Showing posts with label dictionary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dictionary. Show all posts

Monday, January 29, 2018

Reverse Dictionary - An App We'll All Need!

This seems to happen to me more and more often, clearly a sign of aging! Just can't quite grab hold of a word, soooo frustrating! I know it has something to do with an animal that used to pull a cart in the old days. What IS IT??

Saturday, July 02, 2011

Merriam-Webster Dictionary (Android) - Finally on Android!

My iPhone friends used to have this over me, but no more.

Features:

* Synonyms & Antonyms
* Voice Search
* Example Sentences
* Audio Pronunciations
* Word of the Day
* Reader View - lets you hide navigation buttons to see text in full screen
* Recent History - lets you keep track of the words you've looked up




Merriam-Webster Dictionary is FREE on the Android Market!

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Sunday, November 01, 2009

Lingoes - A Windows translation and dictionary app for language lovers

You know who you are. You can't hear an unfamiliar word without rushing to a dictionary. Languages give you thrills better reserved for being with someone special. For you there is Lingoes. Developer's description:

"Lingoes is an easy and intuitive dictionary and text translation (application). It offers look-up dictionaries, full text translation, capture(s) word(s) on screen, translate(s) selected text and (offers) pronunciation of words in over 80 languages. These language are English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Greek, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Arabic, Hebrew, Vietnamese, Thai and more..."



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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

TheSage's English Dictionary and Thesaurus - A free desktop application for writers

A lot of freeware is crap, let's face it. But some of it is gold. Check out the power and heft of this application for writers. From the web site:

"TheSage's English Dictionary and Thesaurus is a professional software package that integrates a complete dictionary and multifaceted thesaurus of the English language into a single and powerful language reference system.

TheSage can look up words directly from almost any program (IE, Word, Firefox, Outlook, Thunderbird,... ) and is 100% portable.

Due to popular demand, TheSage's dictionary is now online. Note that only the definition database is consulted. If you are interested in TheSage's complete package (definition + thesaurus + examples), read on."



TheSage's English Dictionary and Thesaurus

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