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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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| alphabetic |
pertaining to or arranged according to the standard order of an alphabet; alphabetical. [1/2 definitions] |
| card file |
the contents of such a container, or several such, usu. arranged in alphabetical or other order. [1/2 definitions] |
| concordance |
an alphabetical index of all the main words in a book or in the entire work of an author, listing the contexts in which each word occurs and giving page references for each occurrence. [1/2 definitions] |
| dictionary |
a reference work that contains a list of words of a particular language, usu. in alphabetical order and supplemented with information about the spelling, pronunciation, and meaning of each word. [1/3 definitions] |
| encyclopedia |
a book or set of books containing articles on a wide variety of subjects, or on many aspects of one subject, usu. arranged in alphabetical order. |
| index |
an alphabetical listing of subjects, names, specialized terms, and the like in a book, with page numbers given for each item indicating where these items are mentioned or discussed in the book. [1/10 definitions] |
| qwerty keyboard |
a keyboard with alphabetical and numerical keys in the same arrangement as those on a typewriter. |
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