Did you know that you can use Google to do more than just search for a website?

Read on to learn how to use Google to: get a word's definition, check spelling, do a quick calculation, convert units of measure and currency, check the weather or time somewhere, check how your stock or sports team is doing, check out times for movies or flights, or find out where a package or area code is.

If you are looking for the definition of a word just enter: "define word" as your search. (Without the quotes, and replacing "word" for the word you want defined.

What if you are just wondering how to spell something? Go ahead; type it in as your search. If it was spelled wrong, Google will suggest the correct spelling. If it's correctly spelled, you'll just get search results.

Need a quick calculator? Just enter the equation into the search box.

To take it a step further, you can convert a unit of measurement into another unit, by just entering: "5 in = ? cm" as your search. You can do this with lots of different measurements such as inches to centimeters, or yards, tablespoons to teaspoons, even megabytes into gigabytes. Just put the question mark where you want your answer. This even works with currency.

If you want the weather, just type "weather" followed by the city, state, Zip code, or city, country.

For the time somewhere, just enter "time" and the city.

For stock quotes, just type the ticker symbol for your search.

For sports scores and schedules for teams in the NFL, NHL, MLB, or English Premier League, just type the team name in as your search.

Want to head out to the movies? Just enter the name of the movie and your zip code for showtimes.

Flying somewhere? Just enter the airport code or city and the word "airport" to see delays for that airport. If you have a specific U. S. flight to check on, enter the airlines name and flight number.

What if you're just waiting for something to arrive? You can track a package shipped through UPS, USPS, or FedEx by entering your tracking number in the search box.

Getting a phone call and you don't recognize the area code? Just enter it into the search box, and Google will let you know where call is coming from or at least where the phone is registered.

That really covers a lot. The best part is that Google is forgiving. If you don't remember the exact wording from above, just try what you think it might be. Chances are that Google will know what you mean. Now if we can just figure out how to other people to know what we mean as well as Google does!

Use the comments section to mention any other Google tricks you know, or if you have something, you'd like me to discuss in the future. Thanks!