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related terms in the detailed view.
Looking up a word (Filter search)
Find a set of related words by inputting the spelling of a given word.
<Example>
Find a set of relative words for ‘make’.
1. Press
t
to open the
Oxford
American Thesaurus of Current
English
.
The spelling input screen of the
Thesaurus appears.
2. Input ‘make’.
As you type, options are narrowed. If
the desired word is found, then you do
not need to type any more letters.
•Part of speech should be found on
the right side of each headword.
3. While ‘
’ appears on the left of ‘make’,
press
e
. The detailed view of
the word ‘make’ appears.
•To browse contents on the next/
previous page, press
} {
or
>
<
. You may also find the Quick
view function useful.
Using the
Oxford American
Thesaurus of Current English
•To search a word in the detailed view, use the Super jump function.
• Press
f
to return to the previous screen.
• Press
^ l
to list the headwords in the
Oxford American Thesaurus of
Current English
.
•To search a different word, simply begin inputting a new word, or press
b
or
t
to go to the input screen of the
Oxford American Thesaurus of
Current English
.
If there is no match found
The same message appears as for the
New Oxford American Dictionary
. See page
14 for details.
Note about entering characters
While entering characters, exclude characters such as spaces, hyphens,
apostrophes, slashes, and periods. See page 12 for details.
Note:
• Up to 24 characters can be entered in the input field. When searching words
containing 25 characters or more, narrow down the search to select the words
from the list manually.
Browsing Notes
When the icons appear in the detailed view, a note can be selected and
browsed. For details, refer to pages 10-11.
Note:
•
A headword with a Note is marked with an asterisk ( ).
• In many cases, the icon only appears at the bottom of an entry, but
contains important information about usage of the headword as a whole. If
unsure about usage, scroll down to the bottom of the entry to access any
relevant notes.
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