# Clever free dictionary program

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-free-dictionary-program/351861>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 8, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-free-dictionary-program/351861 "2006-04-08T15:00:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-free-dictionary-program/351861/1 "2006-04-08T15:00:27Z")

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WordWeb is a dictionary/thesaurus program that lets you highlight a word anywhere there is text (documents, websites, etc) and hit Ctrl/Alt/W to bring up a box with the definition and more. It can reside in the system tray, but not unless you want it there. Very small executable program found at: [http://wordweb.info/free/](http://wordweb.info/free/)

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**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-free-dictionary-program/351861/2 "2006-04-08T15:45:06Z")

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Thanks for that **KlondikeGeoff** , looks good

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-free-dictionary-program/351861/3 "2006-04-08T16:11:09Z")

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Nice, **Geoff**. Checked it out and it looks like a nice program.

This really belongs in MPSIMS, though, there’s no question here.

Moved.

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