You may search for definitions using the search engine or browse terms by topic like Graphics, Mobile Computing, Open Source etc. Term definition also includes a short history about the term and a list of related terms.

Features:

• Look up definitions of technology and Internet terms.
• Search for definitions using search engine or browse terms by categories (Graphics, Mobile computing, Open source etc.).
• View Top 15 terms and recently added definitions.
• Similar site: NoSlang.

Check out Webopedia @ www.webopedia.com

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• WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words
• Wordnik: Comprehensive Word Search Tool
• WordAhead: Video Vocabulary Site
• VocabSushi: The Easy Way To Build Your Vocabulary
• SaveTheWords: Explore and Share Rare English Words

There is also an option to become a contributor and help others. In return the site will reward you with a free t-shirt.

Features:

• Search for idioms and the meanings in English language.
• Browse idioms alphabetically.
• Hear how idioms are pronounced.
• Translate idioms to different languages.
• Similar website: IdiomSite.

Check out Phrases @ www.phrases.net

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• Common Errors In English: Lists Commonly Misused English Words
• WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words
• Wordnik: Comprehensive Word Search Tool
• WordAhead: Video Vocabulary Site
• Webopedia: Dictionary Of Internet Terms And Their Meanings

You can practice words by filling out the sentence completion questions and learn the correct word pronunciations by playing the MP3 files. Words have been compiled from the actual word sets used in ISEE, ACT, GRE and other standardized tests that feature vocabulary sections.

System tracks progress of your overall vocabulary, skips the words you know and suggests words that are most challenging for you based on your learning curve. The service is free, and you need to sign up to get started.

Features:

• Interactive vocabulary builder.
• Learn new words by their usage in daily news.
• Words are taken from actual word sets used in GRE, ISEE, ACT, SAT and other standardized tests.
• System tracks progress of every word and suggests the most challenging words based on your learning curve.
• Practice new words by filling out sentence completion quizzes.
• Download printouts, MP3s and podcasts to learn words while you are offline.
• Similar website: WordAhead.

Check out VocabSushi @ www.vocabsushi.com

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• WordAhead: Video Vocabulary Site
• WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words
• WordSift: Visualize Text & Related Information
• Wordnik: Comprehensive Word Search Tool
• Webopedia: Dictionary Of Internet Terms And Their Meanings

Browse idioms alphabetically or search for a particular saying on the page using your browser’s search function.

Features:

• Find out meanings of common idioms in English language.
• Browse idioms alphabetically or search for a particular phrase on the page using your browser’s search function.
• Similar website: UrbanDictionary

Check out IdiomSite @ www.idiomsite.com

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• WebSourceIt : Which of The Two Spellings is Right?
• Phrases: Search for Idiom Phrases & Get Meanings
• Lingro : Translate Words on any Web Page
• Common Errors In English: Lists Commonly Misused English Words
• Apostrophe.me: Shows How To Use an Apostrophe

Anyone can contribute valuable information to Wordnik just by signing up. Wordnik reserves the right to delete inappropriate contributions.

Features :

• Comprehensive word search dictionary.
• Aggregates definitions from four different dictionaries.
• Real example sentences to show words in context.
• Related words—not just synonyms and antonyms, but words that behave in similar ways.
• Other features include images, pronunciations, etymology and more.
• Just sign up and contribute valuable information to Wordnik.
• For more similar services check MakeUseOf  “dictionary” section.

Check out Wordnik @ www.wordnik.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words
• WordAhead: Video Vocabulary Site
• Webopedia: Dictionary Of Internet Terms And Their Meanings
• VocabSushi: The Easy Way To Build Your Vocabulary
• SaveTheWords: Explore and Share Rare English Words

Here’s how it works:

1. You enter a word or text in the big box on the Wordsift homepage and press ‘ Sift ‘.
2. On the next page you get a tag cloud which has important words in the text.
3. You can click on any of the words and it displays Google image search result and visual thesaurus results below it.
4. It also displays more sentences created from that word on the same page.

For more info watch demo video below:

You might also want to check other similar apps for visualizing text and words which we have profiled earlier. These are Lexipedia, VisuWords and Wordle.

