On-line English dictionary

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Could you share which On-line English dictionary you use most and think the best?

I use "google" on-line English dictionary so often. It translates English word into both English and Chinese, Chinese word into English word and many other functions such as usage example, pronunciation, etc.

Thank you very much!
 

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A very good site is Onelook, which I use a lot, as it searches hundreds of online dictionaries and specialist glossaries for you in one search.
 

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Tdol, Thank you very much for your sharing!
 

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symaa, thank you very much for your sharing too!
 

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I use "google" on-line English dictionary so often. It translates English word into both English and Chinese, Chinese word into English word and many other functions such as .......

Thank you very much!


Google Dictionary is no longer exist! :cry:

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And this dictionary is very fast: Ninjawords - a really fast dictionary

Thanks TdoI again for providing another on-line English dictionary.

I was bit upset because I liked and relied on google on-line dictionary very much. I always checked for English words in Chinese meaning first (my mother tongue). It gave me a quick answer of the word’s meaning. If necessary, I paralleled it with their English meaning with examples too. The explanation was good and very close to the Oxford advanced learner’s English-Chinese dictionary.

For the word like holly berries, I had no idea what it is after reading both English and Chinese meanings. I clicked on their picture button that linked to different photos of holly berries, it was so clear to me after I saw them. I used their Chinese to English translation too when I forget the spelling of some English words. Their presentation was so user-friendly, it displayed all possible meanings in one page with scrolling function and you can choose hide or display the examples. And ……...

Anyway, I am still looking for a good English-Chinese dictionary. I probably go for, the traditional hardcopy, Oxford advanced learner’s English-Chinese dictionary. But checking will be much slower than google for I need to flick through those pages. :-(
 
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It's a shame the Google dictionary has gone- has the service been incorporated into something else or have they just dropped it?
 

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The forum has a social group entitled "Dictionaries":
https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/groups/dictionaries-6-dictionaries.html

For free, Chinese/English on-line dictionaries see:
free on-line chinese-english dictionaries -
There appears to be quite a large number to chose from!

Although I've never used a Google Dictionary, I do use Google Translate regularly to convert between Thai and English, but it does have its limitations.

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R21

PS For more on what happened to Google Dictionary see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Dictionary
 
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Thanks R21 and Ksyu-k information!

R21,
I saw https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/gr...tionaries.html, they all are English dictionaries. I think I’m still unable to fully understand meaning of English words by depending on English dictionary only.

I also checked 1st - 20th links in free on-line chinese-english dictionaries -. They are not good as Google dictionary or Oxford advanced learner’s English-Chinese dictionary. Some of them provide Chinese meaning without English meaning and usage. Only few of them provide partial English meanings and limited usage without others information such as synonym, phrasal verb, etc.

I tried Google Translate at the same day of Google dictionary disappears too, it provides Chinese meaning only.

Nevertheless, I’m very appreciate you provide many links in here trying to help. Ton and ton of thanks! :up:


Ksyu-k, I sometimes use Dictionary.com. It was very strange that Google dictionary could not pronounced searched words in the same day. So, I used Dictionary.com as one of back-up for it. Thanks!
 
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Have you tried the free online dictionary, which is multilingual (including Chinese), includes both AME and BrE dictionary definitions, has a thesaurus, derivations of the words and a translate facility. It also has access to a Chinese dictionary.

On the English side, it searches not only standard online dictionaries but also specialist legal, medical and financial dictionaries, together with acronyms, idioms, an encyclopedia and even accesses Wikipedia.

Maybe that's the reason it is normally my 1st "port of call".

Best regards
R21

See: Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
ä¸*æ–‡å*—典(简) / Chinese Dictionary
and: appreciate - definition of appreciate by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
 

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Have you tried the free online dictionary, which is multilingual (including Chinese), includes both AME and BrE dictionary definitions, has a thesaurus, derivations of the words and a translate facility. It also has access to a Chinese dictionary.

On the English side, it searches not only standard online dictionaries but also specialist legal, medical and financial dictionaries, together with acronyms, idioms, an encyclopedia and even accesses Wikipedia.

Maybe that's the reason it is normally my 1st "port of call".

Best regards
R21

See: Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
ä¸*æ–‡å*—典(简) / Chinese Dictionary
and: appreciate - definition of appreciate by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

I tried “free online Chinese dictionary”, it is actually an English dictionary.

However, I might use those special dictionaries in the future.

Thank you very much! :)
 
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