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Searching for Words
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Understanding Abbreviations
Some words in this dictionary are
followed by an abbreviation. Abbre-
viations generally stand for a word’s
gender or nation of origin. Here are
some of the abbreviations used in
this dictionary followed by their
meaning: {
m} masculine,
{
f} feminine, {n} neuter, {pl} plural,
[
B] Belgium, [NL] Netherlands,
[
F] France, [L] Luxemburg, [BR]
Great Britain, [
AM] United States,
[
D] Germany; [Ö] Austria, and
[
CH] Switzerland.
For some entries, a subject area is
shown at the bottom.
Searching for Words
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Choosing Multiple Forms
Some words in this dictionary have
more than one form (e.g.,
board,
Board). When the word you are
searching for has multiple forms, the
different forms appear in a list. Simply
highlight the form you want and press
ENTER to see all the entries for that
word, or press a colour key to see an
entry in one target language.
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Typing Special Characters
You can type accents, capital let-
ters, and numbers in your search
words, but they are not needed to
find matches.
To type an accent, first type the letter
to be accented. Then press
or
until the desired accent appears.
To type capitals, hold CAP and
press a letter key.
4. Press ENTER.
5. Hold
✩
and press DN to see
the next entry that is indexed
by your search word(s).
Hold
✩
and press UP to see previ-
ous entries.
6. To see a dictionary entry in
only one language, press a
colour key other than the
source language.
7. Press CLEAR when finished.
