WordWeb is a comprehensive international English thesaurus and dictionary, with definitions, synonyms and many related words. It includes pronunciations and usage examples, and has helpful spelling and sounds-like links. Wordweb does much more than a paper dictionary or thesaurus: WordWeb is truly a Word Web - each definition is linked to sets other related words. Just click on a word to explore the network of meanings.
The comprehensive WordWeb dictionary database includes:
- 285,000 words, phrases and derived forms
- 225,000 word sense definitions
- 70,000 usage examples
- 85,000 text pronunciations
- Synonyms, similar and related words
- N. American, British, Australian and international English
- 70,000 professionally recorded audio pronunciations
There are hint links between words that sound the same or are often confused. Additional features include the ability to drill down on any word in a definition, full bookmark support and history.
Search features include:
- Alphabetical listing
- Sounds-like and often-confused
- Fast pattern-matching search (*, ?, vowel and consonant)
- Customize search options (case, derived forms, etc)
- Full Text Search
Features include:
- Up-to-date international English dictionary
- Synonyms, similar words and many usage examples
- 70 000 professionally-recorded audio pronunciations
- 285 000 words, phrases and derived forms
- 225 000 word sense definitions
- 85 000 easy-to-understand text pronunciations
- Includes many proper nouns, compounds and phrases
- Fast pattern-matching search (*, ?, vowel, consonant)
- Full Text Search
- Bookmarks, recent and random words
- Full coverage of American, British, Canadian, Australasian and Asian English
- If the Oxford or Chambers Dictionaries are installed, they are detected and shown in separate tabs for easy cross-reference
- No internet connection required
- Use with Services to look up words in almost any program
What's New in Version 3.0:
- Thousands of new words
- Automatically looks up words copied to clipboard in other apps
- Tabs support for linking to new New Oxford American English app
OS - MacOSX 10.8 or Later
Home Page - http://www.wordwebsoftware.com/mac/WordWeb.html
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