Dictionaries and Functions
The following shows the reference content included in your electronic
dictionary and where you need to go for more information when you
want to perform a specifi c type of look-up.
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Basic operations are almost the same in all dictionaries. Any
differences are noted in the explanations for each particular dictionary.
Dictionary/
Thesaurus
Oxford Dictionary
of English
English-
English
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English-French
French-English
English
*2
thesaurus
English
Collocations
English idioms
English phrasal
verbs
Business
English
British and
American
Culture
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Type Of
Look-up
Defi nition of
English term
Defi nition of
English term
French
equivalent of
English term
English
equivalent of
French term
English
synonyms
Defi nition of
*3
English term
Defi nition of
English term
Defi nition of
English term
Defi nition of
English term
Defi nition of
English term
Checking
Looking
Spelling
Up a
and Original
Headword
Forms
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Looking
Looking
Up
Up
Phrases
Examples
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