They almost always force you to look up some other form of the word because the definition they gave you includes the word itself.
For example:
fungible:
n.
Something that is fungible - usually used in plural
Gah! Gee, tha6nks a lot, dictionary. That's the most useful definition ever! Now I have to look up the adjective!
Granted, in this case, I was looking for the adjecttive anyway, but the noun form appeareed first, so I read that instead.
It's just annoying sometimes how you need to look things up twice, essentially, to get the actual meaning of a word.
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bloomer - January 24, 2010 (05:11 PM) What dictionary was this? |
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wolfqueen001 - January 24, 2010 (07:39 PM) The online Meriam-Webster one. (www.m-w.com) Though, I've found instances of this in all dictionaries, so it's hardly specific to that one. |
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bloomer - January 25, 2010 (12:36 AM) Well, to be smug, my non online Shorter Concise Oxford (10 inches of dictionary) does not use the word 'fungible' anywhere in its definition of fungible. |
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zippdementia - January 25, 2010 (08:18 PM) I don't think I've used the word fungible enough in my life. |