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Thread ID: 43013 2004-02-29 21:56:00 OT :Looking for good online Dictionary. beetle (243) Press F1
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219183 2004-02-29 21:56:00 Hi

i have lost my Book dictionary again, (must be packed ) and was wondering what other people use (if they worry about spelling) i do a spell check but when researching things i like to know the meanings.

can anyone recomend a good online dictionary, doesnt have to be a downloaded one just a free access one. i did a search on pf1 but only found one to download.
would like some feedback please.
i know Goddie use's one to catch us out lots ! Goddie???

and Billy T must use some for his WFTWE..

help?
my spelling is atrocious at the best of times, oh and if it tells you about the word all the better than just spelling it, as the one i have used in the past.

muchly appreciated.

beetle
beetle (243)
219184 2004-02-29 22:07:00 There are heaps of them out there, but here are two good ones:

Ask Oxford (http://www.askoxford.com/)

Dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/)

A tip to quick find the correct spelling of a word, is to stick it into the search box of Google - it will often offer the correct spelling of the word (if you are not too far out with it), but it will use the american spelling.
Jen C (20)
219185 2004-02-29 22:08:00 Hey beetle,

www.dictionary.com would be the only one I know of which can be used as a thesaurus as well so you can complete them crosswords too.

Although that site should have links to other sites that do similar things.

Hope this helps,


Noel Nosivad.
Noel Nosivad (389)
219186 2004-02-29 23:09:00 There is an extension for Firefox where all you have to do is highlight a word,right click it and select " dictionary search",this opens up www.dictionary.com in a seperate tab displaying the results of your query.


Best.Feature.Ever.
metla (154)
219187 2004-02-29 23:27:00 Or go here and d/l this free version of WordWeb:

wordweb.info

CU Rob
zqwerty (97)
219188 2004-03-01 00:56:00 Um Metla i arnt using firefox yet, im still with firebird, im presuming this will change things?????

thanxs all i will check these out and see which one i like best..

beetle
beetle (243)
219189 2004-03-01 00:59:00 The extension works exacltly the same with firebird. metla (154)
219190 2004-03-01 01:02:00 oh
having a Duh day i guess.

so i need to download this extension ?? called ? or will i know it when i see it??????

thanxs M

beetle
beetle (243)
219191 2004-03-01 01:04:00 ill find and post backish... metla (154)
219192 2004-03-01 01:09:00 tools>options>extensions>get more extensions...

This will open up another instance of firebird displaying a page of all available extensions,scroll down to DictionarySearch and click install....
metla (154)
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