Look up the definition of a word in Office

Why?

You can quickly look up a word's definition from within any Office application.

Important

Office must be able to connect to the Internet to use Reference Tools. The first time you use Reference Tools you are asked to Click here to allow access to online Reference Tools.

How?

In your document, select the word or phrase that you want to look up.

Select word or phrase

Click Tools > Dictionary.

In Word, click Tools, then click Dictionary

Tip  You can also open Reference Tools from the Standard Toolbar. Click Show or hide the Toolbox Toolbox button, and then click the Reference Tools Reference Tools tab tab.

If the definition has more than one entry, click the arrow next to the definition that you want to see.

Click arrow next to definition

Hints

  • To look up another word or phrase, type it into the Word or Phrase Word or Phrase box box, and then press RETURN.

  • To see a list of recent searches, click the arrow next to the magnifying glass in the Word or Phrase box.

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