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After you've entered atheword OneLook will provide you anywhere from 4 to 40 links, eg http://onelook.com/?w=lay&ls=a If you are a frequent user of this facility, which link is your first choice under General, ie, do you have a favorite dictionary and upon what criterion do you base your choice: accuracy, completeness, authority etc
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1. Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition (it's the online version of the popular M-W Collegiate)
2. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language (or, AHD4) [I really dislike all the advertising and the popups, which often cause my windows to shrink]
3-1008. (nearly) everything else, in no particular order
1009. Urban Dictionary, the most useless user-developed site of all
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Good of you to mention this. Through various computer changes I forgot about this one: Webster- The Rosetta Edtion. I Like that one very much. Webster-online ( got it back now) From the OneLook choice I often take dictionary.com as this one has no pop-ups. American Heritage is very slow + pop-ups. And anyway, it depends on what you're after.
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[] 1. Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition (it's the online version of the popular M-W Collegiate) I agree tsu it's probably the most athoritative based with my experience in the realm, esp with the ink-and-paper version 2. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language (or, AHD4) [I really dislike all the advertising and the popups, which often cause my windows to shrink] Thank you I certainly will include it among my faves 3-1008. (nearly) everything else, in no particular order
Not sure about that but I gather you consider most of them pretty good 1009. Urban Dictionary, the most useless user-developed site of all [/] I couldn't agree more on that last one. For what it's worth you might there look up dalehileman for what it's worth. I had asked them to delete whereupon they agreed but didn't comply. Meantime however I have heard from a more liberal correspondent that he found it amusing so I decided to leave it
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[=BranShea]Good of you to mention this. Through various computer changes I forgot about this one: Webster- The Rosetta Edtion. I Like that one very much. Webster-online ( got it back now) Thank you Bran for that link From the OneLook choice I often take dictionary.com as this one has no pop-ups. Again thank you. I too find this one useful or its apparent plenitude American Heritage is very slow + pop-ups. And anyway, it depends on what you're after. [/] Mainly after authority and plentitude but open to all other recommendations, and thanks all once more
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1. dalehileman
an irritating, repetitive message board poster.
yo, if you dalehileman one more time, dude, I'm gonna ban you from this forum!
(eponyms sockpuppets dale hileman dale barage)
heh. he don't know you too well, do he‽
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1. dalehileman
an irritating, repetitive message board poster.
yo, if you dalehileman one more time, dude, I'm gonna ban you from this forum!
(eponyms sockpuppets dale hileman dale barage)
heh. he don't know you too well, do he‽
-joe (bugs) friday
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1. Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition (it's the online version of the popular M-W Collegiate)
2. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language (or, AHD4) [I really dislike all the advertising and the popups, which often cause my windows to shrink] My first is OED then M-W and that is about all in English dictionaries.
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]1009. Urban Dictionary, the most useless user-developed site of all [/] I couldn't agree more on that last one. I couldn't agree more either, but then I don't agree at all and that's as far as I'm willing to go. There are terms in there that you're not going to find anywhere else and you have user feedback to give you an idea how valid they are.
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>user feedback
isn't that just a popularity vote??
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