Republic of The Philippines Region Iv-A Calabarzon Kolehiyo NG Lungsod NG Lipa College of Teacher Education

Republic of the Philippines
Region IV-A CALABARZON
KOLEHIYO NG LUNGSOD NG LIPA
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
PREPARED:
LISZETTE R. COMIA
BSED III-D (DAY) FILIPINO
NOTED:
MS. MADELYN F. GREGORIO
INSTRUCTOR
THESAURUS
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In general usage, a thesaurus is a reference work that lists words grouped together
according to similarity of meaning (containing synonyms and sometimes antonyms), in
contrast to a dictionary, which provides definitions for words, and generally lists them in
alphabetical order. The main purpose of such reference works for users "to find the word,
or words, by which [an] idea may be most fitly and aptly expressed" – to quote Peter
Mark Roget, architect of the best known thesaurus in the English language.
Although including synonyms, a thesaurus should not be taken as a complete list

of all the synonyms for a particular word. The entries are also designed for drawing
distinctions between similar words and assisting in choosing exactly the right word.
Unlike a dictionary, a thesaurus entry does not give the definition of words.
In library science and information science, thesauri have been widely used to
specify domain models. Recently, thesauri have been implemented with Simple
Knowledge Organization System (SKOS).
Etymology
The word "thesaurus" is derived from 16th-century New Latin, in turn from
Latin thēsaurus, which is the Latinisation of the Greek θησαυρός (thēsauros), "treasure,
treasury, storehouse".The word thēsauros is of uncertain etymology. Douglas Harper
derives it from the root of the Greek verb τιθέναι tithenai, "to put, to place." Robert
Beekes rejected an Indo-European derivation and suggested a Pre-Greek suffix *-arwo-.
From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the term "thesaurus" was applied to any
dictionary or encyclopedia, as in the Thesaurus linguae latinae (1532), and the Thesaurus
linguae graecae (1572). The meaning "collection of words arranged according to sense"
is first attested in 1852 in Roget's title and thesaurer is attested in Middle English for
"treasurer".
History
Peter Mark Roget, author of the first thesaurus.
In antiquity, Philo of Byblos authored the first text that could now be called a
thesaurus. In Sanskrit, the Amarakosha is a thesaurus in verse form, written in the 4th
century.
The first modern thesaurus was Roget's Thesaurus, first compiled in 1805 by
Peter Mark Roget, and published in 1852. Since its publication it has never been out of
print and is still a widely used work across the English-speaking world. Entries in Roget's
Thesaurus are listed conceptually rather than alphabetically. Roget described his
thesaurus in the foreword to the first edition.
Types of Thesaurus
There are two types of thesauri:

1. General

A number of general thesauri are available, including:
 Thesaurus of English Words & Phrases (ed. P. Roget); ISBN 0-06-272037-6
 The Synonym Finder (ed. J. I. Rodale); ISBN 0-87857-236-8
 Webster's New World Thesaurus (ed. C. Laird); ISBN 0-671-51983-2
 Oxford American Desk Thesaurus (ed. C. Lindberg); ISBN 0-19-512674-2
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 Random House Word Menu by Stephen Glazier; ISBN 0-679-40030-3, a blend of
thesaurus, dictionary, and glossary.
2. Special
 A specialized thesaurus is designed for particular user groups; discipline specific

vocabularies and professional terms are selected and arranged.
A number of thesauri are available including:

 NAL Agricultural Thesaurus, (United States National Agricultural Library,
United States Department of Agriculture)
 Evaluation Thesaurus (by. M. Scriven); ISBN 0-8039-4364-4
 Great Song Thesaurus (by R. Lax & F. Smith); ISBN 0-19-505408-3
 Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms (APA); ISBN 1-55798-775-0
 Clinician's Thesaurus, (by E.Zuckerman); ISBN 1-57230-569-X
 Art and Architecture Thesaurus, (Getty Institute)
 AGROVOC Thesaurus, (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations)
 General Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus, (European Environment Agency)
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DICTIONARY ANF THESAURUS
DICTIONARY THESAURUS
contains an alphabetical list of words that is a book that contains synonyms and even
includes the meaning, etymology and antonyms.
pronunciation.
defines a word, a thesaurus gives a choice of words for
each entry.
explains the meaning of a word and how it is a book that contains words that can be
is spelled and used. used in place of another word.
very beneficial for people like writers and
business people who want different words
that convey the message in a better way.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ENCYCLOPEDIA AND THESAURUS
 As nouns the difference between encyclopedia and thesaurus is that encyclopedia

is a comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with
in-depth articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged
by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a
particular field while thesaurus is a publication, usually in the form of a book, that
provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms) for the words of a given language.

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Republic of the Philippines

Region IV-A CALABARZON

KOLEHIYO NG LUNGSOD NG LIPA

COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION

BSED III-D (DAY) FILIPINO

MS. MADELYN F. GREGORIO

Although including synonyms, a thesaurus should not be taken as a complete list

Peter Mark Roget, author of the first thesaurus.

There are two types of thesauri:

 A specialized thesaurus is designed for particular user groups; discipline specific

A number of thesauri are available including:

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DICTIONARY ANF THESAURUS

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ENCYCLOPEDIA AND THESAURUS

 As nouns the difference between encyclopedia and thesaurus is that encyclopedia

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