Personal (free)

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Online English dictionary and thesaurus

Entry

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Defines terms highlighted in Web documents; considers its context

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Double-click a word in the definition to obtain its definition

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Corrects spelling automatically (U.S. or international)

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Converts inflected forms to dictionary form

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Can be installed in major web browsers, uses embedded panes

Output

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Distinguishes different meanings (senses) and offers their definitions

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Ranks multiple senses in order of likelihood, following semantic analysis using linguistic, contextual and statistical factors

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Browses synonyms and related terms through thesaurus

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Translation of each sense into other languages

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Usage examples for verbs; more word relationships in thesaurus

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Word of the Second

Search

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Formulates intelligent searches using major search engines

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Expanded search using related terms for a given meaning

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Option to search only the present Web site

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Recommends related pages based on meaning, not keyword matching

Customization

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“Word of the Second” – reading levels

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Disable advertising

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Option to link to or install custom thesauruses

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Number of available search engines and dictionaries

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Ability to add search engines

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Ability to add terms to the dictionary

Technical Features

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English dictionary 190000 terms

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Translation dictionaries French: 34000, German: 37000, Spanish: 15000, Dutch: 80000, Portuguese: 38000 terms

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Ability to add terms to the dictionary

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Web site version

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Mobile users (reduced functions) supported on many devices

Software

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Browsers: IE 4; IE5+; NS 4+; NS 6; Opera 5.2 and 6; all major O/S

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Mobile browsers PALM 3.5+;RIM with Go.Web; xhtml; WAP 1+

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Intranet server O/S NT Database System: Sybase ASA

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Hosted by LookWAYup on its own servers