What is important about the search engine:
- search is based on word forms - words can be found regardless of the form you type in and there is no need know the basic word form for its definition to be displayed.
- special characters for all Latin-derived alphabets can be substituted by their reduced equivalents without diacritics
(e.g. ‘cliché’ can be typed in as ‘cliche’)
- use of capital letters does not affect search results
- by default, only results for more widespread languages are displayed – you can adjust the settings to your requirements after logging in
- more than one word can be typed into the search box
For more information see below.
A word can be found on the basis of any word form you type into the search box provided relevant paradigm tables have been filled.
Whenever you add something to a paradigm table you make finding words easier to other users.
All special characters for Latin-derived alphabets can be substituted with their reduced equivalents without diacritics.
For example:
- results for the word ‘resume’ will be both the verb ‘resume’ and the noun ‘résumé’
- results for the word ‘résumé’ will be only the noun ‘résumé’
Use of capital letters will not affect the results of your search.
For example:
Whether you type in ‘Moor’, ‘moor’ or ‘mOoR’, the results will always be: the noun ‘moor’ as an area of land, the verb ‘moor’ and the noun ‘Moor’ as a member of a Muslim people.
At Gigadictionary, data from quite an impressive number of languages is at users’ disposal.
Hence, implementation of some rules that would make it all comprehensible turned out necessary:
- by default, only more widespread languages are displayed both in the search options menu and search results
- creating a User Profile allows you to adjust the settings to your needs and select the languages you wish to be the default languages for your profile
- it is always possible for only one specified language to be displayed
- press on the ‘More’ button in the search options menu to select the desired language
The following rules apply here:
- rules mentioned in points 1, 2 and 3 above apply here as well – regardless of whether you type in ‘Prime Minister’, ‘prime minister’ or ‘PRIME MINISTER’ your search result will always be the compound ‘Prime Minister’
- no search results will be found for ‘sciences fiction’ or ‘twos thirds’ as such constructions are not grammatically correct.
- yet, the results for ‘two thirds’ or ‘Prime Ministers’ will be ‘two thirds’ and ‘Prime Minister’, respectively – the forms exist in the paradigms for the compounds.
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