Procession of similar, contrasting, and opposing concepts, allĭealing with the perception and quality of sounds. HEARING, DEAFNESS, SOUND, SILENCE, FAINTNESS OF SOUND, LOUDNESS, etc., a Make good use of the thesaurus's structure all you need to remember is that it contains many sequences of closely related categories. "Synopsis of Categories," which begins on page (xv). Signed to stimulate thought and help you organize your ideas.Īrrangement of the main categories, outlined in the The Concise Roget's International Thesaurus® cient word-finder because Sense and force given by nonformal words and phrases.
The range of possibilities includes not only meaning as Word You use a thesaurus when you have an idea but do not know, or cannot remember, the word or phrase that expresses it best, or when you want a more accurate or effective way of saying what you mean. However, there are other ways this thesaurus will Which the unique features of solve word problems. Other words and phrases of similar meaning.Įdition necessarily has a reduced index (not all boldfaced The search for a word that you need is a simple, two-step useful features,įollow the paragraph number into the text of the Prepared by Barbara Ann Kipfer, Ph.D., it has a text of over one hundred thousand words and phrases, arranged within main categories by their meanings, and a comprehensive index. The Concise Roget's International Thesaurus® sixth edition is a greatly expanded and improved book, yet one which still retains Roget's brilliant organization. Over the years, tens of thousands of new words and phrases were added, and the numbering of the paragraphs was recently incorporated for the user's convenience. get's death inġ869 there had been no fewer than twenty-Įach subsequent edition introduced more efficient and all of which have contributed to the quality of the present edition. So successful was Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, Classified and Arranged so as to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas and Assist in Literary Composition that a second edition followed one year later in 1853. Saurus (from the Greek and Latin, meaning "treasury" or "storehouse"). When in 1852 Roget published the first book ever to realize this concept with thoroughness and precision, he called Word from another word, or from a concept or idea. Get's thesaurus reversed the access to allow the user to find a If the user cannot find something in a reference book, Velopment of a brand-new principle: the grouping of words according to ideas. Mark Roget began compiling own convenience. Like other great reference books, Roget's International Thesaurus® Peter Roget's Preface to the First Edition It was reported as "unsold and destroyed" to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this "stripped book." If You purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that book is stolen property.
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