Check out Wordsift @ www.wordsift.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• WordAhead: Video Vocabulary Site
• WatchKnow: 1000s of Educational Videos
• VocabSushi: The Easy Way To Build Your Vocabulary
• Plagium: Online Plagiarism Tracker
• WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words

Users may browse words alphabetically or search using the search option.

Features:

• Directory of misused English phrases words with explanations and correct usage.
• Browse words alphabetically or search by keyword.
• The site is an online version of the book “Common Errors in English Usage” by Paul Brians.
• Similar websites: WebSourceIt.

Check out Common Errors  @ http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors

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• Phrases: Search for Idiom Phrases & Get Meanings
• Apostrophe.me: Shows How To Use an Apostrophe
• WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words
• Wordnik: Comprehensive Word Search Tool
• WordAhead: Video Vocabulary Site

Search new words using the WordSpy’s search engine or browse by category such as business, culture or technology. Read definitions and view in what context the new words were commonly used in the media.

Features:

• Modern dictionary of new words and phrases with example citations.
• Find out what different words mean and in what context they were used in the media.
• Subscribe by RSS for latest words and phrases.

Check out WordSpy @ www.wordspy.com

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• Wordnik: Comprehensive Word Search Tool
• WordAhead: Video Vocabulary Site
• Webopedia: Dictionary Of Internet Terms And Their Meanings
• VocabSushi: The Easy Way To Build Your Vocabulary
• SaveTheWords: Explore and Share Rare English Words

Apart from rhymes, you can use the site to look up synonyms, antonyms, definitions, words with similar sounds, search the works of Shakespeare and more. If you plan to use the service primarily for one of those features there is an option to customize it for that functionality from the top-right corner.

Features:

• Rhyming dictionary and thesaurus.
• Find word rhymes and rhyming phrases, sort results by number of word syllables and letters.
• Find synonyms, antonyms, definitions, words with similar sounds, search quotations and works of Shakespeare and more.
• Customize the dictionary from the top-right corner.
• Similar sites: WriteRhymes and Online Rhyming Dictionary.

Check out RhymeZone @ www.rhymezone.com

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• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes
• WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words
• WordSift: Visualize Text & Related Information
• Wordnik: Comprehensive Word Search Tool
• WordCountTool: Tool For Counting Words in Text

It makes learning hard words both fun and interactive for everyone. Especially useful for those preparing for SAT/ACT verbal tests.

Currently site features a total of 515 vocabulary videos and aims to include videos for several thousands of SAT/ACT level words.

Video content is uploaded by the site and registered users. At first videos are kept in the “Videos” section where they get rated by users. Top rated videos are then promoted to the Study room, which also includes Flashcards for last minute preparation.

Registration is not needed for searching and watching videos, however registering on the site lets you rate, discuss and upload your own vocabulary videos.

Features:

• Hundreds of vocabulary videos for SAT/ACT level words.
• Fun and easy way to memorize words through video illustrations.
• View top rated, most viewed and most discussed videos.
• Wordlist contains the list of words of the uploaded videos. Browse words by letters.
• Free, register to rate, discus and upload your own vocabulary videos.
• Alos see 30+ Online Resources to Expand your English Vocabulary.

Check out WordAhead @ www.wordahead.com

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• WordSift: Visualize Text & Related Information
• VocabSushi: The Easy Way To Build Your Vocabulary
• WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words
• Wordnik: Comprehensive Word Search Tool
• Webopedia: Dictionary Of Internet Terms And Their Meanings

Hoover with mouse over words to view their definition, hear right pronunciation and usage within a sentence. Each word type has it own color on the chart: nouns are red,  verbs are orange, adjective are blue.

Features:

• Online graphical dictionary.
• Enter a word and view related verbs, synonyms, adjectives etc. on an interactive spider web chart.
• Point with mouse over words to read their definitions and hear the right pronunciation.
• Filter chart results to show only related nouns, verbs, adjectives etc. by clicking on the left bar.
• Similar site: VisuWords

Check out Lexipedia @ www.lexipedia.com

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• WordSift: Visualize Text & Related Information
• VisuWords: Visual Dictionary and Thesaurus
• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes
• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words

You can further extend the search by clicking on related words and easily switch between Flickr, Google and Yahoo image searches.

Features:

• Cool visual dictionary with photos from the web.
• Combines Wiktionary content with Flickr, Google and Yahoo images.
• Search for word definitions and expand the search by clicking related terms.
• Similar websites: VisuWords and Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary.

