How To Turn A Search Engine Into A Handy Dictionary

If you surf the web a lot, you're bound to come across an unfamiliar word or two. You could always look it up in that two-ton dictionary on your bookshelf, if you're so inclined--but thankfully there's an easier and faster way.

If you use either Google, Yahoo!Search, Ask or Windows Live Search all you have to do is type the word define in front of the word you want to look up in the search box. So, if you wanted to look up the word altruistic, for example you would type this:

define altruistic

The definition for the word altruistic will now appear at the top of the search results.Try it out next time you're not looking to impress anyone with your forearm strength!