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Searching pronunciations

The search area pronunciations allows you to search the International Phonetic Alphabet symbols used to represent the pronunciations of words. Each symbol has a keyboard equivalent which is entered into the search box.

The Key to the pronunciation describes the symbols and lists their keyboard equivalents.

  1. Open the Advanced search page by clicking the [Show Advanced search form] button at the base of the screen.

  2. Enter the keyboard equivalent of the pronunciation you wish to search for.

  3. Choose pronunciations as the search area from the list box.

  4. Click the [Perform Advanced search] button.

  5. The results are displayed in the results list.

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