Friday, November 11, 2011
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TheSage is a free software application that, through a multi-tool interface, integrates a complete dictionary and a multifaceted thesaurus of the English language together into a unique language reference system.
TheSage allows you to look up words directly from most applications, offering multiple detailed definitions each coupled with its own thesaurus.
Main features:
Comprehensive dictionary Multiple detailed definitions (+210,000)
Complete thesaurus Nearly 1,400,000 relationships between definitions (synonyms, antonyms, hypernyms, hyponyms, meronyms, holonyms,...)
Example sentences A large collection that already includes approximately 50,000 examples of usage.
Pronunciations +70,000 phonetic transcriptions.
System integration One-click lookup from most applications.
Information integration Each definition has its own specific thesaurus.
Cross-referencing Any and all displayed words are clickable, triggering a new lookup.
Wildcard search Match single/multiple characters as well as filter by single/groups of vowels and consonants.
Anagram search Only valid English words are returned.
Portability Fully functional when run from portable devices such as a USB.
Clipboard support Copy search results, examples, thesauri, definitions.
Tabbed interface Previous lookups and searches remain readily available.
Structured display Clean, flexible, fast, and easy to use presentation of information.
Price Absolutely 100% free of charge.
Custom appearance Choose your own font and color for each aspect of the display.
Multi-session history Quickly available via dropdown or the 'History' tool.
Concordancer Definition and example concordancer tools (so-called 'reverse search').
Semantic similarity User-defined custom thesaurus.
Online search Search Wikipedia, Google define/translate, or any other web address directly from TheSage.
'As you type' tool Browse TheSage's index real-time.
Phonetic search Carry out relatively sophisticated pattern searches of the phonetic transcriptions (pronunciations) in the database.
Spell-/sounds-like assistant TheSage will help you if you can't quite remember the word you are looking for.
Speech TheSage can be turned into a speaking dictionary. Click on the phonetic transcription of a lookup to hear how it is pronounced or have TheSage read all or part of any lookup.
Word list manager This manager allows the user to store words from a variety of sources. For example, the results of a wildcard or anagram search can be stored in a word list. Word list can be combined (union, intersection, difference, and uniques) as well as imported and exported.
TheSage Features:
TheSage allows you to look up words directly from most applications, offering multiple detailed definitions each coupled with its own thesaurus.
Main features:
Comprehensive dictionary Multiple detailed definitions (+210,000)
Pronunciations +70,000 phonetic transcriptions.
Anagram search Only valid English words are returned.
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