- Hardcover
- Publisher: Collins; Third edition edition (7 April 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007142358
- ISBN-13: 978-0007142354
- Product Dimensions: 18.6 x 13.6 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 468,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Your definitive word source!
Instant access for PC users to over 200,000 definitions and 340,000 synonyms and antonyms. You’ll never be at a loss for words again.
200,000-word Dictionary ; etymologies; pronunciations; examples of words in use; in-depth information on how to use words appropriately, and more. 340,000-word Thesaurus including antonyms.
Fast and simple user interface, easy cross-referencing between Dictionary and Thesaurus.
Full Text Search; Morphological Search, Phonetic Search.
Anagram Search finds all the words that can be made with the letters of a word.
Browse lets you look through the entire Dictionary or Thesaurus one word at a time.
History List for reviewing your entries.
User Dictionary for storing personal wordlists.
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Instant access to over 200,000 definitions and 340,000 synonyms and antonyms. You'll never be at a loss for words again.
• Fast and simple user interface
• Full text and anagram searches
• History list for reviewing your entries
• Easy cross-referencing between Dictionary and Thesaurus
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must for anyone who studies the English language,
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This review is from: Collins English Dictionary and Thesaurus on CD-ROM [CD-ROM] (Hardcover)
This CD-Rom is extraordinary informative. The entries have IPA transcriptions and very clear explanations. I particularly like the use of colours to differentiate the words from their synonyms and antonyms. When you look at the synonyms or antonyms, you get loads of terms to choose from - and I dare say you could feel a bit lost not knowing all their meanings - but what you have to do is to simply right-click on each word and a small dictionary window appears, giving you extra information on the meaning of the word you didn't know. By clicking on the "Examples" entry, you sometimes get hundreds to thousands of examples taken from the Bank of English, i.e. a 450 millions words database of contemporary language from real sources of information. My only disappointment is that the CD-Rom doesn't install completely onto my hard disk and I have to run it every time I need it, but it's really worth and I am happy I bought it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Collins Dictionary on CD ROM,
By Andrew Havryliv (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Collins English Dictionary and Thesaurus on CD-ROM [CD-ROM] (Hardcover)
This dictionary is excellent. The problem of not being able to run the software without the CD ROM has been fixed and a download is available from the support site.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A disappointing version,
By Graham Steele (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Collins English Dictionary and Thesaurus on CD-ROM [CD-ROM] (Hardcover)
The synopsis applies to the earlier (second) edition of 1995, which I own and love.I have just bought the newer (2002) edition and am bitterly disappointed with it. It no longer has 149 words for dra*. It has 20. It no longer allows wildcards such as d?s?y for help with the Times crossword. It no longer gives anagrams from SOME of the letters (like "test match" from "cat sat on the mat"). It gives all or nothing. And quite often nothing. It does not give you the option to request an anagram. It gives one when it sees fit. And it doesn't recognize "a brown I" as "rainbow". Or "citsalp" as "plastic". It no longer gives the word list (of words near the search word) nor displays the next full word as you type the first bit. It requires you to put in a full word, and press Enter. And although you install it completely on your hard drive it requires the CD in the drive as a security measure, preventing me from playing music. At least it has "internet" in it, which the previous version did not, and which prompted me to upgrade.
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