Do you look up words you do not know?

[tiggerlover]

Whenever I come across a word that I don't know what it means usually go online to look it up or I write it down to look up later. Today's word was {ubiquity}, I had never heard of it before and didn't know what it meant so I just looked it up. Do y'all ever do that or am I the only odd ball in the bunch?

 

[C.Ann]

Whenever I come across a word that I don't know what it means usually go online to look it up or I write it down to look up later. Today's word was {ubiquity}, I had never heard of it before and didn't know what it meant so I just looked it up. Do y'all ever do that or am I the only odd ball in the bunch?

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If you're an "odd ball" then I'm even worse.. Sometimes I'll just sit and read the dictionary - LOL.. I've even brought it to the beach with me.. I love "words" and I love to read..

 

[Mimi Q]

Yes, I do. I'm off to look up ubiquity.

 

[Cass]

Sure, I look things up all the time... you have to keep learning in life

 

[Rafiki Rafiki Rafiki]

I must confess that I've had a love affair with words myself. I usually use Dictionary.com.

 

[RitaZ.]

I do it frequently. It's a great way to expand one's vocabulary.

 

[tiggerlover]

Yes, I do. I'm off to look up ubiquity.

You made me laugh, thanks.


Glad to see I am not alone.

 

[tiggerlover]

And for those who want to know:

Ubiquity
Main Entry: ubiq·ui·ty
Pronunciation: -kw&-tE
Function: noun
: presence everywhere or in many places especially simultaneously : OMNIPRESENCE

 

[dmslush]

I LOVE dictionary.com! I am forever looking up words, or asking someone what they mean.

 

[Sparx]

I always google a word and find out what it means. or dictionary.com. I do this all the time. or I'll ask someone, but I tend to be the someone who is asked, so it is easier to just look it up myself.

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

I always look up words I don't know (on dictionary.com). How is someone going to learn what things mean if they don't look them up?

 

[Dakota_Lynn]

All the time!

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

I used to - now I just ask Dh, the walking dictionary!

 

[Nancy]

Not so much in real life, but for school I do it all the time. I keep massive notes.

 

[Stacerita]

I look up words I dont know. I am trying to get the sweetpea into that habit as well. We play a lot of scrabble together so we look up lots of words. The dictionary is kept quite handy at home.

 

[RadioNate]

Never.

I'd say 90% of the time I can figure out the meaning from the context but if I can't then I just skip it. I used to rip pages out of the dictionary to prevent having to do definitions.

I think my biggest problem is that I have a learning disability that affects spelling. I can not spell at all and it was tourture to look up things that I had no clue how to spell (except the 1st letter of course.)

 

[disneychick05]

I just did it tonight..and I do it often! There is nothing worse than being in graduate school and hearing a professor use words that I probably should know but don't. So, I just look them up when I get home!

 

[Duckfan-in-Chicago]

If it's a really big word, I'll just go on using it in fun creative ways. I figure most people don't know what I'm talking about most times anyway, so what difference does it make in the long run.

 

[Stitch Inside]

Ignorence is bliss.

 

[Minniespal]

I always look up words I don't know ~ You have to keep learning.