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Recommended Resources (All Resources: 48 databases | 1 e-journal )

• Dictionnaire des synonymes

  
  
  This French dictionary, sponsored by Universite de Caen, contains about 49,000 entries drawn from seven published dictionaries.

• Merriam-Webster

  
  
  Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.

• OED : Oxford English dictionary

  
  
  A complete text of the 2nd. ed. of the Oxford English dictionary with quarterly updates, including revisions not available in any other form.

• Oxford language dictionaries online

  
  

• Roget's Thesaurus

  
  
  Containing 35,000 synonyms and over 250,000 cross-references in an easy-to-use format, this thesaurus features succinct word definitions and an innovative hyperlinked category index.

• Webster's third new international dictionary, unabridged

  
  
  "... the text of Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, published in 1961, and subsequent updates which take account of current usage. ... the current vocabulary of standard written and spoken English."--About page.Link to list of LION collections Link to LION home page

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