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How to Customize the macOS Dictionary App

November 13, 2018 by Alexander Fox Leave a Comment

The built-in Dictionary app in macOS is hardly the sexiest piece of software out there, but it is a crucially overlooked resource. When combined with the context menu’s “Look Up” function, it makes both learning words and using words correctly far easier. And for folks learning another language, it’s crucial to getting translations right. It’s […]

Filed Under: Mac Tagged With: dictionary, macos, Utilities

WordNet English Dictionary and Thesaurus App Kicks Figurative Bum

March 26, 2010 by RJ Huneke 2 Comments

Princeton has provided the knowledge to sustain the English lovers’ can-kicking free mobile dictionary and thesaurus application: “WordNet.” Each of the 1.4 million plus words included in the “WordNet” App are given rarely extensive treatment in a free for the iPhone program; there are literally nine different definitions for the word butt as a noun, […]

Filed Under: Apple Store, iPhone, Reviews Tagged With: App, App store, apple, Apple Gazette, Apps, dictionary, English, iPhone, iphone 3g, iPhone 3GS, iPhone Apps, thesaurus

“WordWeb” For the English Major with an iPhone!

October 8, 2009 by RJ Huneke Leave a Comment

As an IMPULSIVE REVIEW looks closely at a dictionary and thesaurus application called “WordWeb,” one can rejoice! A free App is available on the iPhone for the English major, professor, writer, or enthusiast who is on the move, and who is measuring life with coffee spoons, to paraphrase a line of T.S. Eliot’s “The Love […]

Filed Under: Apple Store, iPhone Tagged With: college, dictionary, English, professor, student, word

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