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In this Dictionary, definitions of a word can be found by entering its spelling.

Features such as Phrase search, Crossword solver, and Anagram solver are also

available.

Looking up a word (Filter search)

A definition of a word can be looked up by inputting its spelling.

Find the definition of ‘advance’.

1. Press

to open the

Oxford

Dictionary of English

The input screen appears.

2. Input the spelling of ‘advance’.

Possible matches reduce as more characters are typed. If the desired word is

found, then there is no need to type any more letters.

3. While ‘

’ appears on the left of ‘advance’, press

. The detail view of the

word appears.

•To browse contents on the next/previous page, press

} {

> <

. You

may also find the Quick View function useful.

• If a word selected is a close derivative of a headword, it may not have its own

definitions. In these cases, it is helpful to scroll up within the detail view to find

the definitions of the headword itself.

•To search for a word in the detail view, use the Super Jump function.

• Press

to return to the previous screen.

Using the

Oxford Dictionary of

English

• Press

^ l

to list the headwords in the

Oxford Dictionary of English

•To search a different word, simply input a new spelling for the word, or press

to go to the dictionary's input screen.

If there is no match found

As you input the spelling of the desired

word, the dictionary will narrow down the

matching candidates. If the match is

narrowed down to none (i.e. no word starting

with the spelling is found in the Dictionary),

the message ‘similar words’ appears.

In this case, press

to list the

dictionary entries alphabetically after the entered spelling.

Note about entering characters

While entering characters, exclude characters such as spaces, hyphens,

apostrophes, slashes, and periods. See page 12 for details.

Note:

• The wildcard character ‘?’ must not be entered in the input field of the Dictionary.

The wildcard character ‘?’ can be used in the Crossword solver (see page 15).

• Up to 24 characters can be entered in the input field of the Dictionary. When

searching words containing 25 characters or more, narrow down the search to

select the words from the list manually.

Browsing Notes

When the icons appear in the detail view, a note can be selected and

browsed. For details, refer to page 10–11.

Note:

•

In many cases, the icon only appears at the bottom of an entry, but

contains important information about usage of the headword as a whole. If unsure

about usage, scroll down to the bottom of the entry to access any relevant notes.

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