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gnome-dictionary(1)					   gnome-dictionary(1)

NAME
       gnome-dictionary - Look up words on dictionaries

SYNOPSIS
       gnome-dictionary
       gnome-dictionary [options]

       or  select  Dictionary from the Accessories submenu of the Applications
       menu.

DESCRIPTION
       GNOME Dictionary provides dictionary definitions of words, using a dic‐
       tionary source.

       For full documentation see the GNOME Dictionary online help.

OPTIONS
       --look-up word
	      Looks  up	 the  specified	 word using the pre-defined dictionary
	      source.

       --match word
	      Matches one or  more  words  using  the  pre-defined  dictionary
	      source.

       -s source or --source source
	      Uses  the	 specified source for looking up words.	 This does not
	      affect the global settings.

       -D database or --database database
	      Use the specified database for looking up words. This  does  not
	      affect the global settings.

       -S strategy or --strategy strategy
	      Use  the	specified strategy for looking up words. This does not
	      affect the global settings.

       --help Display help information.

CONFIGURATION
       All the configuration is handled using GConf.

AUTHOR
       GNOME Dictionary was originally written by Spiros Papadimitriou	(<spa‐
       padim+@cs.cmu.edu>), Mike Hughes (<mfh@psilord.com>) and Bradford Hovi‐
       nen (<hovinen@udel.edu>).

       Emmanuele Bassi (<ebassi@gmail.com>) rewrote it from scratch.

       This manual page was originally written	by  Jochen  Voss  <voss@mathe‐
       matik.uni-kl.de>.

SEE ALSO
       dict(1), dictd(8), http://www.dict.org/, RFC 2229

gnome-utils 2.13.4		  Jan 2 2005		   gnome-dictionary(1)

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