From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Alin Soare'" <alinsoar@voila.fr>, <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: English dictionary with definitions.
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:39:44 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <99C5B3961F7047F6AD6C63716FFBD7C5@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20101128T120836-947@post.gmane.org>
> 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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-28 16:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-28 11:10 English dictionary with definitions Alin Soare
2010-11-28 16:39 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2010-11-28 17:02 ` Sean Sieger
2010-11-28 21:00 ` Richard Stallman
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2010-11-29 9:05 A. Soare
2010-11-29 20:43 ` Richard Stallman
2010-11-29 9:06 A. Soare
2010-11-29 15:07 ` Drew Adams
2010-11-30 1:15 MON KEY
2010-12-08 21:33 A. Soare
2010-12-10 0:12 ` Richard Stallman
2010-12-10 17:07 ` Bernardo Barros
2010-12-11 0:28 A. Soare
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