]> Daniel Naber

daniel.naber@t-online.de

2003-04-12 0.95.00 2002 2003 Daniel Naber &kthesaurus; lists words related to a given term and offers a user interface to &wordnet;, a powerful lexical reference system. By default, only the English language is supported. KDE thesaurus WordNet synonyms dictionary lexicon English words The Thesaurus tab offers a small thesaurus, built from a subset of &wordnet;. The results are listed in three categories: Synonyms, More General Words (hypernyms), More Specific Words (hyponyms). Synonyms are words with a very similar meaning. They do not necessarily apply to all senses of each word, so you cannot always replace a word with any synonym. You can double click on a word to search for its synonyms &etc;. You can also type a word directly into the Search for: box at the top and press Return. The word which is currently visible in the Replace with: box at the bottom is the one that will be used if you click on Replace. &kthesaurus; can be used as a standalone application, but it can also be used from other applications (like &kword;, typically by right clicking on a word and selecting Show related words). The Replace button will only be visible on a word and selecting Show Related Words). The Replace with: button will only be visible if &kthesaurus; is called from another application. We have to keep the data file small so that it can be included in &koffice; — this introduces several limitations (compared to &wordnet;): Only exact matches are found, ⪚ if you search for a plural form nothing will be found. Many not so common words have been removed. It doesn't distinguish between parts of speech, e.g. verbs and nouns are mixed up in the lists of words. It won't separate the different meanings words can have. Adjectives don't really have a more general / more specific meaning, so one word may appear in more than one list at the same time. On the other hand, a few words have been added (function words like if and very few words specific to &kde;). Please do not report bugs in the thesaurus to the &wordnet; project, but to &kde;. By default, only the English language is supported in &kthesaurus;. You can check out the KOffice download page to see which other languages are available. The &wordnet; tab provides a user interface to a local installation of &wordnet; 1.7. &wordnet; is an online lexical reference system whose design is inspired by current psycholinguistic theories of human lexical memory. The &kthesaurus; user interface offers nearly all options which are available on the command line. It calls the wn binary, which has to be in your PATH. To learn more about &wordnet;, please see the &wordnet; man pages or have a look at the &wordnet; homepage. &kthesaurus; and this documentation is copyrighted by Daniel Naber. &underFDL; &underGPL; &documentation.index;