online dictionary

2. Presented By
Anaswara.A.J
Natural Science

3. ONLINE DICTIONARY
A Dictionary is a reference source in print
or electronic form containing words usually
alphabetically arranged along with information about
their forms, functions, pronunciation, etymologies,
meanings & syntactical & idiomatic uses.
An online Dictionary is a Dictionary that
accessible via the Internet through a web browser.
They can be made available in a number of ways:
free, free with a paid subscription for extended or
more professional content, or a paid only service.

4. Some online Dictionaries are organized as lists of
words, similar to a glossary, while others offer
search features, reverse lookups, and additional
language tools and contents such as verb
conjugations, grammar references, and discussion
forums.
Eg:
 American Heritage Dictionary
 Collins Online Dictionary
 Oxford Online Dictionary
 Cambridge Online Dictionary
 Macmillan English Dictionary

5.  To look up the meaning of an English word we see of
hear.
 To find the English translation of a word in our language.
 Check the spelling of a word.
 To check the plural of noun or past tense of a verb.
 To find out other grammatical information about a word.
USES OF ONLINE DICTIONARY

6. To find the synonym or antonym of a word.
To look up the collocations of a word.
To check the part of speech of a word.
To find out how to say a word.
To find out about the register of a word.
To find examples of the use of a word in
natural language.

7. There are 38 different types of online Dictionaries.
Some of them are,
 Accounting, business studies and economics Dictionary
 ArtLex Art Dictionary
 Biographical Dictionary
 Computer Dictionary
 Dream Dictionary
 High Tech Dictionary
 Idiom Dictionary
 Internet picture Dictionary
 Music Dictionary
 Maths Dictionary
 Medical Dictionary
TYPES OF ONLINE DICTIONARY

8. It promptly reduce the restrictions of printed
reference resources.
Words and their meanings are dynamic.
Online dictionaries are auto – up dated ; in
actual fact here is the primary benefit of on the
web dictionaries above printed kinds.
ADVANTAGES OF ONLINE
DICTIONARY.

9.  It is up - to –date quickly.
 Every new phrase or terminology might be extra
during the data base of on the net dictionary.
 Online dictionary can translate an English word
into Italian and vice versa.
 No much more spelling look at time, no want of
any systems for grammar checking, no much more
throwing away time in looking for the right phrase
as well as the right indicating.

10. It instantly eliminate the limitations of printed
reference material.
Accessing an online dictionary by typing in a
word is much faster than thumbing through
the pages in the print edition.
Online dictionary could be updated any time
and the users would get immediate change.

11. It allows users to interact with the information
like clicking on the link to read more definition
or click on the tab to read its synonyms and
antonyms.
It uses procedural medium to response to its
users.

12.  One of the drawback of online dictionaries,
however, is the dependability of the source.
 Due to non-linear, multi sequential design, online
dictionary is standardized based on word input.
 In online dictionary the users may experience
slowness and unreliability if the connection is
weak.