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An online dictionary is a dictionary which is 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. 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 content such as verb conjugations, grammar references, and discussion forums. For a more complete list of 42 online dictionaries see the Category: Online dictionaries below.

Selected online English dictionaries using established content

• AskOxford Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English
• Cambridge Dictionaries Online Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
• Dictionary.com Dictionary.com Unabridged v. 1.1 and American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Ed.
• Google Google Dictionary
• Longman Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
• Merriam-Webster OnLine Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• MSN Encarta Encarta World English Dictionary
• Oxford University Press Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
• Wiktionary A collaborative project run by the Wikimedia Foundation + List of online dictionaries

Other Examples

• Academic Dictionary of Lithuanian
• Dictionary of the Scots Language
• Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
• LEO (website) Free multilingual collaborative dictionary for German.
• Lithuanian dictionaries
• Logos Dictionary Free online with additional premium content.
• Online Etymology Dictionary
• Private Sözlük Turkish collaborative dictionary
• Pseudodictionary Dictionary of user submitted made-up words (humour).
• Reference.com Word and language tool portal.
• Susning.nu Free Swedish online dictionary
• Ultralingua Free and premium multilingual dictionary.
• Urban Dictionary Dictionary of slang.
• WWWJDIC Japanese-English
• Ekşi Sözlük Turkish collaborative dictionary
• Wordweb Free and premium online English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows.

See also

• Bilingual dictionary
• Electronic dictionary
• Encyclopedic dictionary
• List of online encyclopedias
• Medical dictionary
• Picture dictionary
• Rhyming dictionary
• Thesaurus
• Translation dictionary
• Visual dictionary

External links

• Elvovio Elovivo. A multilingual user generated dictionary (beta)
• Interglot
• Wiktionary A collaborative project run by the Wikimedia Foundation + List of online dictionaries
• Urban Dictionary A user collaborated urban slang word dictionary
• Adult Glossary A user collaborated "adult" slang word dictionary
• Irish Dictionary A collaborative dictionary of the Irish language
• Idioms Dictionary A collaborative dictionary of idioms
• Picture That Dictionary Dictionary to help people with dyslexia, poor readers, and people learning English as a second language