Look up words with Lion’s Dictionary shortcut

I actually own a paperback dictionary, it’s sitting on my bookshelf where it has been collecting dust for quite a long time. The reason is that OS X offers a dictionary application, a Dashboard Widget to help you without flipping through pages of tiny text.

OS X Lion offers you the ability to look up the definition of any word you can select in native applications like Safari, Mail or TextEdit. Simply select the word you wish to look-up by double-clicking it, right-click and choose “Look up…” from the contextual menu.

The resulting pop-up displays results from Dictionary and Wikipedia, and clicking the results allows you to view more about the definition.

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