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Originally Posted by aceflor
Please keep in mind that wordwise is not supposed to replace dictionary definitions, but is a help while reading. It is aimed at people who are not English native speakers, and maybe also at kids. We are not native speaker and my kids (14 and 10) thought yesterday this was great to help them read in English.
You are obviously not concerned by this, and wordwise can be enabled and disabled in the settings, so just disable it and there you go....  |
When the word is not defined correctly -- in context -- that's not a help, it's a hindrance. It leads to confusion, not clarity. And, even where the word is defined correctly but is redundant, as in redefining "robber" as "a criminal who steals" -- it's just a distraction. I have no problem with the concept of WordWise, but if the page you linked is a typical example, it looks about useless (actually worse than useless when it mis-defines words in context).