|
|
Reverse Search
Reverse Search allows you to search within the full text of dictionary entries for words, word parts, and phrases.
Search for entries that contain:
Exact matches of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or the word "orange."
Any form of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or "apples" or "orange" or "oranges."
Exact matches of all of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" and the word "orange."
The exact sequence of words and/or characters entered in the search box (for example, a fragment of a word, a single word, multiple words, or even a phrase containing punctuation)
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."
Search within these fields:
Optional:
Limit by part of speech:
| sequence |
A sequence is a pattern of things in which one thing follows another. Breakfast-lunch-dinner is a common sequence of meals that people eat, for example. The numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 are shown here in their usual sequence. Get up-get dressed-go to school is a typical sequence of actions for kids on the weekdays. |
| up-to-date |
Something that is up-to-date has the most recent information. If something is not up-to-date, it has old information in it. If a person is up-to-date, they know the newest information about something. [2 definitions] |
|
|