To view results in the form of a Timeline, click Timeline. The standard number of results is 20 per page, but you can alter this (up to a maximum of 100) by clicking one of the Items per page options. You can also choose to order them by date of first use. Results are listed in alphabetical order (by headword).

typing g moves the list to the first matching entry beginning with g. To move quickly to a point in the results list, type the letter you want into this input box and click.

Jump to alphabetical point in the results list To move to the next or previous page in the Results list, click Next » or « Previous. To return to the results list, click Back to Results. To view the next entry in the list, click Next ». Click on any of the headwords in the list to open its entry. If there are no matching results, you are offered a list of closest matches alphabetically.Įach of the results consists of a headword and an excerpt from the first definition of the entry or subentry.Click on any of the headwords to open the entry. If there is more than one result, a Results list is displayed.If there is one result for your search, the entry opens automatically.quotation text) and/or to search for words that occur near one another. An Advanced search allows you to search a particular type of dictionary text (e.g. To search the entire dictionary text for a term, use an Advanced search. In any search you can type your search term in any combination of upper and lower case letters.Ī Quick search looks for main entries, compounds, and variant spellings only. How to search for accented characters and hyphenated terms. Wildcards are useful if you want to search for several terms with the same stem or if you don't know exactly how your term is spelled. You can make your search more complex by using the wildcards * and ?. Use the list to move to the entries you want to see. If there is more than one match to a search, these are shown in the results list. You can use wildcards in your search term if you wish.See also Accents, hyphens, and special characters. In a Quick search, it is not necessary to type punctuation or worry about capital letters or hyphens.If you do not find the word you are looking for, go to ‘widen search’, or try an Advanced search, as your word may be found in an etymology or quotation.If you do not know how to spell a word, you can use a wildcard in your search. The quick search will not recognize a misspelling. A quick search will find your term if it is a main entry, subentry, or variant spelling.

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