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the·sau·rus

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–noun, plural -sau·rus·es, -sau·ri

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1.	a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms.

2.	any dictionary, encyclopedia, or other comprehensive reference book.

3.	a storehouse, repository, or treasury.

Computers.

a.	an index to information stored in a computer, consisting of a comprehensive list of subjects concerning which information may be retrieved by using the proper key terms.

b.	a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms stored in memory for use in word processing.

[Origin: 1730–40; < L thésaurus < Gk thésaurós treasure, treasury

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n. pl. the·sau·ri (-sôr'ī') or the·sau·rus·es

A book of synonyms, often including related and contrasting words and antonyms.
A book of selected words or concepts, such as a specialized vocabulary of a particular field, as of medicine or music.

[Latin thēsaurus, treasury, from Greek thēsauros.]

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1823, "treasury, storehouse," from L. thesaurus "treasury, treasure," from Gk. thesauros "a treasure, treasury, storehouse, chest," from root of tithenai "to put, to place." The meaning "encyclopedia filled with information" is from 1840, but existed earlier as thesaurarie (1592), used as a title by early dictionary compilers. Meaning "collection of words arranged according to sense" is first attested 1852 in Roget's title. Thesaur is attested in M.E. with the meaning "treasure" (15c.-16c.).

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thesaurus
noun
a book containing a classified list of synonyms

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thesaurus [θiˌsoːrəs] noun

a book which gives information (eg a dictionary or encyclopedia) especially one which lists words according to their meanings

Arabic:	قاموس قوائِم المعاني
Chinese (Simplified):	（同义词等的）词典
Chinese (Traditional):	(同義詞等的)詞典
Czech:	slovník
Danish:	synonymordbog
Dutch:	thesaurus
Estonian:	tesaurus, mõisteline sõnaraamat
Finnish:	synonyymisanasto
French:	dictionnaire
German:	der Thesaurus
Greek:	θησαυρός λέξεων
Hungarian:	tezaurusz; fogalomköri szótár
Icelandic:	samheitasafn
Indonesian:	kamus
Italian:	vocabolario; enciclopedia

Japanese:	類語・反対語辞典
Korean:	백과사전
Latvian:	tezaurs; enciklopēdija
Lithuanian:	tezauras
Norwegian:	begrepsordbok; leksikon
Polish:	słownik wyrazów bliskoznacznych
Portuguese (Brazil):	tesauro
Portuguese (Portugal):	léxicon
Romanian:	dicţionar de sinonime
Russian:	тезаурус
Slovak:	slovník, lexikón, encyklopédia
Slovenian:	besednjak
Spanish:	tesauro; diccionario ideológico
Swedish:	uppslagsbok
Turkish:	eş, *zıt anlamlı sözcükler sözlüğü

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Thesaurus

The*sau"rus\, n.; pl. Thesauri. [L. See Treasure.] A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia.

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