CSV Dictionary

Using a computer for education has a lot of benefits, especially since you can find nearly everything on the web. However, learning can simply mean looking up definitions for words you don’t know or aren’t sure of. This is where CSV Dictionary comes in handy, while also letting you build your own dictionary.

The application isn’t packed inside an installer, so you can take it for a spin as soon as download is done. This also means you can deploy it on a thumb drive and carry it around as a personal dictionary. The health status of the target PC is not put at risk because registry entries are not modified, but you do need to make sure that .NET Framework is on the target PC.

The visual design is not something to make it stand out from the crowd, but this doesn’t mean it makes it any difficult to figure out and use. However, you need to provide the default path of the dictionary file, which needs to be under the CSV format.

You benefit from a sample dictionary file, but its purpose doesn’t stretch beyond the exemplification of features, especially since it barely contains five entries. Unfortunately, you might need to take the time to define your own dictionary, which can take a bit of time.

A dedicated field is where you write the word of interest to locate in the dictionary. The application doesn’t let you view all words, unless you use a different program to open the source CSV dictionary file. Creating a custom dictionary also needs to be done with a CSV editor.

All things considered, we can state that CSV Dictionary comes with good intentions, but it could have used at least a solid sample dictionary. Sure enough the core set of tools is decent, allowing you to quickly look up words of interest, given you already have a CSV dictionary file.