| Action | Look Up a Word |
| Shortcut | ⌃ + ⌘ + D |
| Platform | Mac |
| Category | Spotlight & System |
On Mac, you can look up a word with ⌃ + ⌘ + D. Looks up the word under the pointer in the dictionary. It sits in the Spotlight & System group and is one of the Mac shortcuts people look up most, so it is worth committing to memory — it works the same way across almost every app that follows standard Mac conventions.
Open the app or screen where you want to look up a word.
Press ⌃ + ⌘ + D.
Looks up the word under the pointer in the dictionary.