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4. When the word you want is on the
screen, press until the word you
want is highlighted.
Or you can continue typing letters
until the word is complete and
the matching word in the list is
automatically highlighted.
5. Press ENTER to look it up.
6. Use the navigation button to read
the entire entry.
Press
to hear the word using
British English.
Some entries contain linked
synonyms or opposites. These
appear in bold face and are
underlined. As you scroll through an
entry using the navigation button,
these links are underlined. Press
ENTER
to view the thesaurus entry
of the linked word. Press
to
return to the entry or to turn off the
highlight.
7. Press CLEAR when done.
Soft Keys in the
✓
Oxford
Thesaurus of English
While using the
Oxford Thesaurus of
English
, at any given moment, up to
fi ve extra functions are available. For
example, in the entry for “complete”,
you see the following Soft Keys:
Press… To…
* view a list of idioms
containing your word.
* look up any usage
examples using
“complete”.
look up any infl ections
of “complete”.
* look up Confusables® for
your word.
add
“complete”
to
My
English Vocabulary List
.
Please remember, the Soft Keys vary
based on the book you are in. These
are the Soft Keys while in the
Oxford
Thesaurus of English
.
Using the Thesaurus
Using the Thesaurus
* The
,
and
Soft Keys are displayed only when an English
word you look up contains Idioms, Examples or
Confusables, respectively. Please continue reading
this section for more information about idioms,
examples and Confusables.
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