Online dictionaries have several benefits over print dictionaries including being able to perform complex searches, provide cross-references between definitions, include pictures, video and audio pronunciations, and unlimited size and information. They can integrate multiple reference works into a single search and be continuously edited and updated. Many online dictionaries are also freely available.

1. ONLINE DICTIONARIES
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2. ONLINE DICTIONARIES AND THEIR BENEFITS
 Easy to Search
Not depend on alphabetical organization
• Can perform complex searches
• Provide hyperlinked cross-references
• Definitions may be accessed from thematically organised list
of headwords

3. ONLINE DICTIONARIES
spoken headwords • students can hear the pronunciation
Pictures & Video • Unlimited number of pictures to illustrate
artefacts and distinguish features • Scripted video clips to
illustrate actions and concepts
Unlimited Size No limit to: • number of headwords • length of
each definition • number of examples

4. ONLINE DICTIONARIES
1. More information • increasing amount of grammatical
information • information about word behaviour in
context • usage notes, comments on pragmatic function,
warnings of register restrictions, and examples taken
from corpora of authentic texts
Understandable • Clicking on any word in a definition
produces a definition for that word

5. ONLINE DICTIONARIES
Integration An online reference can combine: • Monolingual
dictionary • Bilingual dictionary • Thesaurus • Encyclopaedia •
Subject dictionaries • Other reference works
Customisation • All these works can be accessed through a single
query, with the output tailored according to user options. •
Dictionaries can be continuously edited and updated.
Availability You have access to an enormous variety of different
kinds of dictionaries… …and they’re nearly all free.

6. DICTIONARY
A dictionary is a book of words listed alphabetically. The words listed in a
dictionary are called entries and are printed in dark black print.
For each entry or word the dictionary gives you the spelling, meaning,
pronunciation, and how the word is used in a sentence. Sometimes the
dictionary will have pictures to help describe unfamiliar words.

7. THREE PARTS OF DICTIONARY. A
BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND
 Beginning of dictionary is letters A – H
Middle of dictionary is letters G – L
End of dictionary is letters M - Z

8. GUIDE WORDS
Guide words are found at the top of each page in a dictionary. These words are
helpful because they tell you the first and last entry words on a page. The guide
word on the left is the first entry word on the page and the guide word on the right
is the last entry word on the page. They help you find the words you are looking
for.

9. ONLINE DICTIONARIES
Merriam-Webster OnLinePronunciation Dictionary with Audio
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishOnline
Cambridge Dictionaries OnlineCambridge Advanced Learner´sDictionary
Dictionary.com
The Free Dictionary
Acronym Finder
The New Dictionary of CulturalLiteracy

10. ONLINE DICTIONARY
www.x-word.com “Create fun vocabulary puzzles
automatically from a list of words. Many theme
lists are supplied, or make your own. Write some
clues, print out (or put on the web!) and you have
the perfect teaching aid.”