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Dictionary Help

Introduction — What is Dictionary?

Features

Copy definition — Select and copy a definition to another application.

Keyboard shortcuts — You can use keyboard shortcuts to navigate around Dictionary more efficiently.

Look up a word or term — Find the definition of a word or term.

Print a definition — Print preview and print definitions.

Save a definition — Save a copy of a definition to a text file.

Search within a definition — Find text in a definition.

Select a different dictionary

Similar words — View related results in other dictionaries.

Preferences

Dictionary sources — Manage various dictionary sources.

Print font — Select the font for printing definitions.

Common problems and solutions

Cannot find definitions — Error while retrieving definitions.

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