Geek Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ios-5-dictionary.jpg" alt="Dictionary built into iOS 5" title="ios-5-dictionary" width="560" height="413" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25676" /></p> <p><a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5/">iOS 5</a> brings a built-in dictionary that is easily accesible from Safari and many other apps. The next time you see a word on an iPhone or iPad that you want to define, instead of downloading or launching a separate dictionary app, you can quickly access definitions directly from iOS:</p> <ul> <li>Double-tap on the word to define</li> <li>Select “Define” to open that word in the dictionary</li> <li>Tap “Done” to exit the dictionary app</li> </ul> <p>This should be familiar to Mac users, where a very <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/06/20/three-fingered-tap-on-a-word-summons-a-dictionary-wikipedia-in-os-x-lion/">similar feature is in OS X Lion</a>, which summons a dictionary with a three-fingered word tap.</p> <p>Nice little tip from <a href="http://www.mactrast.com/2012/01/how-to-access-ios-5%E2%80%B2s-hidden-dictionary/">MacTrast</a></p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4Q7x0diZbSdLgsmGRwKC9n_oar4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4Q7x0diZbSdLgsmGRwKC9n_oar4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4Q7x0diZbSdLgsmGRwKC9n_oar4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4Q7x0diZbSdLgsmGRwKC9n_oar4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=bw7o-SSArfA:liIWHvIrMSc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=bw7o-SSArfA:liIWHvIrMSc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=bw7o-SSArfA:liIWHvIrMSc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=bw7o-SSArfA:liIWHvIrMSc:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=bw7o-SSArfA:liIWHvIrMSc:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=bw7o-SSArfA:liIWHvIrMSc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=bw7o-SSArfA:liIWHvIrMSc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/bw7o-SSArfA" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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