i can use define in the ibook apps to access the inbuilt doctionary but outside the app it asks me to download the dictionary and after few seconds it says no definitions found.
can somebody please help me.
iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iOS 6.0.1
The only "built-in dictionary" is one the iPad uses for spell checking and shortcuts. See the following from the iPad Manual:
Auto-correction and spell checking
For many languages, iPad uses the active dictionary to correct misspellings or make suggestions as you type. When iPad suggests a word, you can accept the suggestion without interrupting your typing. For a list of supported languages, see http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs
Accept the suggestion: Type a space, punctuation mark, or return character.
Reject a suggestion: Tap the “x” next to the suggestion.
Each time you reject a suggestion for the same word, iPad becomes more likely to accept the word.
iPad may also underline words you’ve already typed that might be misspelled.
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Shortcuts and your personal dictionary
Shortcuts lets you type just a few characters instead of a longer word or phrase. The expanded text appears whenever you type the shortcut. For example, the shortcut “omw” expands to “On my way!”
Create a shortcut: Go to Settings > General > Keyboard, then tap Add New Shortcut. Prevent iPad from trying to correct a word or phrase: Create a shortcut, but leave the Shortcut
field blank. Edit a shortcut: Go to Settings > General > Keyboard, then tap the shortcut.
Use iCloud to keep your personal dictionary up to date on your other iOS devices: Go to Settings > iCloud and turn on “Documents & Data.”
Aside from that, you can probably find a (free) dictionary in the iBooks Store.
sberman wrote:
The only "built-in dictionary" is one the iPad uses for spell checking and shortcuts.
That's not correct. iOS 6 includes separate reference dictionaries for English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese. Normally some of these get downloaded the first time you hit the "define" button after selecting a word in the appropriate language.
PS The reference dictionaries added by iOS 6 are listed in
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1578
English and Japanese were provide in iOS 5.
Anand Sabari wrote:
outside the app it asks me to download the dictionary and after few seconds it says no definitions found.
What language exactly are you looking for definitions in? Also provide an example of a word that does not work.
Try typing the word yourself in Notes and then selecting and doing Define.
in-built iOS 6 dictionary not working
