Monday, January 18, 2010

Thesaurus Day - January 18th

 Thesaurus Day celebrates the birthday of the author of Roget's Thesaurus.
 Peter Roget was born on this day in 1779.
Thesaurus
Bet you haven't heard that word for awhile.
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The Thesaurus has been reference book for hundreds of years. Students and writers use it to improve their writing skills.
Do you remember how to use it?
The Thesaurus lists synonyms for words
Antonyms are also listed.

If you have forgotten the meaning of Thesaurus, synonym and antonym.
Today is the day for a refresher course. You may even learn something.

Something

Part of Speech: noun
Definition: entity
Synonyms: article, being, commodity, existence, existent, individual, object, substance, thing
Antonyms: nothing



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This renowned thesaurus is one of the bestselling reference books of all time. Updated and revised to contain more synonyms, it also contains antonyms, new entries, current slang, colloquial expressions, technical terms and much more.






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