Built-In Dictionary

Hello. Simply, my dictionary does not "find any entries". Just basically stopped working. I has also effected my dictionary widget. Have no clue what to do. Any help is appreciated.

Hello,
Perhaps this is a corrupted preference file. Locate this file: com.apple.dictionary.plist
It's here: /Users/YourName/Library/Preferences. Open the Preferences folder, locate that file, drag it to the Trash, empty the Trash and reboot. Your Mac will create a new pref file for you the next time you open the Dictionary application.
See if that helps...
Carolyn

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The built-in dictionary not working !!
It was working before but i don't know what happend ! I formated my iphone and then restored it from itune and when i went to notes and highlighted a word and clicked on define , it told me to download it and i was using 3G network and it told me to use wifi , and now when i'm using wifi The "define" button isn't showing !! What's wrong !!? And i reset settings but it didn't work ! What's the problem ?

Sounds like either there is something plugged into the 3.5mm Audio Output port or the micro switch inside of the port is stuck.
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My expertise ends here... Hopefully someone else comes along with useful suggestions and tips.

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No, the built in Dictionary is only English-English and Japanese-Japanese.
You can ask Apple for more here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

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When I double tap on a word and click "define" button it brings up the "dictionary" block and it says inside the block "would you like to download a dictionary now?"
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This problem has been discussed here: Re: Cannot download oxford dictionary on iPad
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At the moment no - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4059 says :
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http://www.apple.com/feedback/

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I googled this question and learned that I could manually edit my list of words in ~/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary. That's a good tip, but I'm looking for the word parsing, dictionary check, and dictionary add workflow not just the location of the dictionary.

Hi Julian,
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At the 1st use of the iOS 7 built-in Dictionary on my iPad mini with Retina Display, some dictionaries have been locked during the download and I never been able to use them. I tryed to reset all settings but without success. What can I do?
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I want to add Chinese - English and English - Chinese dictionary to the built in Dictionary thats made by Apple (Version 2.2.1). I searched all over the web for how to do this and obtain the dictionary I need; however, most of the instructions I get over google have dead links. I searched the APP store as well but the dictionarys there have their own stand alone applications.
I truely believe Apple didn't make Dictionary just for the few languages, I wish they provided an easy way to download new languages from the application :/

shaoming wrote:
I truely believe Apple didn't make Dictionary just for the few languages, I wish they provided an easy way to download new languages from the application :/
Apple did make a dictionary development kit so third parties could do whatever they want, but unfortunately it has not attracted interest from publishers. Have you tried the stuff mentioned here?
http://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2008/03/more-dictionaries-for-leopards.html

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hello,
Is there a russian dictionary I can add to the built-in Dictionary Application ,please?
if so could you let me know where to find it please?
Thank you

I don't think there is one, but see
http://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2013/01/adding-dictionaries-to-dictionaryapp.html
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So, the iMac dictionary also give us translation, because we have activated a second language in System Preferences...there is apparently no way to get this function with built in Apple apps on the iPad, I assume, from your reply...
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http://www.apple.com/ipad/software-update/
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http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

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