The word "hilarious" comes before "hilarity" and after "hilar".
Hmmwv is not a work in the Collins Gem Dictionary. G would come before hmmwv if it was listed in the dictionary. Hl- would come before it because it's root is hm-.
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The word "germ" would come before the word "germinate" in the dictionary, as words are typically listed in alphabetical order.
The guide words before "independent" would be "index" and the guide words before "indicator" would be "insect".
YES! Can't does come before Cannot in the dictionary.
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The guide words on top in a dictionary for the word "strange" would likely be "strand" and "strangle." These are the words that come before and after "strange" in alphabetical order.
The guide words that would come before and after "curious" in a dictionary would typically be words like "curl" and "curry".
Rotunda would come before rough in the dictionary as it begins with the letter "r" which comes before "u" alphabetically.
The words in the dictionary are in there to make a note of all words that are spoken so if you do not know what they mean you can look them up. They come from the English Language :)
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