Welcome to OneLookŪ Dictionary Search
Think of this web site as a search engine for words and phrases:
If you have a word for which you'd like a definition or translation,
we'll quickly shuttle you to the web-based dictionaries that
define or translate that word. If you don't know how to spell
the word, we'll help you do that too. No word is too obscure:
More than 5 million words in more than 900 online dictionaries
are indexed by the OneLookŪ search engine.
What can you do at OneLook.com?
- Define words: Type a word into the search box on
the front page to retrieve a list
of dictionary web sites that define that word. Be sure "Find
definitions" is selected.
- Translate words: Type a word into the search box
and select "Find translations" to retrieve a list of dictionary
web sites that have translations of that word into
other languages.
- Find words: Type a pattern consisting of
letters and the wildcards * and ? to retrieve
a list of words matching your pattern. The asterisk (*)
matches any number of letters or symbols. The question mark
(?) matches exactly one letter or symbol. (More info on wildcards.)
You can explore the other links above this box for more information
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or send us feedback
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any word on any web page.
To complete the installation, select "Open this file from its
current location" after you click on the link above. Then hit
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in order for the feature to take effect. Next time you're stumped
by a word on the Web, simply highlight it, click your right
mouse button, and choose "Find Definitions..." from the menu,
as shown above. (As an added bonus, you'll also be able to type
ol word into your IE address bar to look
up "word" in OneLook.)
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