When was the last time you used a Dictionary?

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RavVid · Accepted Answer

Online? Quite frequently. Mostly use dictionaries for the etymology.

Example. For another question I got curious if rape was an earthy anglo saxon word and ravishment a fancy French/Latin word. They both mean the same but ravish is definitely more up market. I could get away with saying to a girl I would like to ravish her.

Turns out both come from the same Latin root.

It further seems there wasn't an anglo saxon word for it.

Curious. I guess there was no raping in Anglo-Saxon days and it only happen after the Normam-French invaded.

HawkPerception · Accepted Answer

I check words in the online dictionary all the time, either when it's a word I'm using just to confirm I'm using it correctly, or if I'm reading something and unsure what it means. It's a good practice to have to rely on dictionaries.

As for an actual physical dictionary, the last time I touched or even saw one was probably some time in high school a long time ago.

Bitter_Sweet94 · Accepted Answer

Probably the last time I needed a very specific meaning and didn’t want to rely on guessing from context.

These days we Google everything, so reaching for an actual dictionary feels almost nostalgic but sometimes it’s the only way to get a clean, exact definition without distraction.

So yeah, not recent, but memorable enough that it reminds me how much we rely on shortcuts now.

melanieeeB · Accepted Answer

Monday, because I'm learning Spanish and I knew the word Lawyer but i wasn't 100% sure and needed to check myself lol

Grgroup · Answer

Almost every week, when I'm writing or reading something challenging, I consult an online dictionary. Maybe back in school, but I haven't opened a printed one in a very long time. Even though online resources are now faster, it's still pleasant to occasionally look up actual meanings.

Lliam · Answer

It's been a long, long time. I am usually on my laptop and just google definitions.
You reminded, me though, I have a couple of huge Websters dictionaries. One is from the 1950s that my grandfather gave me. It can be interesting to look up definitions to certain words and see how they have changed over time. But I haven't done that for quite a while.

strateguy632 · Answer

Today for a foreign language besides English.

Before that to solve the argument about a word game, i checked dictionary but the cheater , like other cheaters, refused to accept dictionary so i "let him win" i don't play with cheaters.

Cheating is immoral.

AMS700CX4u2 · Answer

I use one every day. My vocabulary is large but I use the Dictionary to make sure I am using a word in the proper context. Getting caught is not comfortable.

On_cloud_wine · Answer

Just urban dictionary online cuz a lot of these young folks I work with make remarks I don’t understand

exitseven · Answer

I sometimes go on dictionary. com to look up definitions and spelling. It has been years since I used a book. I just checked and I still do have one.

aaron13547 · Answer

Does dr. Google count? He uses the dictionary every time I use him. When you look it like that everyday probably.

Zack-Bann · Answer

an actual book I would say back in middle school  If we’re talking about looking up definitions online I do that all the time

Spencer10 · Answer

A few weeks ago while reading a book... I needed to figure out what a particular phrase meant.

purplepoppy · Answer

Online dictionaries almost daily although I find a thesaurus more useful

douride2 · Answer

I came across an old dictionary just a couple of weeks ago. It was falling apart & I was on a fall clean up so it's gone. I'm not sure when the last time I looked at it.

Miristheiss · Answer

Hand held book? More than a decade. My phone? A few days.

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

I use online dictionaries a lot, but i haven’t opened an actual printed dictionary in years.

RandomGirl42 · Answer

I might've heard something about those. Didn't they go extinct with the dinosaurs?

sage2021 · Answer

9 years ago. I bought one at the thrift store. It was before I had a cellphone.

Nikki1989 · Answer

Not since early school days.

AgentG111 · Answer

Believe last week an online one as the hard back was at home and I was in the field and needed access.

Drumlin2001 · Answer

A hard version years. Online version every little while

FunkyMonkee · Answer

Maybe 5, 6 years ago when I still had access to one.

Wiredone · Answer

Is that something new. I don't remember a dictionary. Yeah it's been that long since I've used one

whiskeyontherocks · Answer

Used a actual paper dictionary 2002 I was in Japan hand writing a report that ended up being several pages I had a small pocket dictionary.

Surely · Answer

Still have a couple of dictionaries. For spelling. I ask the phone.  Before cell phones and spell check. I used a dictionary a lot.

Alex-Snow · Answer

Not in a long time. With phones and laptops with spell check I have no need really

loveslongnails · Answer

I use on line dictionaries all the time. Haven't used a printed one in 20 years or so.

DrPepper12 · Answer

For the word myrridian. It's my new fav to describe the red hat cult!

kaucky1 · Answer

Recently with KARTA draining all the bad ones and empower the good ones so they would work better as symbols

Fatal96 · Answer

If Google counts, then all the time. I lookup big words often. It's been a while since I used a physical dictionary.

RxR0954 · Answer

if googling count, this morning.

BCRanger10 · Answer

I use a dictionary every other day.

petitedollbabee · Answer

Intermediate school, so around 12 years ago.

dislikesmath · Answer

Late 90s I'm 39

DryGermanGuy · Answer

Once a week, often for the thesaurus.

slatyb · Answer

Paper? I can't remember.

Shiprex · Answer

Last week but it was a check for spelling

Xawyx-2 · Answer

I think it was yesterday.

soe11 · Answer

Few days ago.

blondfrog · Answer

Like 8th grade.

TonyMetal___86 · Answer

Maybe from a decade or more...

queenofcardio · Answer

I use the online one all the time

Californiagirl5 · Answer

Probably school now their google, YouTube.

msc545 · Answer

Never. I don't even have one anymore.

CubaPirate · Answer

Playing scrabble last week

RedInnocent69 · Answer

Probably daily, either online or old school

NervousIndividual · Answer

A very long time ago.

abc3643 · Answer

About 2 hours ago

dudeinohio · Answer

Been decades

Deereeeee · Answer

In school

Cidknee · Answer

Perhaps the 90s.

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