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FULL TEXT SEARCH:Type a word or phraseinto the box to find itin the full text of theDictionary, or in aselected area from the

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MORE OPTIONS:Search for two wordsor phrases occurringnear each other.

SIMPLE SEARCH:

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LIST BY ENTRY:See the currententry within analphabetical listing.

LIST BY DATE:See the currententry within achronological listing,and find out whichother words enteredthe language in thesame year.

ADVANCED SEARCH:Opens the AdvancedSearch page.

ENTRY MAP:Displays the mainnumbered senses ofthe entry to aidnavigation.

SPECIAL CHARACTERS, HYPHENS, AND CASE:Accents are ignored cafefinds caf

thmatches Old English andghmatches Middle EnglishHyphens are treated as spacesSearching is not case-sensitive

SEARCH TIPSWILDCARDS:? represents a single occurrence of any character

p?t, finds pat, pet, pitetc.* represents the occurrence of any number of

characters (including zero)p*t, finds pat, paint, pragmatist, etc.

FIND WORD:To look up a word or

phrase, simply typeinto the box, hitreturn or click themagnifying glass.You can usewildcards in allsearches.

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BOOLEAN SEARCHING:Combine search terms using the Booleanoperators AND, OR, AND NOT, NEAR, and NOTNEAR. Retrieve either whole entries or individualquotations containing the search terms. Click the

Entriesor the Quotationstab to activate theselection.

Search for terms in different search areas withinthe same entry or quotation using the drop-downlists.

SEARCH SPECIFIC EDITIONS: Search either thenew or the earlier Second Edition.

SIMPLE SEARCH:Opens the SimpleSearch page.

RESTRICT SEARCH:Narrow down theresults of a search byrestricting asubsequent search tothose results. Previoussearches are listedbelow the AdvancedSearch form.

PART OF SPEECHFILTER:Check one or moreboxes to return onlyentries with theselected parts ofspeech.

CASE-SENSITIVESEARCHING:Make a search case-sensitive by checkingthis box before startingthe search.

EXACT CHARACTERSEARCHING:Accents are ignoredunless this box is

checked. Enter thename of a specialcharacter betweenhash marks caf#eacu#finds caf.

ORDER OFOPERATIONS:Choose the order inwhich the operationsare to be performedwhen two Booleanoperators are usedbetween three searchterms (birdORmammal) ANDaustralia is not thesame as birdOR

(mammalANDaustralia).

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CHARACTER CLASSES

s[pt]eakfinds speakand steak

s[^p]eakfinds sleak, sneak, steak, etc., but not speak

walk{s,er,ing} finds walks, walker, and walking

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