HT4059 iBooks dictionary

Is it possible to download a Chinese English dictionary for iBooks to use directly? I have been using the copy paste feature and this is slow.

No, it is not possible to add anything like that to an iOS device. You can ask Apple for it here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

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HT4059 ibooks dictionary not successfully downloaded

Hi there,
My dictionary download is not successful but the ibooks no longer reminds me to download a dictionary.
And when I look up a word, the dictionary always shows "No definition found" since I'm afraid nothing has been downloaded.
I don't know how to re-download the dictionary so as to solve this problem
any help appreciated!
Wayne

In ibooks, always shows "no definition found"
In other apps like Notes or Safari, the button "define" won't appear at all

How can I adjust text size in ibooks dictionary?

How can I adjust text size in ibooks dictionary?

Hello Eoradec2012,
It sounds like you are using the Define function in iBooks and you are wanting to increase the size of the font on the page showing the definition. The size of that text can be controlled in the Text Size section:
To adjust the font size, follow these steps:
Go to Settings > General > Text Size.
Drag the slider to the preferred size. The text on the screen will adjust as you move the slider.
iOS: Adjusting the font
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5956
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Sterling

HT5557 The ibooks dictionary works fine for my iPhone 5, but it does not work for my iPad 2. Is this fixable?

The iBooks dictionary works fine for my iPhone 5, but it does not work for my iPad 2. Is this fixable?

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I am looking for a French-English iBook dictionary, not an app

I'm a newbie to my iPad and can't find a French-English iBook dictionary to purchasen. I don't want an app. This is frustrating because I bought the iPad to use instead of books when I'm in France.
Help!

See if this helps
http://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2014/03/adding-reference-dictionaries-to-ios.html

My ibook dictionary is blank?

My ibook dictionary is blank?

Hi,
For some reason there appears to be a multitude of threads on this rather than one big one - so it's a somewhat labourious task having to go through all for an answer!!!
I had this and tried absolutely everything before resetting. However nothing worked. The only way this worked for me is:
Settings
General
Reset
Erase All Content and Settings
Then follow from there. It would be wise to ensure that you have backed the phone up to iCloud or iTunes prior to doing this.
Annoying as I've just come from Android and didn't have any issues with apps there. Doesn't inspire confidence at all, especially as a seemingly widespread issue.

IBooks dictionary doesn't work

I thought about posting this in the iBooks forum, but it appears to be only for publishers of books, not for users of the app. (Which is dumb.)
Anyway, I noticed about a week ago that my dictionary no longer works in iBooks. When I highlight a word and tap "Define," it says "No definition found." No matter what word it is. The buttons for "Search Web" and "Search Wikipedia" work, but that's beside the point.
And it continues to happen - even after yesterday's iBooks upate that Apple released (which also didn't fix its excruciating slowness). This happens on any book. All other functionality works - highlighting, making a note, searching, etc.
Anyone else have this problem?

There is no on/off. To get the definition of a word it is necessary to double tap it to bring up the dialogue box. Selecting Define should enable the dictionary. If this is not happening try a reset is hold the power and home buttons simultaneously until the Apple logo apparently appears.

Ibooks dictionary

Don't know why but the dictionary in my iBooks won't download. Used to work perfectly with the last operating system. Help!

ivanfromsouthport wrote:
I downloaded ibooks and has no dictionary..how do I download it?
You should not have to download anything to have the built-in dictionary. Are you saying that you have a book you bought from the ibookstore but you cannot look up a word? This link shows how to do it
http://www.ipadforums.net/ipad-faq/528-dictionary-function-ipad-ibook-2.html

HT4059 Internal Dictionary stoped working for IPAD2 after installing IOS 6 - Country Bahrain.

Internal dictionary for IBook stopped working after installing IOS 6 in Ipad 2, my country is Bahrain, it is working with IOS 5. App Store also not responding some time, tried all the way but no luck any ideas to get the dictionary back.

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IBooks dictionary: No definitions found

My iPad 2's iBook apps' dictionary is not working.
When I click "define", dictionary pop-up comes up with "no definitions found" phrase.
I don't know how to download the dictionary (english) and there is no option for it.
This happened after iOS 6.0 upgrade and continued in 6.01.
I changed languages a couple of times, but it's not the solution.
In this discussion forum, I saw that many people have the same problem, but there are no answers.
I think its time for apple staff to do something about this.
I've got another iPad 2 with same software and settings and everything's normal with it. After clicking for the first time, it asked to download the dictionary and then works perfectly.
Help, please.

I did this and it worked. Change language to British English.
Settings > General > International > Language
Go to a web page with words and highlight one and select "Define"
It prompted me to download the dictionary for that (I had already downloaded the American English or English dictionary)
This defined words so I switched the language back to normal English and everything seems to work fine now.
Hope this helps.

IBooks dictionary feature isn't working

I found a way to make the dictionary feature on iBooks work again.
Here's how....
Pick any word and click define. Nothing appears as usual.
You need to then click on "manage". Now download whichever dictionaries you want.
I downloaded the 1st two, when the download(s) is/are finished you should then
click on the back arrow until I was back at my book.
It should work for you now. You might also close and reopen the iBooks app if necessary.

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HT4059 Spanish dictionary?

I would like to download books in Spanish, with a Spanish (spanish - English would be even better) dictionary integrated into the text, as with the regular books I download in English now. How do I do this?

It's the iBooks app itself which has the English dictionary built-in to it (it also has Japanese built-in), not the book. You can try leaving feedback that Spanish be added, but in the meantime you could see if there are any stand-alone Spanish-to-English dictionary apps in the app store and switch into that via the iPad's taskbar whenever you want to look up a word

How to increase the font size for text in the ibooks' dictionary

In iBooks for iOS 7, I know how to resize the text of my ebooks.
But how can I resize the font of the in-built dictionary?
Can anybody help me?

The dictionary display appears to be using Dynamic Type, so you can increase its size via the Larger Type function. However, this will also increase type size in a number of other application as well (Messages, Mail, etc.).
Settings app > General > Accessibility > Larger Type (turn ON, the use the slider to set the type size)

Ios 7 iPad - iBook dictionary

Since upgrading to ios7 the dictionary feature integrated into ibooks does not work

When you highlight it, select define and then there should be a manage button. Select manage and then from there you can download your choice dicitonary
Hope this helps
-Steven

IBooks Dictionary not working

I have iBooks version 3.0.2 on my iPad and my operating system is 6.0.1
The dictionary does not work. I can select a word and choose "define" from the menu of options, but is always just brings up a window which says "No definitions found."
Other users have solved this problem by turning off the iPad speech function under accessibility, but that didn't work for me.

If I understand you correctly, you asked me to:
1) Open the iPad app "Notes"
2) type a word in a note
3) select that word I just typed (while the English keyboard remains active)
When I followed the above steps, the menu option "Define" does not even come up. My options are just "Cut, Copy, Paste, Suggest..."
After doing the above I realized you probably meant for me to create a note within iBooks. So, I did steps 1-3 in an iBook note and I got the same result.

HT4059 iBooks dictionary

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