TheSage is a Windows utility that helps you easily find English word definitions, synonyms, anagrams, rhymes, and many others. The application might prove to be of good use to English content writers or to people who simply want to get access to detailed explanations for certain English words.
You have access to various built-in tools, like an English dictionary, a synonym search tool, etc. All of the integrated utilities are listed on the left side of the interface and feature simple-to-configure settings. The app also provides you with a solution for storing your favorite word entries in a list.
Unfortunately, the program occasionally fails to provide you with the accurate results you need. For example, in my testing, the app offered me zero phonetic and orthographic info for common words like "follower" or "monk".
Another disadvantage is that you don't have access to all of its features unless you upgrade the app to its Pro version.
All in all, TheSage proves to be a reliable alternative to using your web browser for searching English word definitions. However, some of its built-in tools don't work 100%. So, it's up to you to decide, based on your needs, if it's worth installing this dictionary app on your Windows PC or not.
v4.0 [Nov 18, 2010]
Version 4.0 database 1774 (public DONORS' release - November 18th, 2010)
- One-click word capture; Mouse-driven library (implementation options).
- Implementation of the word list tool (GUI algorithms
options).
- Word list operations (union, intersection,...), import/export, etc.
- Multiple selection in wildcard/anagram result tabs context menu to save to word list/clipboard/etc.
- Multiple selection in similarity tool result tabs context menu to save to word list/clipboard/etc.
- Multiple selection in phonetic search tool result tabs context menu to save to word list/clipboard/etc.
- Greedy antonym search option for Lookup tool (algorithm GUI). Triples the amount of antonyms returned.
- Greedy antonym search option for Semantic similarity tool (algorithm GUI).
- Option to start/stop the (random) animation of TheSage's system tray icon.
- Detection of all Windows OS versions on the market plus some additional data (About dialog, System Information tab).
- Chronological and alphabetical list for history tool (implementation options).
- Copy entire lookup to the clipboard.
- Copy entire thesaurus entry to the clipboard.
- Copy all definitions of a part of speech to the clipboard.
- Option to ignore anagrams smaller than user-defined number of characters.
- Option to ignore acronyms in Anagram search.
- Option to purge history of duplicates.
- Wildcard search option to automatically detect search patterns in lookup entry field if [ENTER] pressed.
- "Private release" tab in About dialog as well as small modifications in Splash page (added clickety).
- Changed: Small reorganization of pages related to the Lookup tool in the Options dialog.
- Changed: Anagram algorithm now searches for largest anagrams rather than alphabetically nearest in index.
- Changed: Wildcard and anagram tools have their own pages in the Options dialog.
