1mate-dictionary(1)          General Commands Manual         mate-dictionary(1)
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NAME

6       mate-dictionary - Look up words on dictionaries
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SYNOPSIS

9       mate-dictionary
10       mate-dictionary [options]
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12       or  select  Dictionary from the Accessories submenu of the Applications
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DESCRIPTION

16       MATE Dictionary provides dictionary definitions of words, using a  dic‐
17       tionary source.
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19       For full documentation see the MATE Dictionary online help.
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OPTIONS

23       --look-up word
24              Looks  up  the  specified  word using the pre-defined dictionary
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27       --match word
28              Matches one or  more  words  using  the  pre-defined  dictionary
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31       -s source or --source source
32              Uses  the  specified source for looking up words.  This does not
33              affect the global settings.
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35       -n or --no-window
36              Using this switch with the --look-up will print the  definitions
37              found on the console without launching the GUI.
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39       -D database or --database database
40              Use  the  specified database for looking up words. This does not
41              affect the global settings.
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43       --help Display help information.
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CONFIGURATION

46       All the configuration is handled using GSettings.
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AUTHOR

49       MATE Dictionary was originally written by Spiros  Papadimitriou  (<spa‐
50       padim+@cs.cmu.edu>), Mike Hughes (<mfh@psilord.com>) and Bradford Hovi‐
51       nen (<hovinen@udel.edu>).
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53       Emmanuele Bassi (<ebassi@gmail.com>) rewrote it from scratch.
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55       This manual page was originally written  by  Jochen  Voss  <voss@mathe‐
56       matik.uni-kl.de>.
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SEE ALSO

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