Dictionaries and functions – Casio EW-B100C User Manual

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Dictionaries and Functions

The following shows the dictionaries included in your electronic
dictionary and where you need to go for more information when you
want to perform a specifi c type of look-up.

Basic operations are almost the same in all dictionaries. Any
differences are noted in the explanations for each particular dictionary.

Dictionary/

Thesaurus

Type Of

Look-up

Looking

Up a

Headword

Checking

Spelling

and Original

Forms

Looking

Up

Phrases

Looking

Up

Examples

English-
English

*1

Defi nition of
English term

Page 27

Page 33

Page 34

Page 35

English
thesaurus

*2

English
synonyms

English
Collocations

*3

Defi nition of
English term

Page 27

Page 34

English idioms

Defi nition of
English term

Page 33

English phrasal
verbs

Defi nition of
English term

British and
American
Culture

Defi nition of
English term

*1

The English-English dictionary can be used to fi nd out how to write

text for reports, resumes, letters, e-mail and other types of documents
(Writing Tutor). (page 36)

*2

The English thesaurus supports lookup by keyword and category.

(pages 37 and 38)

*3

You can use the English Collocations Dictionary to look up common

word combinations (collocations). (page 39)

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