Why the three-finger-tap function now no longer shows definition for words?

I don't know from when(maybe after upgrade to Catalina), Mac's three finger tap option begins to show results from such as Siri Wikipedia or App Store instead of dictionary definition. And there's no setting for changing this.

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Posted on Oct 14, 2019 4:04 AM

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Oct 14, 2019 6:04 AM in response to wndajkfva

All of those should be showing up, along with he Dictionary definition. You can swipe across to view the different types of information.

I don't know why yours is not showing the Dictionary. As you noted, there are no settings, so I don't know how to reset it.


If you ctrl-click and choose Look Up, does it show the Dictionary? Its the same feature, so I wouldn't expect it to be different.

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