dictionary.com

When you are writing anything on the computer, from an email to a CV, to a dooyoo review (!), there will be a word you want to know what it means or how to spell - there never seems to be a dictionary around. But fear not! Because dictionary.com can help! The site works with a search panel at the top where you type in the word (however you think it is spelt!), and then it comes up with the word, it's meaning, spelling, pronunciation, origin, related forms, synonyms and atonyms, as well as using the word in the sentence which is particularly useful. On the website there is also a thesaurus to help you find other words to describe your ...  Read the complete review

Although this website still owns the domain www.dictionary.com, in actual factm, if you type that in your browser, you will be redirected to http://dictionary.reference.com/. This si a very rich and vaste web page with plenty of useful ifnormation and tools, and most of them are for free. On the top of it, you have a white search field, which also updates with the number of words searched today. It is a figure in the region of few millions. The idea of a dictionary is to give you the meaning of a word, and this website does exactly this. What is most importantly it is that not only there the definitions, but also the possibility of clicking on it ...  Read the complete review

I am on the internet for a large part of the day and love it when i come across useful recources which i can add to my favourites and refer back to when needed. One of the free recsources i use regularly online is called dictionary.com. I have noticed that since i have left work that my spelling has gone a bit downhill and try to remedy this by checking the correct spelling of big long words or words that i am just not sure about. This is an excellent site, it is very bright and eyecatching and easy to navigate. All you need to do is type in how you think you spell the word and it will bring up its correct spelling with meanings etc. I ...  Read the complete review

As the name would suggest, Dictionary.com is an online dictionary with a simple search engine into which can be typed any word in the English language, producing the required information on the word in question. The site breaks the word down phonetically and also offers an audio file elucidating precisely how the word is to be prounounced as well, before reporting the word type (noun, adjective, verb) and listing all the different meanings of the word in a clear and concise manner. The etymology and date of origin of the word is also given, as are any related words (eg arguing and argumentative in the case of the word 'argument;) and synonyms. The site also ...  Read the complete review

Dictionary.com?! Dictionary.com?! Seriously?! Why, yes, something that seems so simply and basic has it's place on the World Wide Web (yes, I'm aware of the irony!), but fear not...it's not as basic as it seems! Rather than just typing in a word to discover its definition, dictionary.com does provide a far greater service. Since it's launch way back in 1995 (were websites even around then?!), it's one of the world's most popular services, as naturally many people will just type in 'dictionary.com' into their browser if they need to find the definition of a word...even if they don't know the website exists, it makes sense to have a crack at it! The ...  Read the complete review