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Longman English Dictionary Online vs WordNet

A side-by-side look at Longman English Dictionary Online and WordNet. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Longman English Dictionary Online

Longman English Dictionary Online

Education & Reference

Longman English Dictionary Online is an online dictionary resource by Pearson that provides comprehensive English language definitions, pronunciations, word origins and usage guidance. It includes over 230,000 words, phrases and meanings from Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.

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WordNet

WordNet

Education & Reference

WordNet is a large lexical database of English. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms (synsets), each expressing a distinct concept. Synsets are interlinked by means of conceptual-semantic and lexical relations.

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