Free Dictionary Software

From Magical Jelly Bean Software:

Magical Jellybean Dictionary, formerly known as Dict, is a freeware dictionary client that retrieves definitions from a database on a dictionary server. It can print definitions, copy them to your clipboard, and save them to text files. It also supports command-line queries. Version 1.1 lets you connect to any server by editing the INI file.

From Prosigner:

Vocabulary Wizard was designed for you and your friends, students, or children who are preparing for English-vocabulary-related examinations such as the SAT, GRE, ACT, TOEFL, and so on. It gives you an efficient, fast, and easy way to study the words that may appear on these exams. It has a built-in dictionary of more than 6,000 carefully chosen words that appear frequently on standardized tests. You can edit the existing data and even add your own.

(30.7MB) (US $39.95)

	VWiz gives you an efficient,fast and easy way to study such exam words.
	VWiz has a built-in dictionary of over 6,000 carefully chosen words that appear frequently on standardized tests
	In the VWiz’s Desk screen, just pick the wordlists you want to study from the bookstand, and put them on the desk. And then you can study words by multiple choice questions, spelling exercise questions and flashcard-like slide show. With the various parameters such as the Study Index, Check mark and Master mark, VWiz helps you to concerntrate on only the words that might be difficult for you to learn.
	You can also record and play voice pronunciations. Listen first, and answer the questions!
	VWiz helps you to print test questions and answers on text files as well as wordlists on paper.

From Smart Link:

ImTranslator provides additional multilingual capabilities to Internet Explorer for more efficient communication in foreign languages. With ImTranslator you can translate in different languages, enter multilingual text, check it for correctness, print results and send e-mail. ImTranslator includes: Online Translator, which performs real-time translation for Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish languages and their combinations. Translator includes back translation. Virtual Keyboard covers 40 languages. Dictionary provides translation in 20 language pairs. The program has spell-checker for English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian. The interface of ImTranslator is localized for English, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

From Ifinger:

iFinger produces and sells downloadable, interactive products developed by integrating our software with mono- and bilingual reference information from some of the world’s most famous publishing houses. iFinger works both on- and offline, and text searches can be entered manually for specific queries. The second edition covers up to 355,000 words, phrases, and definitions of current English. Version 3 includes unspecified updates.

Pros: good verbal formation.

Cons: in few words its very difficult to understand.

Summary: it helps us to get knowledge about words.

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From Babylon.com:

Babylon offers you the most intuitive tool for all your translation needs. With Babylon you can quickly translate e-mails, Web pages, documents, or instant messages. You simply click on the word or text that you want to translate and a small window instantly appears with the desired results from Babylon’s extensive database of language dictionaries or glossaries. Babylon offers its users a wide range of titles from the world’s premier publishing houses including Oxford, Britannica, Merriam-Webster, Larousse, Vox, Langenscheidt, Pons, and Taishukan.

Version 7 includes several changes such as dictionary and translation results delivered in a single click, full text translation in a single click, spell check for Hotmail, and other improvements.

Pros: The standard version of this translation software is only a good starting point - it really reaches it highs when additional premium content is added.

Cons: Reliable sources/dictionaries have to be paid additionally.

Summary: The standard version of this translation software is only a good starting point - it really reaches it highs when additional premium content is added. They have some nice deals buying the software together with good acknowledged titles like Merriam Webster, Langenscheidt and Oxford. Then translation is really a fun thing to do.

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From WordWeb Software:

This thesaurus/dictionary can be used to look up words from almost any program. In addition to displaying sense definitions and synonyms, WordWeb can find sets of related words. The database has more than 150,000 root words and 120,000 synonym sets, many proper nouns, pronunciations, and usage tags. WordWeb works off line, but when online you can also quickly view Web references such as the Wikipedia encyclopedia. Version 5.52 has minor updates and compatibility fixes.

Pros: Running in the background it is much easier than having to bring up a dict prgm. Also, the various definition tabs access a lot of info. The audio feature is great for seldom used words. The inclusion of Latin phrases is hlepful.

Cons: Sometimes I have trouble getting the program to define the word I have my cursor on or have highlighted.

Summary: This is one of the easiest to use & most convenient programs I have ever used. I usually compose about 15 pages of teaching material a week (notes & manuscripts). WordWeb makes my job much easier.

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