball, is Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2022, thanks to Wordle.
Perseverance, a word which captures the undaunted will of people across the world to never give up, despite the many challenges of the last 12 months, is Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2021.
‘Quarantine’ has defeated 'lockdown' and 'pandemic' to be crowned Word of the Year 2020 after data showed it to be one of the most highly searched for on the Cambridge Dictionary.
Cambridge Dictionary has named 'upcycling', the activity of making new items out of old or used things, as its Word of the Year 2019.
The word 'populism' has been announced as the Cambridge Dictionary 2017 Word of the Year.