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will appear in a new window, so press the back button on your browser
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Just to get you into "word-mode",
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& context examples.
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Cambridge
Dictionary
Based
on the Cambridge International Corpus, the definitions are
mostly taken from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
or the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary. The definitions also
give you the option of seeing the word in phonetics to help
with pronunciation. You can buy the range of Cambridge Dictionaries
from ELB.
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Hyperdictionary
An
online dictionary resource from Hyperdictionary.com
. Entering a word in the box opposite will search
the online English dictionary and bring you a definition in
a pop-up window. Visit http://www.hyperdictionary.com
to use their online medical, technical and computing dictionaries
as well as the online thesaurus.
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Technical Dictionary
A
specialised dictionary of Technical English covering computer,
Internet and telecommunications terms, acronyms, emoticons
or smilies, chat abbreviations, filename extensions, HTML
tags, and domain suffixes.
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Computing Dictionary
A
useful online dictionary and search engine for computer and
Internet technology definitions. Regularly updated and with
'term of the day' and 'new terms' features. The definition
provided will also give a list of related terms with links
to explore further. There is also a pronunciation guide.
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Medical Dictionary Comprehensive
medical resource with definitions providing extensive links
and avenues for further research. When you input a word, a
new window will open - scroll past the sponsored links to
get to the definitions and related explanations.
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