Do you use online dicitonary?
@lossforredwords (3620)
Philippines
March 28, 2007 2:54am CST
I do since English is not my native laguange and I want to expand my English vocabulary so I always use discitonary just to check if I really understand the word and the contextual close from a the whole paragraph.
http://wordweb.info/free/
That is the link where i get my dictionary. You can download it for free and use it even offline. The good thing about this software is that you can also search online it has panels for wikipedia, wiktinary and wordweb online. But if your working offline you can jsut use the worbweb.
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@dfinster (3528)
• United States
28 Mar 07
I just kind of started using it with my daughter when she needs help with some of her homework. I have the regular dictionary sitting on my desk here next to the computer and I think that it's just old habit that I find myself using that instead of the online one alot of times.
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@lossforredwords (3620)
• Philippines
28 Mar 07
Actually I still have that habit of readint the old style dictionary books and i think nothing will replace them. What i like about online dictionary is that I can find the words faster.
@ryanphil01 (4182)
• Philippines
5 Apr 07
the mozilla browser has its own add-on dictionary. i always use this whenever i am online. many a times that you would encounter words in your reading and writing that you really don't understand, so i immediately check the spelling and have it defined by the add-on dictionary in mozilla. it works also like a thesaurus.
@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
5 Apr 07
...sometimes.. but usually I just reach for my old softcover Merriam-Webster that's sitting on my desk.. Old habits die hard I guess.. One thing I've noticed, I used to be able to spell everything.. but then I had to dig the dictionary out from the bottom of the pile where it's stayed in a prestigious spot ever since.. Whatz up with that?
@lossforredwords (3620)
• Philippines
5 Apr 07
that would be nice too but I guess with this kind of dictionary easy access is what I really like.
@unisis (1673)
• Indonesia
3 Apr 07
Yes I do ,cause English is not my mother language,I use dictionaries for the same reason, I'm Indonesian and so English is not my native language.
I usually use this site
http://www.kamus-online.com
@vicky19810 (1600)
• China
29 Mar 07
yes,english is not my native laguange too,and i think that my english level is not so good.so i use the translation tool in my computer.
@lossforredwords (3620)
• Philippines
29 Mar 07
Nice! a trnaslation tool that can be very helpful. Anyway i hope you can find this too very helpful to you you can also listen to its proper pronounciation.
@huafeihua116 (453)
• China
12 Apr 07
can you tell me how to do for you blog style?I wan to do like this
@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
28 Mar 07
That's avery good idea, as how can we be sure what we are saying, if we don't use the right words? English, however is my only language. I use spellcheck now, because I can't always remember for sure how things are spelled, though I used to be able to spell just about everything.. getting older..
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
4 Apr 07
Thank you for the link I will check it out, although I do tend to prefer to use hardback copies of dictionaries and thesaurus, I am a good speller, well English being my first language, although I do have problems with punctuation at times.
@jackinthebucks (217)
• Philippines
5 Apr 07
Oh yes definitely with the job I have I have to know a lot of words, and since English is not my native language I need to have a dictionary with me.
@crackhead (1826)
• India
3 Apr 07
I do use dictionary online at http://reference.dictionary.com. But i never tried this link which you gave. Since this provides voice also i would like to download that. Thanks for such a nice information.
@femimi (872)
• Indonesia
11 Apr 07
I use online dictionary for checking spellings and also remind me to difficult vocabularies.
Sometimes I also want to find similar words meaning, and I also come to online dictionary. Help me a lot actually
