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RE: Tools: A new Google function for specifically finding definitions
Subject:RE: Tools: A new Google function for specifically finding definitions From:"HALL Bill" <bill -dot- hall -at- tenix -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 27 Oct 2003 12:01:26 +1100 (EDT)
Geoff Hart suggests the Google syntax, "define:[a word]" (no quotes or
brackets). It's a nice function, but I generally find http://www.onelook.com to be very quick - with the advantage that the
sources are some 900 different dictionaries, classified as to type, etc,
which allows one to quickly drill down to the specific context.
Regards,
Bill Hall
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Tenix Defense
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