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How to use the LONGMAN DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH ONLINE

LDOCE ONLINE allows you to use the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Updated Edition to look up virtually ANY word on the Internet. The online version of the dictionary contains over 207,000 words, phrases, and meanings including 7,000 references to people, places, events and organizations, such as Madonna, Milwaukee, and Manchester United. You get an instant response!

And it is so easy to use

STEP 1 - Just type your word into the search box (circled in red below) and click OK.

STEP 2 - That's it! The definition will appear in the window. Use the arrow keys to go to the next or previous alphabetical entry in the dictionary. To look at the dictionary entry you looked at just before this one, click the backspace key on your keyboard.

Here is a pronunciation chart to help you read the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) symbols in the entries:

   

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