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I've always typed "define: ", but this seems to be superior.
Also, it'd be nice if Google could just read my mind instead of me having to laboriously type in search queries.
It's great that they used definitions from the Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary ( http://www.antimoon.com/how/cobuild-review.htm ). Collins was the pioneer of corpus-based full-sentence definitions back in the 90s. Nowadays, there are better choices for an English learner (e.g. the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English), but COBUILD is still miles ahead of open projects like Wiktionary. Over…
On the off chance, does anyone have recommendations for similar resources in German, French, and/or Spanish?
It's great that they used definitions from the Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary ( http://www.antimoon.com/how/cobuild-review.htm ). Collins was the pioneer of corpus-based full-sentence definitions back in the 90s. Nowadays, there are better choices for an English learner (e.g. the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English), but COBUILD is still miles ahead of open projects like Wiktionary. Over…
On the off chance, does anyone have recommendations for similar resources in German, French, and/or Spanish?
Good dictionaries are hand-compiled by experienced lexicographers. Not Google's strength, to put it mildly. What Google would be extremely good at is creating corpora for all these languages. An example of an excellent Spanish corpus is the following: http://www.corpusdelespanol.org/x.asp
No idea if this specific effort is any good, but Google have done a lot of interesting things with language already.
I've always typed "define: ", but this seems to be superior.
It would be nice if there were a way to get straight to it from a regular search though. It is still more convenient for me (in Firefox) to hit Command+k and type "define:". Also, it'd be nice if Google could just read my mind instead of me having to laboriously type in search queries.
- install addon Add to Search Bar
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3682
Then right click in the search page's search field and choose "Add to search bar ..."
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It would be nice if there were a way to get straight to it from a regular search though. It is still more convenient for me (in Firefox) to hit Command+k and type "define:". Also, it'd be nice if Google could just read my mind instead of me having to laboriously type in search queries.
To add any search to the search bar in Firefox: - install addon Add to Search Bar https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3682 Then right click in the search page's search field and choose "Add to search bar ..."
Still, those arrow keys are all the way down there and I can type "define:" pretty fast...
I've always typed "define: ", but this seems to be superior.
It would be nice if there were a way to get straight to it from a regular search though. It is still more convenient for me (in Firefox) to hit Command+k and type "define:". Also, it'd be nice if Google could just read my mind instead of me having to laboriously type in search queries.
I'm liking the interface, they even include IPA transcriptions! I bet this will get most online and many offline dictionaries out of business.
This is very good, as it will promote learning the International Phonetic Alphabet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet
Now we need an API for this, please!