| Question | Answer |
| Macrostructure | The overall organisation of the components of a dictionary including lexical entries and their microstructure |
| Front Matter | A guide to help the reader interprets all the labels and symbols given in entries |
| Back Matter | Contains various linguistic aids such as: - List of irregular verbs - Spelling guides - Tables of weights and measures |
| Middle Matter | Used for grammatical information and sometimes consists of only illustrative graphs Not many dictionaries have a middle matter |
| Alphabetisation | Entries or words are arranged alphabetically, which makes it easier and faster to find a certain word |
| Guide Words | The words in bold at the top of every page |
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