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NAME

       mate-dictionary - Look up words on dictionaries


SYNOPSIS

       mate-dictionary
       mate-dictionary [options]

       or select Dictionary from the Accessories submenu of the Applications
       menu.


DESCRIPTION

       MATE Dictionary provides dictionary definitions of words, using a
       dictionary source.

       For full documentation see the MATE Dictionary online help.


OPTIONS

       --look-up word
              Looks up the specified word using the pre-defined dictionary
              source.

       --match word
              Matches one or more words using the pre-defined dictionary
              source.

       -s source or --source source
              Uses the specified source for looking up words.  This does not
              affect the global settings.

       -n or --no-window
              Using this switch with the --look-up will print the definitions
              found on the console without launching the GUI.

       -D database or --database database
              Use the specified database for looking up words. This does not
              affect the global settings.

       --help Display help information.


CONFIGURATION

       All the configuration is handled using GSettings.


AUTHOR

       MATE Dictionary was originally written by Spiros Papadimitriou
       (<spapadim+@cs.cmu.edu>), Mike Hughes (<mfh@psilord.com>) and Bradford
       Hovinen (<hovinen@udel.edu>).

       Emmanuele Bassi (<ebassi@gmail.com>) rewrote it from scratch.

       This manual page was originally written by Jochen Voss
       <voss@mathematik.uni-kl.de>.


SEE ALSO

       dict(1), dictd(8), http://www.dict.org/, RFC 2229

mate-utils 1.10.2                 Jul 11 2015               mate-dictionary(1)

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