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2012年1月20日

Q&A: How do you make a word be used or come out in the dictionary?

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Question by Manixcer: How do you make a word be used or come out in the dictionary?
Like invent a word and make it be used in the English language.
Be shown in the dictionary.

Best answer:

Answer by chrlsshore
You can’t. It doesn’t happen as easily as that. It has to be a word that has been in popular use for a number of years, not just a word that you make up.
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2012年1月5日

infirefox when mispelling words i accidently clicked on add to dictionary instead of correcting is, how to fix?

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Question by Hey Baby, What’s Your Sign?: infirefox when mispelling words i accidently clicked on add to dictionary instead of correcting is, how to fix?
so like for common misspellings like… woudl .. i accidnetly clicked on “add to dictionary” and i want it not added to my dictionary. how do i fix it on firefox?

Best answer:

Answer by wicked witch of the midwest
i think you hvae to reinstall the whole browser

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2012年1月4日

Is copying dictionary definitions and using them to make money illegal?

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Question by John P: Is copying dictionary definitions and using them to make money illegal?
If one used dictionary definitions on their website, and used them to make money, is this a violation of copyright laws?
If they were cited on the website, would it be illegal?

Best answer:

Answer by BR
Yes.

There is something called “fair use” meaning you can copy short, attributed sections of a copyrighted work, but not large sections from it.

In your dictionary, look up “theft”.

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2011年12月31日

Is there an online english to greek dictionary?

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Question by Lexi: Is there an online english to greek dictionary?
I am trying to look up the word “live” in the greek term, but all of the sites i have opened give it to me in the actual greek symbols, i am looking for the greek dictionary that does this “the greek words for ‘make a defense’ comes from the greek term ‘apologia’ meaning formal justification.” I don’t want the dictionary to come up in these letters “Ἄδωνις” i can not read those :/ please help.
Is it greek romanization?

Best answer:

Answer by Natalia
try going to google and typing in: greek to english dictionary.

maybe it will work?

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2011年12月27日

Is it possible to reset the t9 dictionary on a Samsung A-737?

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Question by Andrew D: Is it possible to reset the t9 dictionary on a Samsung A-737?
The t9 dictionary is horrible messed up and i would rather just reset the dictionary(if there is a way) then have to go and change each individual word.. Someone please have a solution!

Best answer:

Answer by Tom G
I found the answer at http://www.fixya.com/support/t1077306-reset_t9_text_dictionary

Basically, there’s no way, but there is hope. Open up a new message and type out your word. Hit the plus to change it to the one you want it to be, and repeat about 10-20 times. It’ll learn your new preference and start predicting that word instead.

For me, I have a classroom called t6, which i always entered as two different characters. T9 put them together because there was no space so that every time I tried to type “to” it would display “t6″. I opened up a message and only had to correct it about 5 times before it went back to normal.

Good luck!

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2011年12月26日

What’s the best electronic Chinese dictionary, and is stroke order absolutely essential when using it?

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Question by Ko: What’s the best electronic Chinese dictionary, and is stroke order absolutely essential when using it?
I was wondering which electronic Chinese dictionary is considered the best. The range in prices is pretty big, and I have no clue which to get!

Second, is having correct stroke order absolutely, positively essential when using it to look up characters, etc? My stroke order is sadly a bit incorrect, I’m sure. XD

Best answer:

Answer by craftylass
I like my Besta, but it’s been three years since I purchased it and I’m sure there are other good ones out there.

However, the stroke order doesn’t matter on my Besta. It recognizes the “big picture” and not necessarily the way I draw it.

BTW, www.yellowbridge.com has a stroke recognition dictionary as well, should you want to use it while at your computer, rather than using an electronic dictionary. Also, skritter.com has good tools for writing, stroke order and stroke recognition.

Good luck!

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2011年12月23日

How do I turn off the automatic dictionary/spell check when composing?

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Question by h0t_choc0s: How do I turn off the automatic dictionary/spell check when composing?
I constantly writing emails in English and other language, hence the spell checker always underline all non-english word written. Any idea how to turn the dictionary off?

Best answer:

Answer by Sian D
Go to Options / Settings, and choose Turn Spell Checker OFF.

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2011年12月21日

What is the Scrabble dictionary based on?

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Question by nopers: What is the Scrabble dictionary based on?
What makes it different from the regular dictionary? How do they decide the content and why is it different from a standard dictionary?

Best answer:

Answer by AlpineAlli
I assume it’s based on a regular unabridged dictionary, though I don’t know which one. It’s published by (or for) the people who make the game Scrabble, so it has all and only the words that are acceptable in Scrabble–essentially it’s an addendum to the rules of Scrabble.
It’s different from a standard dictionary in that it only includes two- to eight-letter words (although sometimes it’s possible to make nine- or more letter words; now I’m wondering if those are acceptable–for example if “accept” was on the board, adding “able” would make “acceptable”), excluding words that are always capitalized and other “illegal” words. I’m pretty sure each form of a word is written out in full, probably in its proper alphabetical order; most dictionaries will do -s, -ed, etc. or even not mention the possible endings if they’re regular. (I might be wrong on that point.)
Also, the definitions aren’t remotely exhaustive; I don’t know if they ever include more than one as long as the endings would be included in the first one. (For example: “project” is of course both a noun and a verb, but since the only possible suffix for the noun (“s”) is also a suffix for the verb, they might only list and define the verb. I’m not sure about this.) And there’s no pronunciation key or syllablization and no etymology.

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2011年12月20日

How else can you find the multiple meaning of the word without using dictionary?

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Question by Advanced b: How else can you find the multiple meaning of the word without using dictionary?
How else can you find the multiple meaning of the word without using dictionary? Please I need it!! I will just wait for an hour!!! So my time i here 6:25 P.M. then my question will be start answering now!!!!
Please not the thesaurus, by your own mind!!! Ok!! Just like if your in the long trip you don’t have dictionary what wwill you do? Not the synonyms its the like

hand- a body part
– a quantity
Just like that!!!!!!!!!!

Best answer:

Answer by zizi1177
A thesaurus. If you look at the synonyms it will give you a list of words that mean the same exact thing as the word you look up.

Hope this is what you are looking for.

Good Luck!

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2011年12月15日

What is a good online medical dictionary?

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Question by Jacky A: What is a good online medical dictionary?
I often find that dictionary.com does not have many descriptions for medical terms that I need defined…would any of you happen to know a good medical dictionary website?

Best answer:

Answer by silver moon
www.medterms.com

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