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Reverse Search
Reverse Search allows you to search within the full text of dictionary entries for words, word parts, and phrases.
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Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or the word "orange."
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Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or "apples" or "orange" or "oranges."
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Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" and the word "orange."
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Example: Searching for "a variety of apple" identifies all entries that contain that phrase. Searching for "app" identifies all entries that contain the letters "app," such as occurrences of "apple," "application," and "apply."
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| look up |
to search for and find (a piece of information) in a book or other source that gives information in an organized way. |
| manual |
a book of instructions. [1/3 definitions] |
| manuscript |
a piece of writing prepared by the author before it becomes a printed article or book. |
| mystery |
a book, play or other piece of fiction about a crime that is puzzling. [1/2 definitions] |
| notebook |
a book of blank pages to keep notes in. |
| opening |
a beginning of a book, play, concert, movie, or game. [1/5 definitions] |
| outline |
a short, written plan of the main ideas of a book, speech, or report. [1/4 definitions] |
| pamphlet |
a thin book that has a paper cover, written to give information on some topic. |
| paperback |
a book having a soft paper cover. |
| plate |
a drawing or picture in a book, often in color and covering an entire page. [1/7 definitions] |
| plot1 |
the story line or order of events in a book, play, or movie. [1/4 definitions] |
| preface |
an introduction to a book or other written material that gives information about the author or work. [2/3 definitions] |
| publication |
a magazine, book, newspaper, or other thing that is published. [1/3 definitions] |
| quotation |
a quoted passage from a book or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| reference book |
a book that is a source of information. Dictionaries and encyclopedias are reference books. |
| register |
a book used to record names, events, or other information. [2/9 definitions] |
| review |
an article in a newspaper or magazine that judges the worth of a new book, film, play, restaurant, or the like. [1/7 definitions] |
| scan |
the use of a machine that scans something. Medical scanners make pictures of living tissue. Computer scanners copy pictures or writing from a book into a computer. [1/5 definitions] |
| scrapbook |
a book with blank pages for saving pictures, newspaper clippings, and other mementos. |
| sequel |
a book or movie that is complete in itself but continues a story begun in an earlier work. |
| speller |
a book that teaches spelling; spelling book. [1/2 definitions] |
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