"Define" command returns exemplar sentence instead of definition when Apple dictionary contains a thesaurus entry

[timshutes]

Ever since upgrading to Mac OS Sequoia, I have noticed that the "define" command in the Alfred App's dictionary returns the exemplar sentence rather than the definition on occasion. This makes the "define" feature decidedly less helpful. This happens with ~40% of the words for which I search. I can't pinpoint a commonality for certain, but I think the common thing between the words is that they have entries in the Mac OS Thesaurus.
 

• If there is a thesaurus entry, the exemplar sentence appears
• If there is no thesaurus entry, the definition appears

   

  Example 1: define effrontery (screenshot 1) -- contains thesaurus entry = shows exemplar sentence

  Example 2: define bagel (screenshot 2) -- contains no thesaurus entry = shows definition

 

Hope this is helpful,

 

~ Tim

[vitor]

Welcome @timshutes,

 

Open the Dictionary.app settings and reorder your dictionaries so that the thesaurus is below the dictionary. If it already is, you may need to put it above and then below again.

[timshutes]

Thanks for the quick fix for myself - will this action be required for all users, or might it be possible for Alfred app to target the dictionary app when using the "define" feature? Notably, I never chose to have the Thesaurus ahead of the dictionary, it seems to have defaulted to that when I upgraded to Sequoia.