Check out Shahi @ www.blachan.com/shahi

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• WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words
• WordSift: Visualize Text & Related Information
• Wordnik: Comprehensive Word Search Tool
• WordAhead: Video Vocabulary Site
• Webopedia: Dictionary Of Internet Terms And Their Meanings

Just provide the number of letters, fill in the slots with known letters and press “Search”. It will list all the existing word variations given the provided input. By default it uses vocabulary from the British English. To change, select options from the left.

Currently it supports words from US English, British English and Swedish language vocabularies.

Features:

• Helps you to solve crossword puzzles online.
• Lists all the possible word variations given the already known letters and the number of slots in the word.
• Supports vocabularies from US English, British English and Swedish languages
• Clean interface, fast.
• Free, no registration needed.

Check out Crosstips @ www.crosstips.org

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• WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words
• WordSift: Visualize Text & Related Information
• Wordnik: Comprehensive Word Search Tool
• WordAhead: Video Vocabulary Site
• Webopedia: Dictionary Of Internet Terms And Their Meanings

Furthermore you can read internet slang related articles and if you want to contribute submit slang words you know.

Features:

• Internet jargon dictionary and translator.
• Search and browse word meanings alphabetically.
• Read internet slang related articles.
• Contribute by adding slang terms you know.
• Free and no registration.

Check out NoSlang @ www.noslang.com

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• UrbanDictionary : Define Your World
• BlahblahFish: Have Fun with Bad Translation Examples
• You Don’t Know Jack
• YearbookYourself: Give your Photos 1950s, 60s, 70s …. look
• XSketch : Online Multiplayer Pictionary Game

At first look Dicts.info is minimalist and somewhat simple, nevertheless, once you get inside the list of things to see and do is countless. With comprehensive list of 67 available language dictionaries and their combinations it ends up being an exhaustive dictionary resource for language-related issues.

Here the list of things you get on Dicts.info:

• Universal dictionary – Dictionary system interconnecting 67 languages.
• English dictionary – Look up English words in several English dictionaries simultaneously.
• English thesaurus – Look up English words in several databases of synonyms.
• Picture dictionary – Lists more than 2500 illustrations with translations into > 50 languages.
• Basic vocabulary – 2000 basic meanings categorized by topics like time, animals, family, house etc.
• Encyclopedia – Lists several hundred thematic groups of keywords in many world languages.
• Bilingual dictionaries – List of all available bilingual dictionaries grouped by language.
• Examples of use – Database of example sentences for several languages. Shows you how to properly use words in sentences.
• Specialty resources- Lists resources related to terminologies for fields like for example biology, finance, metallurgy etc.
• Mobile phones - Online applications for mobile phones and PDAs.
• Download dictionaries – Lists links to pages with downloadable dictionaries.
• Dictionary applications – List of dictionary applications that can be used to look up words offline.
• Topical dictionary – Dictionaries containing topical lists of translations.
• Terminology – Sets of terms related to particular activity or science.

Check out Dicts.info @ www.dicts.info (by Lucas Gabriel Artigas from Get-it-Rght)

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• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• Lingro : Translate Words on any Web Page
• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes
• WebSourceIt : Which of The Two Spellings is Right?
• VisuWords: Visual Dictionary and Thesaurus

There are five types of rhymes you can get; end rhymes, beginning rhymes, double rhymes, first syllable rhymes and last syllable rhymes

Additionally if you do not know the meaning of some specific word you can click-through and read it’s meaning on Merriam Webster dictionary.

Features:

• Online rhyming engine.
• Massive database of 93,000 words.
• No registration needed.
• Get end rhymes, beginning rhymes, double rhymes, first syllable rhymes and last syllable rhymes.

Check out Online Rhyming Dictionary @ www.writeexpress.com/online2

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• WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words
• Wordnik: Comprehensive Word Search Tool
• WordAhead: Video Vocabulary Site
• Webopedia: Dictionary Of Internet Terms And Their Meanings
• VocabSushi: The Easy Way To Build Your Vocabulary

SaveTheWords is a website that tries to save all these words from going into oblivion. It is a sleek website where hundreds of rare words displayed in colorful fonts and designs. Clicking on a word brings the meaning of that word along with an example sentence. You can look up those rare words and possibly start using them in your daily conversations.

