Look up a word in the Office dictionary

Why?

You can quickly look up a word's definition from within any Office application.

Important

Office must be able to connect to the Internet to use Reference Tools. The first time you use Reference Tools you are asked to Click here to allow access to online Reference Tools.

How?

In your document, select the word or phrase that you want to look up.

Select word or phrase

Click Tools > Dictionary.

In Word, click Tools, then click Dictionary

If the definition has more than one entry, click the arrow next to the definition that you want to see.

Click arrow next to definition

Hints

  • To see a list of recent searches, click the arrow next to the magnifying glass in the Word or Phrase box.

  • To look up another word or phrase, type it into the Word or Phrase box, and then press RETURN.