When you come across a word you don't know, do you look up its meaning? (1 Viewer)

[LiKe A FiSh]

its never come up........lol....
Nah if it does i ask my dad.....but the last time i remember doing that was when i was 6, reading enid blyton, and didnt know what a "snapdragon" was

 

[anti]

Originally posted by honky tonk
http://www.dictionary.com

It has a Pronunciation Key.

Be warned that this is often an American pronunciation key...

 

[babyslug]

Normally i would look up the definition. Even if i hear a word on tv that i'm unsure of it's meaning, i'd look it up. The dictionary is in a very accessible place. yes i do have a life

 

[ahohen_77]

id usually underline it or highlight it..then look it up later

 

[Loz#1]

I have a dictionary by my side now. If I don't use a dictionary I usually ask my mother.

 

[Lexicographer]

Hey Loz I thought you were leaving?

 

[Loz#1]

Originally posted by Lexicographer
Hey Loz I thought you were leaving?

I came back for a few days because I need some love V-day is just depressing.

No actually, I just wanted to see if everyone had decided their future yet and hear what people were doing.

 

[SoCal]

Originally posted by ahohen_77
id usually underline it or highlight it..then look it up later

You graffiti your book? I can't stand to do that to something I have payed good money for.

 

[iambored]

Originally posted by Merethrond
Hello everyone. I was just wondering if you look up the meaning of a word you don't know when reading a book? I quite frequently come across words I don't recognise in books and sometimes I stop to look them up and sometimes I don't. I find that it makes it less enjoyable and makes the book drag on if I do. So what do you do?

i pretend i know what they mean and skip them, in the mean time not understanding an important aspect of the book! but it takes too long to look them up as you said. sometimes i ask someone who knows and who is near me.

 

[token girl]

I usually skip them...try and work it out

with the pronunciation thing - because I read so much I mostly learn new words by reading them instead of hearing them, so when I try say them or explain it to someone else I never know how to pronounce them properly...so embarrassing!

 

[Cally]

if i'm reading a book and there's a word in a sentence that i have no clue what so ever of what it means, then i'll look it up and try to understand the meaning of it in it's context.

Plus, looking up words you don't understand improves your vocabulary....well it does for me.

 

[sukiyaki]

Yes depends if the dictionary is nearby.. hehe lazy

 

[fi_babezy]

yes look it up


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