10 Ways To Look Up Dictionary Definitions On a Mac

Your Mac has a built-in dictionary that you can access in many ways. You can also get definitions from other sources.

Comments: 4 Responses to “10 Ways To Look Up Dictionary Definitions On a Mac”

    Andreas
    11 months ago

    Hi Gary, very interesting , many thanks. Is there a way to add more dictionaries to the menu , for instance a spainish thesaurus ?

    Cheers Andreas

    11 months ago

    Andreas: In the Dictionary app go to Dictionary, Preferences. You can see what is available there. You can add third-party ones, but they are difficult to find in the right format.

    Darren
    11 months ago

    Fantastic tips as always. Ventura has ruined my old habit of using Spotlight to look up a word in the thesaurus with quick Command-D. Now, as you point out, that shows the definition inline. But most often I want the thesaurus entry instead. The Shortcuts advice is useful but still not quite as efficient. Would love to discover a keyboard command that opens the selected word from Spotlight results directly in the dictionary app.

    11 months ago

    Darren: I know what you mean. Maybe just go right to the Dictionary app? Put it in the Dock or create a Shortcut to launch it?

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