#ENGLISH DICTIONARY FOR MAC PLUS#
#ENGLISH DICTIONARY FOR MAC MAC#
#ENGLISH DICTIONARY FOR MAC WINDOWS#

Now you'd think since it's a computer generated voice and all that it might mispronounce some things.

#ENGLISH DICTIONARY FOR MAC MAC#

Now if you don't understand these cryptic little pronunciation guides here you also can have your Mac speak the word to you.

#ENGLISH DICTIONARY FOR MAC PLUS#

I also have a Plus button here to open up even more tabs. I can even go to File and start a New Window or New Tab without actually clicking on another word. You control these tabs just like tabs in any other app.

#ENGLISH DICTIONARY FOR MAC WINDOWS#

So New Tab will give you a tab just like browser tabs or tabs in any other app or I could Control click and select New Window and have multiple dictionary windows open. So, for instance, I can Control click here and you could see I could select Look Up in New Tab or Window. You also can open up links in New Tabs or Windows. So you can go back to the previous definition after exploring a new one. There are also Forward and Backward buttons just like in a web browser. If it's too small for you to read you can make it larger and you can also make it smaller. So let's look at some more functionality here in the app window. When you select All you're going to get them in the order that they appear here. So now I've switched Wikipedia and Apple. You can drag and drop anyone of these to change the order. You could see now that dictionary as well. If you want to add another dictionary you can just select it and you can see it gets added here. But most of these will just simply have copyright information there. For instance I can choose the type of pronunciation marks that are shown in the definition here for the American Dictionary. Notice that when I select some of these there are options. But there are other ones that are available as well. So here in the US I have the New Oxford American Dictionary for American English. The ones that you have selected at the beginning depends on your country. You're going to have a lot of these that come installed on your Mac. You can set which dictionaries you've got by going to Dictionary Preferences which is basically a big list of dictionaries. Then you're going to see things like Dictionary, Thesaurus, Wikipedia and anything you've got here. So you can view more than one dictionary source at a time by selecting All. So you're getting the most up-to-date versions.

It's actually pulling these definitions live from Wikipedia. So instead of going to wikipedia.word search wikipedia you can do it right here in the Dictionary app. Now Wikipedia is really useful because this can search the entire Wikipedia site. For instance if you hear some term and you're not sure what it is you can look it up here and find out that definition according to Apple. It's very useful for looking up things that have to do with Apple computers and devices. So you could look it up in the dictionary but clicking on Apple will give you a definition from a custom Apple dictionary.

Apple is particularly useful if you want to look up a tech term. Now what about these other dictionaries here. You can switch between dictionaries and keep the same word. So if you see a word you can click on it and it will go to the entry for that.

Now whether you're looking at dictionary definitions or in the Thesaurus you can click on most things in here. So you search for a word and then go to that and then get different synonyms for it. Of particular use is the Thesaurus or synonym finder. You probably see some others here as well. So you have the regular dictionary which will give you a definition. Now you should see here a list of dictionaries that you have enabled. To look up a word you just type it here in the Search field at the top and then you get a definition. I could drag it to the left side of the Dock to make it a little more easily accessible if I want to. Just the first couple letters is all I need and I can launch it that way. I'm going to do Command Space and search for dictionary. So when it comes to the Dictionary app on your Mac there are some users that don't know it's there and others that take it for granted. Join us and exclusive content and course discounts. There you can read more about the Patreon Campaign. MacMost is brought to you thanks to a great group of more than 700 supporters. Today let's take a look at the Mac Dictionary app. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with. Check out Mac Dictionary App Tips And Tricks at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.

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