Dictionary
The dictionary is a volume of English words listed in alphabetical order with definitions, speech rules, and examples of words in sentences. Some dictionaries include only the most popular words while others include every word in the English language. How do we know they haven't missed one? A mate to the dictionary is the thesaurus which gives similar words instead of definitions. 1. a book containing the words of a language, arranged in alphabetical order, with definitions, etymologies, pronunciations, and other information; a lexicon. 2. a reference book listing alphabetically terms or names important to a particular subject or activity along with discussion of their meanings and applications
Thesaurus
is a book of words or of information
about a particular field or set
of concepts; specifically , it
is a dictionary of synonyms.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 3rd ed Online version of the 1996 edition of the popular English language dictionary, featuring over 200,000 entries. Entries include pronunciation guide, definition, and brief etymology. Searchable only (no browsing). Author: Houghton Mifflin Company / Bartleby.Com (webmaster@bartleby.com) A forms-based search engine for Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition. Headword searches support full UNIX regular expressions. Author: Mark Olsen (mark@gide.uchicago.edu) Cambridge Dictionary of American English (CDAE) Students and scholars of American English can use this site to search the full text of the Cambridge Dictionary of American English. The dictionary gives full sentence examples of how words are used in American English, and explains thousands of American idioms. Author: Cambridge University Press Cambridge International Dictionary of English (CIDE) Students and scholars of the English language can use this site to search the full text of the Cambridge International Dictionary of English. The dictionary separates different senses of a word into different entries, making it easy to find the right meaning. It also provides examples of thousands of common English sayings and idioms. Covers American, British and Australian English. Author: Cambridge University Press Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms Students and scholars of the English language can use this site to search the full text of the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms. The dictionary provides examples of over 7,000 idioms currently used in American, British and Australian English. Includes thousands of example sentences, and etymological information to help readers understand the meanings of the idioms. Author:
Cambridge University Press "Dictionary.com is the best general English-language dictionary online. Its simple search form hides a sophisticated multi-source search of Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet, The Free Online Dictionary of Computing, Jargon File, The Elements, Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary, Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary, U.S. Gazetteer, and the CIA World Factbook. Links on Dictionary.com's home page lead to thousands of other English dictionaries (including WWWebster Dictionary), jargon dictionaries, writers' dictionaries, non-English dictionaries, and other language resources." Author: Lexico LLC Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary An excellent hyper linked dictionary and thesaurus, based on the Merriam-Webster dictionary. The search engine supports wildcards and right-hand truncation. A help page and pronunciation guide are included. Author: Merriam-Webster, Inc. (suggest@m-w.com) The Newbury House Dictionary Online "This online dictionary contains over 40,000 entries and is based on the best selling Newbury House Dictionary of American English. Providing simple and clear definitions, this online tool provides a wealth of sample sentences, idioms, and a wide array of cultural facts and figures. Because this online version is linked to a 50,000 photo database, you can quickly browse through photographs related to your word search." Pronunciation guide is also provided. Author: Heinle & Heinle Publishers "The Phrase Finder is a phrases thesaurus and searchable database of a large collection of English phrases and sayings." This site can be used to find phrases related to a particular word, learn the meaning of a phrase, or determine the origin of a phrase. Also includes a book list of dictionaries, thesauri, and word phrase and origin books. Author: Sheffield Hallam University (phrases@shu.ac.uk) Enter a word and the server will return a list of words with which your word rhymes. Author: Doug Beeferman (dougb+@cs.cmu.edu) SYMBOLS.com -- Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms "The world's largest on-line encyclopedia of graphic symbols. SYMBOLS.com contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. In 1,600 articles their histories, uses, and meanings are thoroughly discussed. The signs range from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men, to hobo signs and subway graffiti. Use the Graphic Index to search for the meaning or history of a sign. If you want to see an ideogram with a certain meaning, use the Word Index. You may search for both meanings and names of signs." Author: HME Media. (webmaster@symbols.com) This weekly web-zine provides origins to words and phrases. Back issues are searchable. Author: Melanie and Mike (melmike@takeourword.com) The Encarta world English dictionary. Merriam-Webster online, Collegiate dictionary and thesaurus. On-line Mathematics Dictionary
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