Notes & Productivity

Dictionary.com

Look up the selected word on Dictionary.com.

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Overview

What Dictionary.com does

Look up the selected word on Dictionary.com. ActionClip opens the public destination directly with a strictly percent-encoded selection.

CategoryNotes & Productivity
Action typeWeb action
Default resultOpen another app or website
InternetRequired

Example

Action and outcome

Dictionary.com example
ActionOutcome
Dictionary.comSelected text: ActionClip for Machttps://www.dictionary.com/browse/ActionClip%20for%20Mac

Workflow

Use Dictionary.com

Follow these steps to look up the selected word on Dictionary.com with ActionClip.

  1. Select the text you want to use.
  2. Choose Dictionary.com from ActionClip.
  3. The destination opens with your selection ready to use.

Before you add it

Requirements and privacy

  • Before you start: Online Actions must be enabled.
  • Your selected text: The selected text is sent to Dictionary.com as part of the URL when you run the action.

Inspect before installing

Action script

The script below is included so you can inspect how the action works before downloading it.

Web action definition
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/{{url_encoded__selected_text}}