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Summary: The best currently available thesaurus
Review: I've used a lot of thesauruses over the years, including Roget's International Thesaurus intensively through several editions, and the new Bartlett's eclipses them all. The latest Roget's International Thesaurus is in some respects inferior to previous editions, as I was no longer finding the exact word I was looking for. I have an extremely high success rate with this new Bartlett version. It's fun just to browse around in it. Many quotations
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Summary: Don't get the ones in dictionary form..get this kind
Review: Indispensable! I gave my old copy of this to my nephew going away to college. What a mistake for me! I was in graduate school at the time and had another thesaurus in dictionary form..and figured that would be fine. Yuck. I found myself wishing I had this version again..so I just bought another one. The way I use it is not to come up with words to impress people (well, not usually) but rather to remember a word that I want to use, but can't exactly recall (must be my age). I know you all have done it and can relate to that great feeling of finally finding that word! The conceptual setup is perfect for this becuase sometimes you can get close with a guess, but you need that whole section on weight (for example) to really pinpoint your word (not just synonyms for heavy).
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Summary: Don't get the ones in dictionary form..get this kind
Review: Indispensable! I gave my old copy of this to my nephew going away to college. What a mistake for me! I was in graduate school at the time and had another thesaurus in dictionary form..and figured that would be fine. Yuck. I found myself wishing I had this version again..so I just bought another one. The way I use it is not to come up with words to impress people (well, not usually) but rather to remember a word that I want to use, but can't exactly recall (must be my age). I know you all have done it and can relate to that great feeling of finally finding that word! The conceptual setup is perfect for this becuase sometimes you can get close with a guess, but you need that whole section on weight (for example) to really pinpoint your word (not just synonyms for heavy).
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Summary: You can never go wrong with the tried and true
Review: There are a lot of quaint reference guides out on the market today, but as a professional writer and teacher this is always the thesaurus I reach for. Not only are you provided with nearly half a million synonyms, but Rogets make the definition conise and meaningful. You will find this book an essential part of your reference section be it 2 books or 200 books in volume. It makes little difference if you are writing a term paper or a business letter, you are foolish not to have this vital tool.
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Summary: Surely the best
Review: Very likely the single most important feature this book offers is exactly what we word-hunters mostly want from a thesaurus: 1) An impressively high hit rate. 2) A large number of highly useful references. Besides that, I think this book excels its competitors (painstakingly compared trying to buy the very best available one) in many another important ways. Other thesauruses and even some children's dictionaries' "how to use" sections run for several pages in rather small typeface. The fact that the "How to use" section of this thesaurus takes really sparse areas of the front and back pages of one single leaf can give you an idea of how easy to use it is. The backbone of this ease of use of course is the thoughtful organization. The book (1415 pages) is divided into two main parts: the Thesaurus itself and the Index. Want to look up a word? Look it up in the neat looking 4-columns-per-page Index (40% of the book) which is guaranteed to contain an entry for every single word and phrase contained in the book. There you get the keyword and number of all the different subparagraphs in the thesaurus where that word appears. These numbered paragraphs group together words of similar meaning. The paragraphs are subdividions within parts of speech (nouns, adjectives, verbs...) within numbered subcategories of the top 24 large groups of related subjects embodied in the thesaurus. At the end of each paragraph you may also find very useful cross references to other related categories. What if you have a tip-of-the-tongue effect or don't really know the word you want? Then you could navigate through the really easy to follow hierarchy: Subject -> Category -> Part of speech -> Numbered paragraphs and enlighten yourself finding as many relevant words and cross references as there may possibly exist within the given domain and subcategory you are interested in. Alphabetical and order-of-appearance indexes are provided for all the subject categories. Quotes are also provided showing how heading words are used, and also special listings that amplify the textual paragraphs. But still besides this impressive hit rate and the wise and easy organization, being a computer scientist and software developer aware of user interface issues -actually mostly because of being a book worm myself- I think the making of this book also excels its competitors in features frequent users and book lovers greatly appreciate: the quality of the paper (clean white), the clarity and readability of the typeface, the thoughtful and consistent layouts (even minor details like how the ranges of paragraph numbers and keywords stand out over the page numbers at the bottom of each page). I think this book is surely the best in its class for those several reasons. What is more, I think it's not just a highly valuable reference tool for native English speakers but particularly for anyone studying or using English as a second language (like this reviewer), and in general for anyone trying to improve their vocabulary.
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Summary: The Bartlett¿s ¿ Roget¿s Thesaurus makes phraseology fun.
Review: When in traffic you can gesticulate. Then leave the other driver to extrapolate the meaning. However when you are sending e-mail, the only way to express your self is through phraseology. I correspond with corporate on a daily basis. The only thing they know about me is the e-mail, as they are several states away. This combination Bartlett's - Roget's Thesaurus allows me to convey my attitude and keep my job. All kidding aside, this combination book is useful for putting words in context. Also there are several tables set in relevant locations of the book. Some of the tables are: . Christian Holy Days and Seasons . Flowers and Flowering Plants . Human Bones . Chemical Elements and Common Allotropes . Breeds of sheep . Notable Friendships Some of the Notable Friendships are: . Lone Ranger and Tonto . Don Quixote and Sancho Panza . Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas Before you ask where are Pelleas and Melisande, they are in the table of "Famous Lovers if Fact and Fiction."
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Summary: Great Thesaurus and More
Review: Wonderful reference! With more than 350,000 references, I have no problem finding the word I'm looking for. This thesaurus has words both indexed and categorized so that related words are even closer at hand. Makes serendipity more likely. I especially like the lists included throughout the book. If I look up "hero," I also get a list of famous heros in history. Bartlett's Roget's Thesaurus can make writing much more interesting and fun.
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