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ALC/Eijirohttp://www.alc.co.jp/This is based on the Eijiro dictionary (http://www.stippy.com/japan-language/the-story-behind-eijiro-the-most-popular-japanese-english-dictionary-on-the-net/), so it is a translation-based dictionary.Since Eijiro was purchased by ALC, it has been used to draw pageviews; students may not, on first glance, get to the meat of the dictionary.Yes
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2021.09.08Dictionary.comhttps://www.dictionary.com/"Dictionary.com is the world's leading online source for definitions, word origins, and a whole lot more. From Word of the Day to the stories behind today's slang, Dictionary.com unlocks the secrets of the English language ..." (Browse Dictionary.com, ¶1).sort ofCross-links to contact interface for tutors for English, math, and test prep.
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Excite English–Japanese dictionaryhttp://www.excite.co.jp/dictionary/Excite provides grammatical information, and examples specific to the grammatical structure accessible with a click.Some infelicities in examplesYesThe related Excite Translator auto-detects languages and generates rough translations (E-J or J-E) for short passages.http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english_japanese/
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2015.04.18Forvohttp://www.forvo.com/"Forvo is the largest pronunciation guide in the world" (Home, sidebar, What is Forvo? ¶1, 2015.04.18). It is a colloborative endeavour collecting millions of words and pronunciations in hundreds of different langauges.NoForvo Media S.L. collects donations via PayPal.
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2011.11.14Free Online Dictionaryhttp://www.thefreedictionary.comProvides pronunciations, both audio and script; includes references to archive of periodicals; has an apparently budding translation function (English to Spanish, 2011.11.14)Yes
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Free Online Dictionary: Acronyms and Abbreviationshttp://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/Listings provide numerous possible interpretations to choose from.It may be difficult to decide which interpretations fit original contexts.YesAds precede listings in definitions.
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Goohttp://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/Has a 'search all dictionaries', which lets you quickly move to either a Wa-Ei dictionary or an Ei-Wa dictionary. Also provides example sentencesYes
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Googlehttp://www.google.com/type in "define" (without quotation marks) followed by the word to get a English definition, 和英 and a Japanese kanji to get an English translation, or 英和 and an English word to get a Japanese translation. Uses the ALC/Eijiro for the first entrygives you the google search for various dictionaries rather than a dictionary style formatYes
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HowJSayhttp://www.howjsay.com/ A free online Talking Dictionary of English Pronunciation Localized ads and links dwarf the tool itself.YesInappropriate ads for young learners
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Internet Slang words - Internet Dictionary - InternetSlang.comhttp://www.internetslang.com/"On this site you will find a list of slang terms, acronyms and abbreviations as used in websites, on Twitter, ICQ chat rooms, blogs, SMS, and Internet forums - a complete dictionary of slang" (Internet Slang Words and Computer Slang, ¶1).YesAdded 2013.05.02
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2015.04.18Lingueehttp://www.linguee.com/english-japanese"Linguee is a unique translation tool combining an editorial dictionary and a search engine with which you can search billions of bilingual texts for words and expressions. / The Linguee search results are divided into several sections. In the top section you are shown results from our reliable editorial dictionary. ... This provides you with a quick overview of various translations of your search term. Below you are shown example sentences from other sources to give you an idea of how your search term has been translated in context. / Compared to traditional online dictionaries, Linguee contains about 1,000 times more translated texts, which are displayed in full sentences. Linguee shows translations for expressions such as 'strong evidence,' 'strong relationship,' or 'strong opinion,' and even for rare expressions or specific technical terms." (About Linguee, What is Linguee? ¶¶1-3, 2015.04.18).Yes
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2018.11.27Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Onlinehttp://www.ldoceonline.com/Widgets for Firefox and Google pagesSays it accepts phrases, but only a very limited setYes
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2011.01.28OneLook Dictionary Searchhttp://www.onelook.com/"... [A] powerful [customizable] toolkit allowing wildcard searches and including a reverse dictionary...[,] OneLook contains '19,044,271 words in 1062 dictionaries indexed' (home page, bottom line, 2011.01.28). It sub-divides long lists of hits into [various] categories: general, art, business, computing, medicine, miscellaneous, religion, science, slang, sports, tech, and phrases" (Paul Beaufait, My LIbrary, Diigo, 27 Jan 11). Yes, but you can turn off banner adds by customizing OneLook.
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2012.09.28OneLook Reverse Dictionaryhttp://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml"OneLook's reverse dictionary lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept. Your description can be a few words, a sentence, a question, or even just a single word." (How do I use OneLook's reverse dictionary feature? 2012.09.28)Yes, but you can turn off banner adds by customizing OneLook.
