thesaurus

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Noun

thesaurus (plural thesauri or thesauruses)

  1. A publication, usually in the form of a book, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms) for the words of a given language.
    "Roget" is the leading brand name for a print English thesaurus.
  2. (archaic) A dictionary or encyclopedia.
  3. (information science) A hierarchy of subject headings—canonic titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.

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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Fri Sep 3 11:15:48 2010

A thesaurus is a book that lists words grouped together according to similarity of meaning (containing synonyms and sometimes antonyms), in contrast to a dictionary, which contains definitions and pronunciations. The largest thesaurus in the world is the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary, which contains more than 920,000 words.

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Sat Sep 4 21:14:08 2010

Where is the thesaurus in windows XP Professional?
Q. I used to be able to use Thesurus to find similar words in an older version of Word but cant find a Thesaurus in this one. Does anyone know where it is? Or can anyone suggest another word for long standing, as in long standing customers, who have been on database for ages but havent been to see us for a while.
Asked by Cinderella - Thu Jan 8 08:07:59 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. XP doesn't come with a thesaurus as it is just an O/S. If you have office then you will have one there. Let us know what version of office you have and we may be able to help. Try which gives the following: Main Entry: long-standing Part of Speech: adjective Definition: existing for some time Synonyms: abiding, durable, enduring, established, fixed, lasting, long-established, long-lasting, long-lived, traditional Notes: long-standing has a hyphen; longtime does not
Answered by LoverOfWine - Thu Jan 8 08:12:16 2009

How can I accumulate thesaurus from Yahoo Answers?
Q. You may say that i can use a dictionary directly, but there are always too many terms in a dictionary and I have to judge which pairs to choose. Here I just want to do it under certain category such that a context is established for thesaurus. I am considering hiring some one to do this... may be this can only be done manually
Asked by ilovetomato - Wed Feb 20 04:40:59 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Check these www.mirriam-webster.com www.synonym.com If its past answers on YA! why not just do a keyword search?
Answered by Libellus - Wed Feb 20 05:14:23 2008

How can I construct a memory palace to help me memorize the entirety of Roget's Thesaurus?
Q. How can I construct a memory palace to help me memorize the entirety of Roget's Thesaurus?
Asked by Mellow Fellow - Sun Dec 7 07:25:03 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. My dear "mellow fellow"...(reminds me at the old Beatles song "They call ma mellow yellow"...) smile ! Well...I must say, that's a "big order", you wish to fulfill, honey!!! I really doubt, if such an endeavor is even possible to achieve, because the Thesaurus is such a comprehensive book...There is nowhere in the world, you'll be able to "memorize" the contents, sweetie! I don't think it's "humanly possible" to memorize a whole Thesaurus, but that's why such dictionaries exist...so you can look up the information you need ! But...I still wish you good luck in the process! Wish you all the best for the future ! Greetings from Germany with all my love & care...Annette***
Answered by destiny - Sun Dec 7 10:28:28 2008

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