DOWNLOAD DICTIONARY FOR MAC MAC OS X
DOWNLOAD DICTIONARY FOR MAC SOFTWARE

Dashboard includes a widget for accessing the Dictionary application.

In applications which support the ability of the user to drag selected text, it is possible to select a word and drop it onto the icon of the Dictionary application in the Dock.

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As of Mac OS X Lion, a three finger tap on the trackpad (either the built-in MacBook trackpad or the Magic Trackpad) has the same effect as the ControlCommand D shortcut.The key combination ControlCommand D can be used in Cocoa applications which display text вЂ“ it brings up a small contextual menu-like definition or synonym of the word under the cursor.The same option appears in the contextual menu after a Control-click on the selected word. In applications which support 'Services', there is an option in the application menu (for example, Safari>Services>Look up in Dictionary) which brings up the Dictionary application and displays the definition of a selected word.However, the user can add new words to the macOS system-wide spell checker, which uses its own lexicon. Therefore, the lexicon cannot easily be modified.

The dictionary and thesaurus in Dictionary are in an XML format, but make use of precompiled binary index files to access the XML file directly. The Preferences allow a user to select from three different pronunciation schemes, either US English (Diacritical or IPA), or British English (IPA). Almost any word is clickable, except the pronunciations in phonetic characters and numerals. Clicking on any word in a definition searches for that word in the dictionary again. The application will perform an incremental search to show any matching headwords or forms and will try to bypass spelling errors. Words can be entered in the search bar by just typing the first few letters. With Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion', Dictionary was updated to the Third Edition of the New Oxford American Dictionary and the British Oxford Dictionary of English was added. OPENSTEP Services provide lookup from all applications.Дictionary was first introduced with Mac OS X v10.4 'Tiger' and provided definitions from the New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd Edition. OS X's progenitor, OPENSTEP (and NEXTSTEP) provided similar functionality, called Digital Webster, providing dictionary and thesaurus definitions from Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary and Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus (termed the 'First Digital Edition').

DOWNLOAD DICTIONARY FOR MAC SOFTWARE

History ДЇind TheFreeDictionary - Farlex software downloads at CNET, the most comprehensive source for safe, trusted, and spyware-free downloads on the Web. 10.5 added Japanese dictionaries, 10.7 added the British Oxford Dictionary of English, and 10.8 added French, German, Spanish and Chinese. The application provides definitions and synonyms from various dictionaries, Wikipedia articles and a glossary of Apple-related terms.Дictionary was introduced in OS X 10.4 with the New Oxford American Dictionary and Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus (as well as the Wikipedia and Apple sections). Dictionary is an application developed by Apple Inc.

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