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The way I thought you used a dictionary was that you looked up words you’ve never heard of, or whose sense you’re unsure of. You would never look up an ordinary word — like example, or sport, or magic — because all you’ll learn is what it means, and that you already know. Indeed, if you look up those particular words in the dictionary that comes with your computer — on my Mac, it’s the New Oxford American Dictionary, 3rd Edition — you’ll be rewarded with… well, there won’t be any reward. The entries are pedestrian: example /igˈzampəl/, n. a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule. sport /spôrt/, n. an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. magic /ˈmajik/, n. the power of apparently influencing the course of events by using mysterious or supernatural forces. Here, words are boiled to their essence. But that essence is dry, functional, almost bureaucratically sapped of col

You&#8217;re probably using the wrong dictionary << the jsomers.net blog the jsomers.net blog. About Subscribe Read More Contact me You&#8217;re probably using the wrong dictionary by James Somers , May 18, 2014 The way I thought you used a dictionary was that you looked up words you've never heard of, or whose sense you're unsure of. You would never look up an ordinary word -- like example , or sport , or magic -- because all you'll learn is what it means, and that you already know. Indeed, if you look up those particular words in the dictionary that comes with your computer -- on my Mac, it'

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