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| Thread ID: 56507 | 2005-04-07 03:23:00 | On-line Dictionary | Winston001 (3612) | PC World Chat |
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| 342388 | 2005-04-07 03:23:00 | I often find I need to check a word and use Google. Opera, using a right click, can do a dictionary search. However I would like to find a good quality dictionary which I can rely upon for reasonably full definitions. At present I tend to have to visit 3 or 4 sites to find enough. | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 342389 | 2005-04-07 03:27:00 | which sites do you use? Personally i have found dictionary.com gives the best reults (my other comp goes straight to freeonlinedictionary which is crap) Though i would imagine we would be looking up different types of words..... :eek: So the quality of the results maybe depentant on that... |
Metla (12) | ||
| 342390 | 2005-04-07 04:28:00 | Hi Win*. Try the free version of this and if you like it there is an $18US Pro version. Sits on the task bar available all the time. I like it. wordweb.info :cool: |
Scouse (83) | ||
| 342391 | 2005-04-07 04:32:00 | I have keywords set for a couple of different dictionarys within firefox, but the one I use the most is probably answers.com. Returns several different references depending on the word. | sal (67) | ||
| 342392 | 2005-04-07 04:35:00 | Use Firefox In the address bar type: dict word Where 'word' is the word to lookup :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 342393 | 2005-04-07 04:48:00 | Cheers team and thanks. Actually Scouse, you've reminded me that I already have Wordweb - it came on a PC World CD. It is buried somewhere in Old PC from an earlier restore so I'll hunt it out. | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 342394 | 2005-04-07 05:05:00 | Winston, go to this page (nontroppo.org) and check out the webpages listed in the Database table in the "Name" column then when you see one or two that you like, click on the Field Button link at the far right for the webpage you want to link to. A new page will open with a button - drag that button up onto a toolbar and you will have a search field to type your word in that will take you directly to the dictionary webpage like it does with Google (or whatever your default search engine is). If you want to fiddle a bit more you can set a keyword letter to type in Opera's address bar that will do the same job. For example, I can type g searchword in the address bar to go straight to Google. I could also add another keyword letter to the search.ini file to do the same for a dictionary site, eg type d searchword and go to dictionary.com if I want to. Lots more info on how to do that, if you are interested, here: nontroppo.org starzaki.eu.org my.opera.com No need to switch to Firefox at all. ;) |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 342395 | 2005-04-07 05:11:00 | Winston001, for your specific needs I can recommend this site (pbskids.org) | godfather (25) | ||
| 342396 | 2005-04-07 05:13:00 | www.m-w.com Miriam Webster....pretty good (from what I've seen). My English lecturer at university recommended that site. |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 342397 | 2005-04-07 06:17:00 | I still think that a dead tree dictionary is better. It's not so much the exercise it gives you; it's the other words you spot on the way to the one you want. ;) I see that the Merriam-Webster gives as its first definition for "prestigious" the proper meaning that my leather bound Webster gives: "of, relating to, or marked by illusion, conjuring, or trickery". But the new dictiionary says that that meaning is "archaic". I don't think so. It applies exactly whenever yoyu see that word used. |
Graham L (2) | ||
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