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  • jqubed@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    As an American I usually go with Merriam-Webster as being reasonably authoritative for typical American usage. Most often I’m trying to check a preferred spelling in situations where there might be more than one way to spell something.

    When I need an English/French dictionary wordreference.com remains my go-to. I’ve also found Wikipedia to be useful for more technical terms by using the Other Languages feature.

    • classic@fedia.ioOP
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      5 days ago

      Is wordreference good about providing translations that are common usage? I found some translators are too literal