A define query will search for words/phrases in the selected database(s) that match the given text exactly. The definitions belonging to these words are displayed in the main view. If the server finds nothing suitable, KDict will use a search strategy optimized for spell checking to display a list of of similar words.
In most databases some words (especially synonyms) are marked with brackets “{}”. These words are highlighted and by clicking on them with the mouse button you start an new define-query with this word.
You can select a part of the text with the
mouse button. The selection is automatically copied into the clipboard. This is very convenient, because you can use the mouse button anywhere in the main view to define the content of the clipboard. So, if you want to get a definition for a word/phrase that is not tagged as synonym, you just mark it with the mouse button and get the definition when you press the mouse button.The and . You can use them to browse through the results of previous queries.
mouse button shows a popup menu, where you can choose to start queries with the selected text, the clipboard or the tagged synonym under the mouse pointer. The menu has also two entries
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