http://www.vla.org Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:25:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.vla.org/2009/09/09/new-online-dictionary-for-word-mavens/ http://www.vla.org/2009/09/09/new-online-dictionary-for-word-mavens/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:44:39 +0000 shelm http://www.vla.org/wordpress/?p=893 Stephen J. Gertz writes: “Launched by Erin McKean, former editor in chief of the New Oxford American Dictionary, Wordnik is a word-feast offering a summary, definitions from dictionaries old and new, related words, pronunciations, real-world usage examples, etymology, synonyms, antonyms, cross references, and usage statistics. One of its great advantages is the example sentences pulled from [...]]]> Stephen J. Gertz writes: “Launched by Erin McKean, former editor in chief of the New Oxford American Dictionary, Wordnik is a word-feast offering a summary, definitions from dictionaries old and new, related words, pronunciations, real-world usage examples, etymology, synonyms, antonyms, cross references, and usage statistics. One of its great advantages is the example sentences pulled from sources ranging from Twitter to newspaper articles. It even includes photos from Flickr to illustrate words.”…
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