GCIDE is the
GNU
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version of
Collaborative International Dictionary of English
The ''Collaborative International Dictionary of English'' (''CIDE'') was derived from the 1913 ''Webster's Dictionary'' and has been supplemented with some of the definitions from WordNet. It is being proof-read and supplemented by volunteers from ...
, derived from the 1913 edition of
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary and
WordNet
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. The
dictionary is released under the
GNU General Public License
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.
It describes itself as "a freely-available set of
ASCII
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files containing the marked-up text of a substantial English dictionary".
See also
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GNU Aspell
GNU Aspell, usually called just Aspell, is a free software spell checker designed to replace Ispell. It is the standard spell checker for the GNU operating system. It also compiles for other Unix-like operating systems and Windows. The main pro ...
, a spellchecker
References
External links
GCIDE homepageGCIDE FTP siteGCIDE_XML- An
XML
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version of the dictionary, along with an online search facility.
GNU Dico web search
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Online English dictionaries