• WordWeb 4.0

    WordWeb 4.0

    Milind Bandekar, Nov 06, 2005 1010 hrs IST

    An application that lets you to look up words and their synonyms from almost any program.

    Comprehensive offline database, extremely light on system resources, easy to use, powerful integration, freeware

    No support for mouse clicks as hotkey option, lacks OCR (optical character recognition) capabilities like Babylon.

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Are you in search of a dictionary but are unaware of any other than the one which comes integrated within applications like OpenOffice or Microsoft Office? Wondering if there is an application that makes it possible to look up words and their synonyms from almost any program? Well then your hunt stops right here.



WordWeb?

WordWeb is a comprehensive English thesaurus and dictionary, which can be used to look up words from within most programs with a simple hotkey command or manual feed. It features definitions, synonyms, proper nouns, related words, pronunciations, a total of 140,000 root words and 115,000 synonym sets. WordWeb comes pre-installed with these sets of features and is made available for offline use (no Internet required). And to top it all, it's being offered as freeware!



Operation

After installation, this little utility resides in your system tray, waiting for you to enter a word to be looked up for. By default WordWeb sets the hotkey to the key combinations "Ctrl + Alt + W", but there many other applications that use various key commands similar to this combination. Hence to avoid any interference, I change the hotkey command to "Ctrl + ~" (tilde), which is not only easy to access but also an uncommon key combination which can hardly interfere with any other applications. Looking up a word using this hotkey feature adds more to the convenience - simply highlight the word you want to lookup in any application like your web browser, chat client, or any other application that has selectable text, and hit the hotkey combination, WordWeb will then pop-up its window showing the relevant information with many more details. The application needs the word(s) to be in selectable text format, not in pictures, as WordWeb lacks any OCR (optical character recognition) capabilities like Babylon.



It then offers a definition along with the synonyms, attributes, the different types, for the word you look up for. You not only get the spelling of the word, but the meanings dealing with every category for that word such as nouns and verbs as well.



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David Kemp
,LIve Oak, on Feb 25, 2009 06:05 AM
I just installed the Babylon 7 translation tool. To translate a word it instructs the user to use the control + right mouse combination - but I get WordWeb instead. How can I reprogram WordWeb so that it does not respond to the control+right mouse combination?
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Dharani.N
,Chennai, on Nov 04, 2008 05:15 PM
it s good.. but if any mobile version is there that will be very useful.. anything is there like that?
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Bala
,Mumbai, on Jun 17, 2008 08:52 AM
Send me the download link
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Bala
,Mumbai, on Jun 17, 2008 08:49 AM
Its good
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mih duc
,hanoi, on Oct 19, 2006 01:33 PM
khong bao gio la that bai tat ca chi la thu thach
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mih duc
,hanoi, on Oct 19, 2006 01:31 PM
minh duc khong biet di ca
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Santona Roy
,Kolkata, on Jul 27, 2006 01:10 PM
Its a useful software
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Santona Roy
,Kolkata, on Jul 27, 2006 01:08 PM
I want to download word web
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Mallikarjun
,Bangalore, on Dec 04, 2005 04:02 PM
Send me the download link
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Milan Shah
,Mumbai, on Jul 03, 2006 02:54 PM
This is very bast software to grow your vocabs and improve your personality with current standard.
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kaushik c
,mumbai, on Nov 15, 2005 06:18 PM
xlnt softwares you r providing. tnx...keep it up
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Hari
,Hyderabad, on Nov 08, 2005 11:18 AM
Wordweb is the BEST!! Have been using for over a year now! Infact the first thing I do when I install my O/S is to install WordWeb. Go for it, guys!
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duuuh
,mumbai, on Nov 09, 2005 08:59 PM
drivers ???
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Kalasankar
,Hyderabad-500063, on Nov 09, 2005 08:07 PM
Its superb without any parellel
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isam
,damascus, on Nov 07, 2005 09:27 PM
it is very useful
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kiran bhanushal
,mumbai, on Nov 06, 2005 10:57 PM
it is a nice product but where to download it from
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I GIVE UP
,MUMBAI, on Nov 07, 2005 10:35 AM
If u read carefully... u'll find text that says "NEXT PAGE". all u gotta do is click on that. LOL
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kiran bhanushal
,mumbai, on Nov 07, 2005 09:18 PM
kiran bhanushal from mumbai = DUUUUUh.
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kiran bhanushal
,mumbai, on Nov 07, 2005 09:19 PM
I really am dumb. I am really sorry for all the inconvinience caused.
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ravi
,mumbai, on Nov 07, 2005 09:20 PM
Give the guy a break. He admits to being dumb on a public site... the guy sure has guts !!
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Anonymous
,Chennai, on Nov 07, 2005 01:22 PM
I have been using this freeware for a couple of years now. am currently having version 2.2. This is really nice and a very useful program.
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Spiderman
,World Wide Web, on Nov 07, 2005 11:46 AM
Spiderman, Spiderman, Does whatever a spider can, Spins a web, any size, Catches thieves just like flies, Look Out! Here comes the Spiderman. LOL
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chhota baccha
,dubi dubi tap tap, on Nov 07, 2005 11:48 AM
chhota baccha samaj ke mujko na samjana rayyyy dubi dubi tap tap
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SPIDERRRMANN
,www, on Nov 07, 2005 11:42 AM
Spiderman, Spiderman, Does whatever a spider can Spins a web, any size, Catches thieves just like flies Look Out! Here comes the Spiderman. Is he strong? Listen bud, He's got radioactive blood. Can he swing from a thread Take a look overhead Hey, there There goes the Spiderman. In the chill of night At the scene of a crime Like a streak of light He arrives just in time. Spiderman, Spiderman Friendly neighborhood Spiderman Wealth and fame He's ingnored Action is his reward. To him, life is a great big bang up Whenever there's a hang up You'll find the Spider man.
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