Dictionary

One of the things I miss from WordSearch is that a right click on a word would let you get a dictionary search using one WS based dictionary and two internet dictionaries (like Webster's). Sometimes I just want a definition of a word according to Websters. I see this feature is in the mobile app but not in the desktop app. Is there a way to get either an external dictionary or an internal resource that is a Webster's like dictionary?

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Graham Criddle

Try loading the Information Tool and see if the information there gives you what you are looking for.

Sorry - but I can’t post screenshots at the moment showing what I mean. If you can’t get it working, please let us know and I’ll try later (unless someone else does first!)

NB.Mick

Is there a way to get either an external dictionary or an internal resource that is a Webster's like dictionary?

Not external, other than Wikipedia which is no dictionary. But you can have dictionaries in Logos, modern ones like Merriam-Webster and Concise Oxford EDIT: as well as Webster's 1828 American Dictionary (if WS had built Webster's as a resource, you probably would have it now in Logos.

Beloved Amodeo

Sometimes I just want a definition of a word according to Websters.

The Information Tool works as Graham has indicated, provided your desired dictionary is prioritized among your 5 most highest preferences. See wiki: https://wiki.logos.com/Prioritizing

Graham Criddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1161646#Comment_1161646

Adding in a bit more detail.

One option - just having right-click - is to use the Lookup capability (this requires the Selection option on the left) and then you get the choice of looking up the word in one of your top five prioritised dictionaries (see Beloved's post above about prioritisation)

With the Information Tool that I mentioned previously:

The Definition section displays a range of information, including an English dictionary meaning

You can customise what gets displayed in this section

and you can specify whether you want the tool updated when you click a word or hover your cursor over it

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Information Tool shows Highest Prioritized resource while Power Lookup shows resources in priority order:

Screen shot shows Power Lookup of definition followed by resource abbreviation:

2003MWCD11 => Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th ed. (with my customized abbreviation that includes content year prefix)

1996MWCD10 is Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition (from earlier base package purchase)

1998MWSED => Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary

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