Wordnet. This is what you call a dictionary!! Thread poster: Dave Greatrix
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Dave Greatrix 
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Quotes taken from a press article 22 January 2002: http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/page1/ledger/15a30b1.html
\"George Miller is still not sure what he was thinking when he set out to write his own dictionary. By his own definition he was mad (meaning \"brainsick, crazy, demented, distracted, disturbed, sick, unbalanced, unhinged-- affected with madness or... See more Quotes taken from a press article 22 January 2002: http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/page1/ledger/15a30b1.html
\"George Miller is still not sure what he was thinking when he set out to write his own dictionary. By his own definition he was mad (meaning \"brainsick, crazy, demented, distracted, disturbed, sick, unbalanced, unhinged-- affected with madness or insanity\").
Nearly two decades ago, the Princeton University psychology professor needed a decent computerized dictionary to help devise experimental tests to determine how children\'s brains learn language. The major dictionary publishers, however, all wanted several thousand dollars in fees before they would turn over their software.
\"I said, \'The hell with you, I\'ll make my own dictionary,\' \" recalled Miller, 81.\"
\"Instead of just listing the words and their definitions, Miller decided to show how every word is linked to another. Type in the word \"tree\" and the user gets not only the definition, synonyms and antonyms, but the hypernyms (a tree is a kind of what?), meronyms (what are the parts of a tree?) and more. The user can also find a list of thousands of trees, from yellowwood tree to the Tree of Knowledge, and even all words that contain the letters t-r-e-e.\"
\" Recently, he received an e-mail from Oxford University in England requesting permission to use the term \"WordNet.\" Oxford, publisher of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary -- the gold standard among scholars -- is considering putting together an online web of intersecting words modeled after Miller\'s Princeton project. \"
\"Oxford is developing its own WordNet,\" Miller said with a grin. \"That means you\'ve really arrived, when the dictionary publishers start stealing your stuff.\"
You\'ll find WordNet @ : http://www.notredame.ac.jp/cgi-bin/wn
Well worth a look.
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| | | | DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X)
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| Fascinating! | Jan 28, 2002 |
More than well worth a look...a fabulous feast!
Many thanks for this!
Rich
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Well worth a look.
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Thanks, David, this is amazing.
Best regards,
Patricia
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| | | | Ester Vidal (X)
Local time: 12:13
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| Fantastic!!!! | Jan 28, 2002 |
Marvellous, terrific,tremendous, wonderful, extraordinary...
Many thanks for that,
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CATNIP (X)
Sweden
Local time: 12:13
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| Thanks for a great tip! | Jan 28, 2002 |
Finally a dictionary that offers more than the standard stuff. A joy to look up words in this one!
| | | | Judy Rojas
Chile
Local time: 06:13
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Thanks! You should at least get some Kudoz points for such magnificent contribution.
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| | | | | What's in a name? | Jan 28, 2002 |
Here we can find what\'s in it. I join congratulations to this contribution.
| | | | Paul Roige (X)
Spain
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Far out!, if it\'s what it seems, it\'s bye to hard copy monolinguals then...
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| | | THANKS FOR THE TIP | Jan 29, 2002 |
I am still a hard nut to crack and prefer conventional dictionaries, because you are not always sure if a web source is realiable. I generally go to the web when the dictionaries give me no answers. However, I have found that www.acronymfinder.com is very useful when I do not know the meaning of an acronym.
Robert Ingledew
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Dear David,
The WordNet Dictionary is simply outstanding ! I\'ve never run accross such a complete work. Thanks for your indication, which is extremely helpful to all translators.
Greetings from Rio !
Sincerely,
Adolpho J Silva
Accredited Translator
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