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I have found 1 old thread (see here) on this issue. But The thread is nearly 3 years old. I did search using Ubuntus Software Centre too. Didn't find anyone which looks 5 stared by hundreds of the Ubuntu users. So finally decided to ask question here. I want to know which offline dictionary is considered best nowadays? And can anyone tell me the installation process via Terminal?

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Dict - a CLI client to dictd server (offline usage):

Installation:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) universe"

(to allow Universe repo)

sudo apt-get install dict
sudo apt-get install dictd

Installing English dictionary databeses (gcide, wn, devil):

sudo apt-get install dict-gcide  
sudo apt-get install dict-wn 
sudo apt-get install dict-devil

Installing English Thesaurus database (moby-thesaurus):

sudo apt-get install dict-moby-thesaurus

this is an offline terminal based dictionay.

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