Identification

1. descriptions of the "status" of a word, usually in abbreviated form (archaic, obsolete, regional, nonstandard, slang) part of speech

2. the accepted meaning of a word earliest recorded use

3. the function of the word in a sentence etymology

4. the "history" of a word, beginning with the earliest language to which it can be traced usage

5. the word as it appears in other forms, correctly spelled alternate forms

6. a date marking the first known appearance of the word in a written text entry word

7. the word itself as it should be spelled definition

8. words meaning the same or nearly the same thing as the entry word respelling

9. the word as it should be pronounced synonyms