Features:

• Lookup hundreds of rare words in english language.
• Check the meaning of the word and see it used in a sentence.
• Listen to the pronunciation of the word.
• Adopt a word and promise to use it in your daily conversations.
• Word a Day feature that sends you new words on a daily basis.
• Email words you like to your friends.

Check out SaveTheWords @ www.savethewords.org (Contributed by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)

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• Wordnik: Comprehensive Word Search Tool
• WordAhead: Video Vocabulary Site
• Webopedia: Dictionary Of Internet Terms And Their Meanings
• VocabSushi: The Easy Way To Build Your Vocabulary

You can also check out bad translation examples submitted by users like you and rate them.

For example the translation of phrase “To be or not to be!” gives you following results:

Korean -  “Lives dies!”
Dutch – “To be be or!”
Japanese – “Because of a certain or because it is not! ”
Chinese – “The survival destroys!”
Greek  – “In order to it is or in order to it is not!”
Hungarian – “Be, or not be!”
Turkish – “had straight exist or even if not had straight exist!”

Features:

• Fun translation tool that can show you how bad automated translations can get.
• Words & Phrases translated into and from 28 languages.
• Check out translations made by other users and rate them.
• Check out most popular translations section.

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• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• Mobile Translator : Free Online Dictionary for your Mobile Phone
• Lingro : Translate Words on any Web Page
• WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words
• Wordnik: Comprehensive Word Search Tool

However, it’s still a good idea to understand the difference between confusing English words. The website ConfusingWords lists thousands of words in the English language that seem to confuse others. People don’t seem to know when to use these words, what context the words should be used in, and what the meaning of the word really is. If ever you are confused about how to use a word, ConfusingWords is the first place you should look at.

Search for the word to get its definitions, usage examples, and some additional notes

Features:

• Search through thousands of confusing words in English.
• Get examples on how to correctly use the word.
• See what each word is commonly confused with.
• Search for words you can’t spell by adding a ‘?’ to a search term to represent a single missing letter or add ‘*’ to the search term to indicate a string of missing letters.

Don’t get confused again with ConfusingWords @ www.confusingwords.com

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• Howjsay: Pronunciation Dictionary
• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes
• WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words

The website has a very large name database that was formed with the help of user submissions, interviews, national census data, birth statistics, phone books etc.

It further lets you become a member and contribute to the site by suggesting changes to name descriptions or rating suggestions of others. There is also a Firefox addon that lets you quickly check out names and get phonetic spellings for foreign ones.

Features:

• Get the meaning, history, frequency, origin, popularity and translation for any name.
• Lookup celebrities or famous people with the same name.
• Get ideas for baby names.
• Phonetic spellings provided as well
• Firefox addon and Google gadget available.
• No signup or registration necessary (unless you want to contribute)

Check out NamepediA @ www.namepedia.org

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• UrbanDictionary : Define Your World
• DeadAtYourAge: Find Out Which Famous People Died At Younger Age Then You’re Now
• Ziipa: Web 2.0 Directory
• ZabaSearch: Search People by Name, Address & Phone Number
• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes

If you feel like sharing something you can contribute by submitting a video definition of your own. The site also gives you quick links to see most popular and latest definitions, rate and leave comments.

Features:

• Lookup word meanings as text and videos
• Browse word definitions submitted by usres like you and check out most popular ones.
• Rate and comment on videos (registered users only)
• Upload and submit your own video definition.
• Generate a list of your favorite videos to watch and share them with others later

Check out sample video below:

Check out Wordia @ www.wordia.com

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• WebSourceIt : Which of The Two Spellings is Right?
• VocabSushi: The Easy Way To Build Your Vocabulary
• IdiomSite: Find Out Meanings of Common Sayings

Another cool thing about this site is the real time search feature. As you enter the parameters, it starts showing the search results on the right hand side which includes the possible words along with their meanings. So next time you don’t remember a specific word, try this site out.

Check out Tip of my tongue @ chir.ag [via Lifehacker] ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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• Wordnik: Comprehensive Word Search Tool
• WordAhead: Video Vocabulary Site
• Webopedia: Dictionary Of Internet Terms And Their Meanings

Similarly, it can be used to choose between the right homophones (or homonyms). Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled and defined differently. For instance, using WebSourceIt you can check whether it’s more then or more than.

