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I would like to load an english dictionary into Notepad++ so that when I right click, it give an option for meaning ( or something of that nature)

Has anyone done it before ?

Dict can be acquired from here. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6441975/where-can-i-download-english-dictionary-database-in-a-text-format

PS: I am not referring to spellcheck.

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  • If not for spellchecking, what do you want to do with the dictionary?
    – harrymc
    Commented Oct 12, 2020 at 10:23
  • I would like the definition of words( meaning )
    – Charm_quark
    Commented Oct 13, 2020 at 9:02

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The dictionaries in Notepad++ are only meant for doing spellchecking or autocomplete, not for searching out the definition of words, and are meant more for programming languages than for English (or other languages).

For this functionality you need to use other third-party products, with the additional bonus that they will work in all of Windows, not just in Notepad++. They will either work by selecting the word and clicking an icon in the traybar, or by adding a right-click context menu entry to the active window.

For a list of such products with reviews, see the article Best Free Dictionary and Thesaurus Utility. Read the article and the comments below it. One free product that is not in the article is TheFreeDictionary.

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