google search tip: define

Did you know that you don’t need to find an online dictionary if you want to define a word? Perhaps you’d like to know the meaning of the word Triskaidekaphobia? Just type the word into your Google search box, like so:

define:Triskaidekaphobia

And hit enter - voila!

Definitions of Triskaidekaphobia on the Web:

* a morbid fear of the number 13
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Just another way that Google is working for you :-)

3 Comments so far

  1. Syaf The Geek on July 15th, 2007

    I use this tips quite a lot when I try to find the meaning of it. This is so cool.

  2. Daniel on July 17th, 2007

    Didn’t know this. Thanks for sharing it. Is there any collection of such “commands”?

  3. Tina K on July 19th, 2007

    That rocks. I use dictionary.com all the time, along with it’s sister sites, but that would be super easy. I love word and the meanings behind ‘em.