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JAbuchan08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 11:18 AM
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What's the most comprehensive dictionary site on the internet?
BTW it turned out that song was NOT by the Bravery. Imogen Heap's Hide and Seek it turned out.
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 11:19 AM
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1. I usually go with dictionary.reference.com
It usually gives multiple defs, but there could be better out there. It has always worked for me, though.
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 11:25 AM
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3. That just goes in Ad circles.. couldnt get anywhere.. got a llink..??
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 12:11 PM
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9. ????
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JAbuchan08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 11:30 AM
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4. yeah I couldn't find that site either.
could you post a link?
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 12:11 PM
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8. ????
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JAbuchan08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 12:19 PM
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10. Don't be rolling your eyes at me
I've been to dictionary.com before, but as you didn't post your link in the original post I wasn't aware to drop the "www." :eyes: :eyes:

thanks for being so helpful
:sarcasm:
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 12:41 PM
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12. Just giving you a hard time.
When typing into your web browser, you can generally drop the www.'s and the browser will find the site you're looking for.

No hard feelings? :D
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TechBear_Seattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 11:25 AM
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2. My preference for dictionary is
Merriam-Webster: http://www.m-w.com
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 11:35 AM
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5. Mine too, but for a thesaurus I use that and the free version of
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 11:40 AM
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6. In google, you can just type the word define with a colon and then
your word.

Like this -----> Define: zoology


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ironman202 Donating Member (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 11:46 AM
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7. dictionary.com
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Dora Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 12:21 PM
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11. I use Oxford English Dictionary
but I have unversity access.

My other all-around favorite for reference is http://www.bartleby.com


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