99 Resources for Online Marketers

The online dictionary is the greatest tool or device since the electric screwdriver or the sulphur match or the application of novacaine or… well, you get the idea.

With the accompaniment or support of constantly improving, ever-evolving technology, the online dictionary lends greater facility to looking up the spelling of a word you don’t know how to spell, looking up a related term when you don’t know the actual term but need to be led to the cross-reference (by way of intuitive software/technology), looking up a specific word or phrase that belongs to a select nomenclature or jargon.

The dictionary or glossary that is specialized offers the browser hours of fascinating material. The language dictionary provides imperative translation for communicating in this our now global village. The online dictionary, thanks to creative, instructive, and progressive thinkers, can be fun, as well.

Here are some of the most useful, educational, engaging, and entertaining dictionaries on the net:

STANDARD/GENERAL DICTIONARIES

Macmillan English Dictionary (MED)

Merriam-Webster (Includes fun word-empowerment games…)

Dictionary.com

INTERACTIVE/EDUCATIONAL DICTIONARIES (and for word lovers/logophiles)

Dictionary of Difficult Words

Online Etymology Dictionary

Onelook Reverse Dictionary (Describe concept, get word)

English Vocabulary Word Directory (Latin, Greek, Hebrew prefixes/suffixes by thematic units)

LANGUAGE/TRANSLATION DICTIONARIES

ARTFL Project: French-English Dictionary Form

Dictionary of Spanish

English-Tagalog Dictionary

Hindi Electronic Dictionary

Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid

The New English-German Dictionary

SPECIALTY DICTIONARIES

Antique Collectors Dictionary

Architecture Glossary (at about.com)

Biographical Dictionary (limited, but interesting.)

Free Online Rhyming Dictionary

Nolo: Legal Glossary

Online Medical Dictionary (Huge database)

Online Etymology Dictionary

Online Symbolism Dictionary

Webopedia: Online Computer Dictionary (Computer and Internet Technology)

COMPREHENSIVE DICTIONARIES (DICTIONARIES of DICTIONARIES)

Answers.com (dictionary, encyclopedia, and more)

Blue Rider (Dictionary, Thesaurus, and More. Includes links for History of the English Language)

Hyperdictionary (English, computer, dream, medical dictionaries, and thesaurus.)

MSN Encarta (Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Atlas, Thesaurus)

One Look Dictionary Search (Translations, definitions, dictionaries)

DICTIONARIES by SUBSCRIPTION ONLY

Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
(Every word, variant ever uttered; history/etymology; and literary and historical examples. The best dictionary ever, but you gotta pay - except for the word of the day offering.)

AND THE DICTIONARY OF ALL DICTIONARIES:

RefDesk.com

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