is there a way to see dictionary meaning of a word (look up) using finger gesture?

I have Big Sur on my mac. And in system preferences, in the trackpad settings, there is a option for 'Look up & Data detectors', three fingers tap. It should be in a Monterey too. So I just tap once on the word with three fingers and it shows me the meaning of the word.

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Sunil0301 Author

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Sep 11, 2022 11:12 AM in response to MrHoffman

In mac OS, if I tap with 3 fingers, it shows the meaning of that word. So is there way I can enable the same gesture for ipad too, may be for the newer iPad with iPadOS 15 or 16?

Because as a professional translator, I have to look for the meaning of the words every now and then, so hodling & tapping on look up is a process for which I have to do two things where as in mac, with just one touch task is done.

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Sunil0301 Author

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Sep 11, 2022 11:39 AM in response to MrHoffman

I understand that. The function is there in my iPad mini too. I am asking that, is there a way by which I can do a single tap with three fingers on a word and it will show me the meaning of the word. Because that is how it is in Mac.

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Sep 11, 2022 11:55 AM in response to Sunil0301

Three consecutive taps. Tap-tap-pause-tap

Mac has a double-tap with a trackpad to select, then press firmly and hold for the popup (I think this is what you’re using with three fingers, and one works fine), or tap and select from the popup. So... basically the same. On the local Mac on Monterey, a double three-fingered tap is zoom. Three-fingered tap is not assigned locally, though single tap hard and hold is.

On iPad with a trackpad, double-click to select, then control click to get the popup with the Look Up or Translate.

I know of no way to get an assistive gesture added for a lookup or translation. (On iPad.)

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Sep 11, 2022 10:45 AM in response to Sunil0301

Press and hold the word and select Look Up from the popup.

Not sure whether that is available with iOS 12, though.

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is there a way to see dictionary meaning of a word (look up) using finger gesture?

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