When you use the dictionary in English, as I tell to anyone learning English, the best dictionary is not a traditional dictionary, but is wiktionary.org, which itself includes the same definitions as the ones you've linked, but additionally contains "usage notes" that point out how rare and niche the archaic use of "America" to refer to a geographical continent is. It only comes up when you are talking about... Source: about 1 year ago

For single words just use a dictionary. wiktionary.org works most of the time and usually is very informative. Source: about 1 year ago

Wiktionary.org is very good if you can read Finnish well enough. I don't expect English wiktionary to have a lot of content. Source: about 1 year ago

Two good resources to check for accurate pronunciation are wiktionary.org and forvo.com for a variety of voice recordings for words. Source: about 1 year ago

For words, it helps a lot to look them up on wiktionary.org or dictionary.com and read the IPA. For example, "complicated" is a word which stresses the 1st syllable, but you've put the stress on the 3rd. Generally, the stress stays on the same part of the word as the root word (COM-pli-cate), and adding -ed or -ing doesn't change it. e.g. MO-ti-vate, MO-tivating, MO-tivated. Source: about 1 year ago

Love these reflections from Gian-Carlo Rota In the past, similar discussions have occured: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Gian-Carlo+Rota. - Source: Hacker News / about 7 hours ago

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Yeah it sounds unbelievable but there really are. Maybe not many that think they never write bugs, but plenty that think they very rarely make the same mistakes that everyone else makes. If you search for "don't write bugs" on HN there are hundreds of results where someone has effectively claimed that.... - Source: Hacker News / 2 days ago

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