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Term: thesaurus

Part of Speech: noun

Sense 1: a reference book or online resource that lists words grouped together according to similarity in meaning, often including synonyms and antonyms.

Example sentence: The thesaurus helped me find alternative words to make my writing more vibrant and varied.

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Sense 2: a systematic classification of words, categorized based on their semantic relationships, often presented in hierarchical form.

Example sentence: In linguistics, a thesaurus is used to understand the relationships between words and their meaning.

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Part of Speech: adjective

Sense 1: relating to or denoting a thesaurus.

Example sentence: The thesaurus feature in the word processing software was very useful for expanding my vocabulary.

Sense 2: resembling or characteristic of a thesaurus.

Example sentence: His conversation was so pedantic, it felt like talking to a thesaurus.

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Sense 3: pertaining to information that is compiled into a thesaurus.

Example sentence: I consulted the thesaurus entries before finalizing the data categorization in my project.

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Part of Speech: verb

Sense 1: to look up or find a synonym or related word in a thesaurus.

Example sentence: Before submitting my manuscript, I thesaurused some of the more repetitive phrases to enhance the quality of my writing.

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