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- If you use a wordprocessor frequently, you know how useful the
- standard thesaurus included among its utilities is. When you
- enter a word, it provides you with a handful of synonyms that
- you can use to better express your thoughts or simply avoid
- repetition.
-
- In many cases, however, your idea is not fully developed, or you
- can't think of a suitable word to express it. You turn to your
- conventional thesaurus for help . . . and you find that it is
- insufficient to your needs.
-
- YOU NEED A COMPLEMENTARY THESAURUS!
-
- You need a thesaurus that responds to a word, more or less
- related to your idea, placing at your disposal not only
- synonyms, but a wide range of conceptually related words. It
- would not only enable you to find the appropriate word, but also
- help you to further develop and crystallize your thought.
-
- We are proud to offer you this complementary electronic
- thesaurus.
-
- BesThes has a basic vocabulary of 16,520 entries with an average
- of 185 related words per entry, expandable to 28,635 entries
- with 210 related words per entry by means of two additional
- vocabulary-enrichment modules. It is a 3,056,200-/6,013,350-
- word thesaurus, which in book form would require 10/20 heavy
- volumes, respectively.
-
- For comparison, among the best-known thesauruses in book form we
- find:
-
- 1) CHAMBERS, with a stated 18,000 entries and 350,000 words,
- i.e., less than 20 related words per entry, in a volume of
- 750 pages.(C) 1988 by W.& R. Chambers Ltd. and Cambridge
- University Press.
-
- 2) THE RANDOM HOUSE THESAURUS COLLEGE EDITION, with a stated
- 275,000 words (something like 12,000 entries with an average
- of 23 related words per entry) in a volume of 812 pages.
- (C) 1984 by Random House Inc.
-
- And no less important, it is friendly and ultrafast.
-