Re: [libreoffice-users] Thesaurus is a dictionary of synonyms or real thesaurus
Is Roget's Thesaurus 'a real thesaurus used by librarians'? ;-) Just curiously wondering ;-) well, that's my choice in thesauri. On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 3:12 AM, András Csányi sayusi.a...@sayusi.hu wrote: Dear All, I would like to ask some help regarding thesaurus in Libreoffice. I'm a librarian an whenever I hear that there is thesaurus in the Libreoffice I cannot decide whether this is a dictionary of the synonyms or a real thesaurus used by librarians. Here you can read about what the thesaurus is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesaurus Thanks in advance, András -- -- Csanyi Andras (Sayusi Ando) -- http://sayusi.hu -- http://facebook.com/andras.csanyi -- Trust in God and keep your gunpowder dry! - Cromwell -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Thesaurus is a dictionary of synonyms or real thesaurus
On 03/04/2013 04:12 AM, András Csányi wrote: Dear All, I would like to ask some help regarding thesaurus in Libreoffice. I'm a librarian an whenever I hear that there is thesaurus in the Libreoffice I cannot decide whether this is a dictionary of the synonyms or a real thesaurus used by librarians. Here you can read about what the thesaurus is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesaurus Thanks in advance, András Here is the definition of thesaurus according to your link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesaurus - A thesaurus is a reference work that lists words grouped together according to similarity of meaning (containing synonyms and sometimes antonyms), in contrast to a dictionary, which contains definitions and pronunciations. The one[s] I have installed, with 4.0.0, shows similar terms. For belly it shows several types of nouns and verb replacements for that word/term. I also know that there are adjectives and adverbs listed for some words. These may be listed by other thesaurus systems as synonym, derivatives, kind of, kinds, and parts. I have even seen the term of domain listed under the term relatives. So, we have the synonyms and other relatives. As for antonyms, well I have not looked at a lot of words in the thesaurus system/file[s] I use, but we are dependent on others to create these for us. Actually, my book thesaurus is a Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus and I do not see antonyms listed for the words I looked at. As far as I know, most of the dictionary and thesaurus options are based on the WordNet and Hunspell format and offerings. We rely on these free offerings, and others, to be able to have language aids included in LibreOffice. SO, please tell us what is used by a librarian/library as a reference thesaurus. I would like to know. What do you mean by real thesaurus used by librarians. Also, I use an offline dictionary[definitions] and thesaurus called Artha that I use on my Ubuntu/Linux and Windows systems. This is free, like LibreOffice. I looked up many words using it, over the past few years, and I do not remember if it showed and antonyms. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Thesaurus is a dictionary of synonyms or real thesaurus
On 03/04/2013 04:12 AM, András Csányi wrote: Dear All, I would like to ask some help regarding thesaurus in Libreoffice. I'm a librarian an whenever I hear that there is thesaurus in the Libreoffice I cannot decide whether this is a dictionary of the synonyms or a real thesaurus used by librarians. Here you can read about what the thesaurus is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesaurus Thanks in advance, András If you want a real thesaurus, install Artha. It's a very good dictionary (for meanings, not pronunciation) and a real thesaurus. Its only fault, as I see it, is that it considers all words very rare--and it's rarely right on that score! --doug -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Thesaurus is a dictionary of synonyms or real thesaurus
On 03/04/2013 11:23 AM, doug wrote: On 03/04/2013 04:12 AM, András Csányi wrote: Dear All, I would like to ask some help regarding thesaurus in Libreoffice. I'm a librarian an whenever I hear that there is thesaurus in the Libreoffice I cannot decide whether this is a dictionary of the synonyms or a real thesaurus used by librarians. Here you can read about what the thesaurus is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesaurus Thanks in advance, András If you want a real thesaurus, install Artha. It's a very good dictionary (for meanings, not pronunciation) and a real thesaurus. Its only fault, as I see it, is that it considers all words very rare--and it's rarely right on that score! --doug I do not see many antonyms listed. I just wonder what is meant by a real thesaurus used by librarians. To be honest, my printed book thesaurus does not show much more than LO's thesaurus or Athra's thesaurus information . -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
