App Link To Dictionary and/or Thesaurus
Aug 8, 2020 13:09:25 #
Moose
Loc: North Carolina
Sometimes while reading something on-line, I see a word that I don't know. I could switch to another browser and look in a dictionary for the meaning, but I'd like to link to it by highlighting it and causing an auto link to the dictionary. Is there an App that can do that?
Aug 8, 2020 14:17:16 #
Look in the app store for your browser. A quick look at Chome's showed numerous apps for dictionary and/or thesaurus.
Aug 8, 2020 14:43:25 #
twosummers
Loc: Melbourne Australia or Lincolnshire England
With Macs if you highlight a word and right click you can Google the word's meaning. I think it works with any browser
Aug 9, 2020 05:31:04 #
[quote=twosummers]With Macs if you highlight a word and right click you can Google the word's meaning. I think it works with any browser[
And Windows, as well.
And Windows, as well.
Aug 9, 2020 08:09:04 #
twosummers wrote:
Works similarly in Chrome browser on a Chromebook. When you highlight (select) a word and right-click, you have an option of "search Google for (the word)." Click that and a new tab opens with a definition, as well as the rest of the search page results.With Macs if you highlight a word and right click you can Google the word's meaning. I think it works with any browser
Moose, you said "I could switch to another browser" - did you mean open a new tab? Your browser of choice can have many tabs (web pages) open simultaneously.
"Each open web page will appear as a “tab” at the top of your web browser window. You can click the tabs to switch between your open web pages."
Aug 9, 2020 16:12:09 #
twosummers wrote:
I'm on a PC with Win10. With Macs if you highlight a word and right click you can Google the word's meaning. I think it works with any browser
I use Firefox as my default browser.
Highlight the word, right click, search in Google.
Aug 9, 2020 16:32:33 #
Moose
Loc: North Carolina
Thanks LInda and ALL for your comments. I did find that I could highlight the word and link to google to find the definition. That's really great. Works the same on my iPad and iPhone.
Aug 11, 2020 21:11:51 #
Moose wrote:
Sometimes while reading something on-line, I see a word that I don't know. I could switch to another browser and look in a dictionary for the meaning, but I'd like to link to it by highlighting it and causing an auto link to the dictionary. Is there an App that can do that?
You don't need an app if in google chrome. Just highlite it and right click and then click on the option to do a google search for the term.
Aug 12, 2020 14:06:23 #
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