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Using the Dictionary . . . Excerpt below from Library ThinkQuest "There are numerous things a person can find in a dictionary. The first and obvious things in a dictionary that people think of are definitions. The words are all in alphabetic or A-B-C order. Words sometimes have more than one definition. There is also other information about words such as their function or part of speech, their pronunciation, as well as origins, or roots, of words. WWWebster Dictionary has examples of this information with their entries on the web." How to Use a Dictionary "First, think of the word to look up. Then open the dictionary to as close to the first letter or two of the word as possible. Then either turn back or forward to find the word. To help the search, dictionaries have guide words to help. Guide words are at the top of each page. The first guide word is the first word on a page, and the second guide word at the top of the page is the last word on the page. Using the guide words, you should find the word you a looking for easily. It will be between the words." |
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Some Online Dictionaries for Student & Staff Usage Cambridge American English Dictionary Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Online Dictionary of Computing
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