Three finger tap to define a word

I just bought a MacBook Air 13" which has macOS Catalina 10.15.7 installed.

I can't find or access the 'old' three finger tap to look up a word and define it?

Is it available and I just can't find it? What a great feature it was!

Posted on Dec 9, 2020 8:53 AM

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John Galt

Level 10

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Dec 9, 2020 9:05 AM in response to traveler582

It's under Point & Click > Look up & data detectors.

traveler582 Author

Level 1

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Dec 9, 2020 9:09 AM in response to traveler582

Thank you so much!!!

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