First sunny day in Luxembourg and I’m finally back!! After the long hibernation due to the evergrey days here, I awoke this morning and stumbled upon (thanks to @Georg_Grey on Twitter!) this wonderful brave new web dictionary and not only.
WordWeb can look up words in virtually any program with just one click: just hold down the Ctrl key and click on the word. If you are online, with one extra click you can also search web references. The hotkey can be customized, or you can use a keyboard shortcut if you prefer.
If you are editing a document you can select a synonym and replace the look-up word. WordWeb has the option to highlight widely used synonyms, great for helping you write clear easy-to-understand English.
You can add your own technical glossaries (or list of company acronyms, etc) using the option on the "Glossaries" menu.
You can also get optional third-party dictionaries, including the Oxford and Chambers dictionaries, shown on separate tabs like the web references.
You can add a new word (or set of words) with definition. You can also import and export to common spreadsheet-format files.
You can finally toss out that dog-eared dictionary and worn-out thesaurus, and use this amazingly helpful tool!!
