Visual Thesaurus 3 (5-User Lab Pack)

Although you may have used a thesaurus before, either in book form or as a software application, you will find the Visual Thesaurus to be an entirely new experience. It gives you insight into the structure and intricacy of the English language. The Visual Thesaurus is a dictionary and thesaurus with an intuitive interface that encourages exploration and learning. Visual Thesaurus is a marvelous way to improve your vocabulary and your understanding of the English language.

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Find the right word and explore. The Visual Thesaurus has over 145,000 English words and 115,000 meanings. Search for the word you're looking for and then follow a trail of related concepts.

Improve your grasp of the English language. The Visual Thesaurus's intuitive interface helps you find words through their semantic relationship with other words and meanings. This focus results in a more precise understanding of the English language.

Hear words pronounced correctly. (Internet connection necessary) The Visual Thesaurus offers a choice between a British and an American English accent.

Understand the relationships between English words and meanings. In addition to synonyms, the Visual Thesaurus shows 16 kinds of semantic relationships. You can see that a nose is part of a face, that a horned poppy is a type of flower, and that epinephrine is a type of vasoconstrictor.

A Better Dictionary

Audio pronunciations. Visual Thesaurus 3 offers audio pronunciations in either a British or an American English accent. (You must have an Internet connection for this feature to work.)

Other languages. For online subscribers only, try searching using the new beta versions of Dutch, French, German, Italian, or Spanish.

American or British spellings. You choose whether to see American spelling, British spellings or both. (E.g. color or colour)

More words and meanings. Visual Thesaurus 3 now has over 145,000 words and 115,000 meanings.

More proper nouns. Visual Thesaurus 3 now includes more than 39,000 proper nouns, so you can now use the Visual Thesaurus to more fully explore geography, world leaders, and even trademarks.

More types of relationships. The Visual Thesaurus adds three new relationship types for even finer control of your navigation.

A Better Interface

Spell checking. When you type in a word, you are provided with a list of suggested spellings.

Expand your search to the Internet. Search the Internet for words or related images.

Back and forward buttons. Clearly labeled back and forward buttons make it easy to retrace your steps.

Better filtering of content. With four levels of content filtering and the ability to lock content filters, you determine what's appropriate for you, your family, or your students.

More control of the display. Use presets to quickly choose from among three display modes (including new Free Association Mode). Also fine-tune your display using sliders.

Two print formats. Print single page view of your word display, or print multiple pages with color-coded definitions.

Keyboard shortcuts. We now provide keyboard shortcuts for many commonly used actions.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

Mac

Mac OS X

128MB RAM

100MB Disk Space

Windows

Windows 98, ME, 2000, or XP

128MB RAM

100MB Disk Space