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Instant Dictionary in Safari: Control-Command-D

November 27th, 2006 - Mac OS X, Tips & Tricks

Here’s a very useful key combination that I had long forgotten about. If you’re in Safari (and many other OS X apps), hit control-command-D while you hover over a word, a dictionary will pop up with that words definition! Very useful if you’re reading something and want to clarify the meaning of a word, spell checking, and whatever else you might need a dictionary for. Students and educators in particular should find this extra useful.

If you’d prefer to see the Thesaurus pop up instead, simply go into Dictionary.app’s preferences and switch the Thesaurus to be on top of Dictionary, like the picture shows.

Thanks TUAW for reminding us this exists!

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Comments: 2

Comment from anonymous
Time: November 28, 2006, 5:31 pm

Wow! That is helpful, even better than my beloved dictionary widget :)

Comment from Tedward
Time: February 19, 2007, 11:56 pm

If you ctrl click on a word in a text entry box, then go to the Spelling selection on the menu, you can actually have the Aqua dictionary check the spelling as you type and underline misspelled words.

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November 27th, 2006