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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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| an |
another word for a. It is used before words that start with a, e, i, o, or u, or before words that begin with vowel sounds. |
| electronic mail |
a written message sent between people from a computer in one location to a computer in another location; e-mail. |
| emoticon |
(from emotion icon) a small icon made of punctuation characters and letters that is placed in an e-mail; smiley. An emoticon shows the mood of the writer, such as :-( and :-D |
| homograph |
a word that has the same spelling as another but a different meaning and history. Homographs are often pronounced differently from each other. In the sentence, "She shed a tear over the tear in her dress," the two words spelled "t-e-a-r" are homographs. |
| smiley |
a small icon made of punctuation characters and letters and placed in an e-mail; emoticon. A smiley shows the mood of the writer, such as :-o |
| Spam |
(lower case) junk mail received by e-mail. Spam is usually advertising sent to a large group of people. [1/3 definitions] |
| vowel |
in the English alphabet, any of the letters "a," "e," "i," "o," "u," and sometimes "y." [1/2 definitions] |
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