How does it work?

(1) Enter your words or phrases in to the provided fields and click “Enter”.
(2) WebSourceIt will then count the number of times the terms appear on the web.
(3) The higher the number, the higher chances of it being correct.

Features

• Max phrase length: up to 5 words.
• No sign up or registration needed.

Check out WebSourceIt @ www.websource.it

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• IdiomSite: Find Out Meanings of Common Sayings
• Writer : Distraction-free Internet Typewriter
• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• WordSift: Visualize Text & Related Information

From the Page:

Abbreviations.com is the world’s largest and most comprehensive directory and search engine for acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms on the Internet. Abbreviations.com holds hundreds of thousands of entries organized by a large variety of categories from computing and the Web to governmental, medicine and business and it is expanding daily.

In addition to searching you can put together your own list of abbreviations and acronyms.

Features:

• Lookup what acronyms and abbreviations stand for.
• Create and keep a list of your favorite acronyms.
• Search, browse alphabetically, filter by category i.e. Computing, Governmental, Medical, etc.
• Become an editor and help expand the database by adding new definitions.
• Get an abbreviation search widget for Mac dashboard.
• Custom button for Google Toolbar.
• Add Abbreviations.com search to Firefox search bar and Internet Explorer.
• No sign-up or registration required.
• Other similar website: AcronymFinder.

Check out Abbreviations @ www.abbreviations.com

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• Acronym Finder : Lookup Acronym Definitions
• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes
• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words
• WordSift: Visualize Text & Related Information

Features

• Shows synonyms and verb forms
• Shows tranlations in 7 different languages
• Also shows orthographically similar words along with their meanings.
• Print out pages.

Check out Woxikon @ www.woxikon.com (Contributed by Abhijeet Mukherjee from Jeet Blog )

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• Lingro : Translate Words on any Web Page
• Mobile Translator : Free Online Dictionary for your Mobile Phone
• Howjsay: Pronunciation Dictionary
• Dicts.info: All-In-One Dictionary Resource
• ConfusingWords: Your Guide To Confusing English Words

Features:

• Quickly find rhymes for almost any word.
• Save rhymes on your computer or print them out.
• No registration needed.

Go to Write Rhymes @ www.writerhymes.com

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• WebSourceIt : Which of The Two Spellings is Right?
• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• VisuWords: Visual Dictionary and Thesaurus
• SoundUnwound: Wikipedia for Music
• RhymeZone: Find Rhyming Words & Phrases

From the page:

“If only there were a service that helps with the struggle of rewriting a 146-letter message to fit in a 140 character limit. Well now there is: Thsrs, the thesaurus that only gives you synonyms shorter than the word you’re looking up. “

Features:

• Get shorter synonym terms for any word.
• Thsrs uses Princeton University WordNet Database.

Check out Thsrs @ www.ironicsans.com/thsrs

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Simply enter the term and click on find button. Next Acronym Finder will bring you the list of all available definitions that can be filtered further by type and category.

Features:

• Lookup acronyms, abbreviations and postal codes.
• Search through more than 4 million acronyms and abbreviations.
• Search results : sort alphabetically, sort by rank or filter by category (Information Technology , Military & Government, Science &Medicine, etc.)
• Get quick info on any US and Canadian postal code.
• Contribute by adding new definitions.
• Search plugins: Integrate Acronym Finder search to your browser search or Google toolbar.
• No registration required.

Check out AcronymFinder @ www.acronymfinder.com

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• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• WebSourceIt : Which of The Two Spellings is Right?
• VisuWords: Visual Dictionary and Thesaurus

Currently Lingro can translate to and from following languages:

English to English
English <-> Spanish
English <-> French
English <-> Italian
English <-> German
English <-> Polish
English <-> Swedish
Swedish <-> Polish

The interactive interface enbales user to switch between different languages with a single click. There is also an option to archive and add words to your wordlist.

Please note that Lingro is not a website translation service, but more like a tool to lookup word meanings without leaving the current web page. If you need something that does full website translation then better try Google Translate.

Features:

• Lingro Dictionary – translate words.
• Lingro Web Viewer – lookup ad translate unknown words.
• Lingro File Viewer – upload text files (.txt, .doc, or .pdf) and lookup unknown words.
• Browser bookmarklet for quicker access. Supports Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Internet Explorer.
• Keep track of translated words in your wordlist (sign-up required).
• Improve your vocabulary with Lingro word games.

