No matter how long you’ve been reading, no matter how vast your vocabulary is, you’ll always find words you just don’t know from time to time. The Mac‘s built-in Dictionary app makes those moments exceedingly temporary.

Apple’s Dictionary app can be a robust tool in a pinch, and you don’t even have to open it to use it.

Apple’s Dictionary app can be a robust tool in a pinch, and you don’t even have to open it to use it.
Anywhere across macOS, you can figure out the meaning and pronunciation of a word within seconds of seeing it, and all barely any hassle at all. You can even do so without even fully opening the Dictionary app.