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2012.11.01Online Etymological Dictionaryhttp://www.etymonline.com/Rather than provide definitions, this resource explains "what our [English] words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago" (deck, ¶1, 2012.11.01). For those purposes, Douglas Harper compiles information from a wide range of principal and other sources (http://www.etymonline.com/sources.php).NoDonations may help keep this resource "free and open" (Donate, 2012.11.01).
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2013.04.03Online Slang Dictionary, Thehttp://onlineslangdictionary.com/"Started in 1996, The Online Slang Dictionary is the eldest slang dictionary on the web... [with] more than 24,000 real definitions for over 16,000 slang words and phrases" (About The Online Slang Dictionary, ¶1). Presents Word of the Day and lists newly defined word at head of home page. Used to have citations as evidence of actual use, but blacked them out because they adversely affected Google listings (http://onlineslangdictionary.com/pages/google-panda-penalty/)YesAdded 2013.04.03
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2015.04.18ozdic.com: English Collocations Dictionary onlinehttp://www.ozdic.com/This is "a completely new type of dictionary that will help English le[a]rners write and speak natural-sounding English. Collocations - common word combinations such as 'bright idea' or 'talk freely' - are the essential building blocks of natural-sounding English. The dictionary contains over 150,000 collocations for nearly 9,000 headwords. The dictionary shows all the words that are commonly used in combination with each headword: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions as well as common phrases. The dictionary is based on the 100 million word British National Corpus. Internet searches were made to ensure the most up-to-date usage for fast changing areas of language such as computing." (Universiteits Bibliotheek Gent, Reference details, 2015.04.18, http://lib.ugent.be/catalog/dbs01:002047562)Virtually no info. on home pageNoA donation button appears in the top bar when you enter a search term, and leads to a page calling for support from users (2015.04.18).
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2015.04.18PhoTransEdit (English Phonetic Transcription) Text to Phoneticshttp://www.photransedit.com/Online/Text2Phonetics.aspx"Text2Phonetics is a PhoTransEdit Online application that transcribes small English texts into broad phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" (Text2Phonetics, ¶1, 2015.04.18). Options include British (Received Pronunciation) or U.S. (General American) transcriptions.Online input is limited to 300 characters. The free downloadable desktop version is for Windows only (2015.04.18).Yes
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2015.04.18phraseup*http://www.phraseup.com/en"phraseup* assists you with writing by finding and filling-in the words you can't remember" (Home, 2015.04.18). For example, for "press into ...," the first suggestion confirmed the collocation I was looking for. "Each suggestion is accompanied by definitions, synonyms and translations to other languages" (About, 2015.04.18).sort ofThe FAQ (http://www.phraseup.com/en/pages/faq) characterizes users and uses of the site. Shared to Facebook (PIGATE) & Google+
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2021.09.08Thesaurus.comhttps://www.thesaurus.com/"Thesaurus.com is the world’s largest and most trusted free online thesaurus brought to you by Dictionary.com" (Browse Thesaurus.com, ¶1). Homepage features synonyms for over-used words.Not really
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2013.04.03Webliohttp://ejje.weblio.jp/Can hide and reveal definitions. Also provides pronunciation and has phrases such as 'drop in the bucket' and 'a dime a dozen"YesSite provides estimates for "smart" translation services (スマート翻訳) at casual, standard, and premium levels of quality. J. to E. was ¥5, 10, or 15 per character, respectively (2013.04.03).
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WordNet Search - 3.0http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn"Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms (synsets), each expressing a distinct concept. Synsets are interlinked by means of conceptual-semantic and lexical relations. The resulting network of meaningfully related words and concepts can be navigated with the browser." (About WordNet, ¶1, http://wordnet.princeton.edu/)NoVideo introducting WordNet (see: External resources, right)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VEzPbh3qBE
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Wordnikhttp://www.wordnik.comWordnik auto-completes words as you type, includes rich contextual examples (from literature), and concatenates listings from various sources, for example: ?Much better with nouns as it is illustrated with pics drawn from FlickrNoSidebar features an invitiation to adopt words for 50 USD per year.https://www.wordnik.com/adoptaword/
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WordReference.com 英和辞書http://www.wordreference.com/enja/word completionYes
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Yahoohttp://dic.yahoo.co.jp/fastYes
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英和・英英・類義語辞典(シソーラス)・反対語辞典一括検索http://withja.com/english/dictionary/index.jspYes
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