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How to upgrade the default 1913 dictionary

Asked by Bill Butts

Ubuntu comes with a 1913 English dictionary. How can a more modern dictionary be installed for the dictionary applet?

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Best Adam Buchbinder (adam-buchbinder) said : 		#1

If you're running the dictd server--I assume you are, with the dict-gcide package--the dict-wn package may be of help; it's a much more modern dictionary.

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Bill Butts (bbutts) said : 		#2

I can now use WordNet plus a thesaurus. Thanks for your help.