Check out Lingro @ www.lingro.com

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• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• Phrases: Search for Idiom Phrases & Get Meanings
• Mobile Translator : Free Online Dictionary for your Mobile Phone
• IdiomSite: Find Out Meanings of Common Sayings
• Howjsay: Pronunciation Dictionary

Go to http://m.mikebrittain.com on you mobile browser, select the languages you want to translate from and to and then type in the word or phrase and click “GO”. Almost instantly you will be presented with the translation.

Features:

• Quickly translate words and phrases directly from your mobile phone.
• Works from any web enabled mobile phone (incl. iPhone) and browsers.
• Languages: English, Russian, French, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Dutch, German, Spanish, Italian and Chinese.
• No sign up or installation required.

Mobile Translator is web-based software and in order to use it from your device you need to have a data plan. If you don’t have a data plan but desperately need a mobile translation application than try Trippo. This small translation application claims to work on Nokia, SonyEricsson, Motorola, Samsung, LG … phones.

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“We aim to make everyone’s search for definition fast as possible yet it provide complete informations of the word by combining the Ajax technology with Wordnet 3.0. We also aim for an ease of word searching by using our desktop and browser tools. We have a toolbar plugin for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape and Mozilla.”

Features

• Direct live-search for the word
• Highlight the word and Right Click feature.
• Additional tools : browser plugins (Firefox, Internet Explorer) and bookmarklet.

There is also a search plugin (Opensearch) for Internet Explorer 7.0 and Firefox 2.0+ for people who prefer to have an instant Word Search option in their browsers without installing anything. For browsers that are not supported by Opensearch plugin there is a bookmarklet. The bookmarklet is an applet that sits in the browser’s link bar and lets you lookup word definitions by simply highlighting the word and clicking the bookmarklet.

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• Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary

Features

• Playback term pronunciations, find object images, and view related words, diagrams and images
• Browse Dictionary by subject: Astronomy, Earth, Gardening, Animals, Humans, Food, House, Clothing, Arts & architecture, Communications, Machinery, Energy, Science, Society, and Sports.
• Over 20,000 terms with contextual definitions and about 6,000 full-color images.

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• Mouse over the search results to hear them pronounced.
• Each word is individually pre-recorded and no form of synthetic speech is used.
• Offers both American and British versions.
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- Search for word definitions and its synonyms.
- English words only.
- Quick and simple to use.

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Feature Overview

• Visualize word definitions and derivations in an interactive colorful dashboard.
• See how it’s connected to other words (sinonym, antonym, derivation, etc.).
• Use mouse wheel to zoom in and out.
• Hover the mouse cursor over word node to view its meaning.
• Double-click nodes to expand them even further.

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LingoZ Features

• Search through over 4.5 million of user-contributed definitions (in 8 languages).
• Browse definitions by categories (Science, sports, finance, health, computers, etc.)
• Browse definitions by glossary: collections of definitions, all referring to a common concept (Figure skating, Cancer, Roller Coaster, etc).
• Ask community of experts to define the term for you.
• Contribute by adding new terms (or new definitions to existing term).
• Vote and comment on definitions.
• Edit your previously contributed terms and definitions.
• Become a community expert by gaining points.

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• Translate partial text OR browse and translate complete webpages (eg. translate MakeUseOf.com to German).
• Translated search: search among different language websites (Arabic, Chinese, etc.) and translate search results to English (or other).
• Standard dictionary service.
• Translate English to/from: Arabic, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese.
• Browser bookmarklets: One-click translate for the complete webpage or piece of text on any website.

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“Urban Dictionary is a slang dictionary with your definitions. Define your world.”

Some Urban Words:

rock start parking: Parking directly outside the door of a bar, club or restaurant.
breaking the seal: When drinking, the first time you urinate, after which you have to go every 10 min.
january joiner: Joining the gym in January, over it by February.

Some UD Features

• Search for words, browse words by alphabet, or by latest additions.
• Word of the day (http://www.urbandictionary.com/daily.php).
• Vote on word definitions to make the better ones appear higher.
• Define words with text, images or even sounds.
• RSS Subscribe options: for ‘newest words’ or ‘word of the day’.
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