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Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
A thesaurus is composed by at least three elements: 1-a list of words (or terms), 2-the relationship amongst the words (or terms), indicated by their hierarchical relative position (e.g. parent/broader term; child/narrower term, synonym, etc.), 3-a set of rules on how to use the thesaurus.
Conceiving that such a compilation might help to supply my own deficiencies, I had, in the year 1805, completed a classed catalogue of words on a small scale, but on the same principle, and nearly in the same form, as the Thesaurus now published. [4] Roget's Thesaurus is composed of six primary classes. [5]
Lesk algorithm is a classical algorithm for word sense disambiguation introduced by Michael E. Lesk in 1986. [1] It operates on the premise that words within a given context are likely to share a common meaning.
a party held for a man (bachelor) or woman (bachelorette) soon to be married (UK: stag night/hen night) [34] bachelorette a young, single woman who has never married [35] [36] [37] backhoe a piece of excavating equipment (UK usually digger, mechanical digger, excavator, or JCB, genericized trademark) [38] ballpark
A long-format vinyl record that can hold more than 20 minutes of content per side, often called an LP (long-playing) or album. 12-string. Both electric guitars and acoustic guitars are available in 12 string versions. Three of the added strings are doubling the standard strings at the unison, and three are an octave higher. 13th
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