From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: English dictionary with definitions. Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:39:44 -0800 Message-ID: <99C5B3961F7047F6AD6C63716FFBD7C5@us.oracle.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1290962423 801 80.91.229.12 (28 Nov 2010 16:40:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:40:23 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Alin Soare'" , Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 28 17:40:19 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PMkIR-0006mB-JX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:40:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57020 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PMkIR-0002PF-6J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:40:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=46041 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PMkIN-0002P9-4Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:40:11 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PMkIM-0007j8-0f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:40:10 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:23886) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PMkIL-0007iy-Oe for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:40:09 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet15.oracle.com (rcsinet15.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id oASGe7cY028815 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:40:09 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt354.oracle.com (acsmt354.oracle.com [141.146.40.154]) by rcsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id oASFrStd020798; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:40:07 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt012.oracle.com by acsmt354.oracle.com with ESMTP id 810332151290962395; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:39:55 -0800 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.220.140) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:39:55 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 Thread-Index: AcuO7PvpnYx53IVJTRuTiyR/jCp4BwALXvVQ X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:133203 Archived-At: > I wish to ask you what is the best choice for an English > dictionary with definitions. There probably is no "best choice". For American English, "American Heritage Dictionary" is quite good, especially its comparative treatment of usage for synonyms and other related words.