TheSage English Dictionary and Thesaurus is a complete dictionary and a multifaceted thesaurus for the English language.
Here are some key features of "TheSage's English Dictionary and Thesaurus":
· The Dictionary comprises more than 145,000 references with multiple detailed definitions (over 200,000);
· A large collection of examples of usage (approx. 35,000);
· Encyclopedic information (geographical, historical, political);
· Academic knowledge (medicine, biology )
· The Thesaurus encompasses synonyms, antonyms, hypernyms, hyponyms, meronyms, holonyms;
· Nearly 1,200,000 relationships between definitions.
· Tabbed interface allowing multiple definitions and searches to be readily available;
· Quick cross-referencing (any and all displayed words are clickable, triggering a lookup);
· Standard and advanced wildcard search functionality;
· Anagram search;
· History and session record keeping;
· Options that allow customization of the appearance of TheSage;
· Copy to clipboard of all or part of the information displayed
· Up-to-date database.
· Phonetic transcriptions.
· Text-to-Speech.
· Definition/example concordancer.
· Online search.
· Phonetic wildcard search.
· As you type' tool.
· Similarity tool.
· Spell-/sounds-like assistant.
· Customization options galore.
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Fixed: Kooky behaviour when a previous instance is running (only affected the termination of the second instance).
· Fixed: Erratic crash on some machines caused by invoking the Lookup search box context-menu right after starting TheSage.
· New: Lookup search box steals focus after a database operation.
· Changed: (Installer for Vista only) Requires admin level for UAC.
Database:
· Added: Transcriptions.
· Added: Definitions.
· Added: Thesaurus entries.
· Added: Examples.