ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY WITH ILLUSTRATIVE SENTENCES

When two or more retrieval words are entered through an entry unit of an information display control device, illustrative sentences containing all the retrieval words are extracted from an illustrative sentence data table and illustrative sentences corresponding to source entry words identical to the retrieval words are displayed in the order in which the retrieval words are entered and when a source entry word is selected, explanatory information of the meaning number identical to the source meaning number is displayed on a display unit, whereby the appropriate meaning of a word contained in an retrieved sentence is displayed.