Basic Examples (1) 

List of words that include "coffee" in their definition:

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Scope (3) 

One word lookup:

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More than one word:

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A string expression can be given as input:

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Check the definition of one of these results:

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Options (2) 

MaxItems (2) 

Use MaxItems to limit the number of results returned:

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The result is sorted according to the number of times that the search term appears:

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Applications (4) 

When looking for the correct word to express an idea, sometimes the word definition and synonyms are not sufficient. WordDefinitionLookup makes a reverse dictionary lookup:

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Create a graph where each found word relates to the input word:

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Show results graphically according to word frequency data:

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Create a nested graph of words contained in definitions of other words:

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Properties and Relations (2) 

WordDefinitionLookup complements the words returned by Synonyms:

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The resource function SynonymGraph is also useful for finding words:

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Neat Examples (1) 

For maximum word-searching power we can combine WordDefinitionLookup, Synonyms and NestGraph:

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Possible Issues (1) 

Word definition lookups are case sensitive:

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