Franklin Merriam Webster Advanced Dictionary and Thesaurus With Spell Correction (MWD-1500)

by Franklin

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.5 x 2 inches ; 12.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001WLVHKI
• Item model number: MWD-1500
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
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  • #1 in Electronics > Office Electronics > Electronic Dictionaries, Thesauri & Translators
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

High School and College students now have a reliable device to help boost their writing skills. This handheld learning tool from Franklin is a comprehensive all-in-one learning source that comes with The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, biographical and geographical entries from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster's Guide to Punctuation and Style, and a complete thesaurus containing 500,000 synonyms and antonyms. What's more, it makes learning fun-expanding your knowledge with a Grammar Guide, a translator, word games, and other mentally stimulating activities.

Simply select the book you wish to search from the easy to navigate "Books" screen

Definitions include parts of speech, pronunciations and usage examples to help students write and speak effectively

7 books in 1!
We've included 7 powerful reference tools including: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary with over 400,000 definitions, Merriam-Webster's Guide to Punctuation and Style, Franklin's Thesaurus with over 500,000 Synonyms and Antonyms, a comprehensive Grammar Guide, Biographical and Geographical dictionary extracts from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Eleventh Edition, and even a 5-language Translator.

With over 500,000 entries, you'll always find the right word from the included Thesaurus

The included Merriam-Webster's Guide to Punctuation and Style features 10 separate sections covering everything from punctuation to guides on word usage and frequently confused words

More than just a Dictionary!
Along with the 7 reference books are a full set of useful resources to assist the student including; a user defined Vocabulary list, a complete Grammar guide, and an SAT word list study guide.

The "Exercises" menu allows you to access 4 more useful features for students

Simply adding words to your vocabulary list allows easy access to their definitions, as well as placing them in your user-created Spelling Bee

Study and Learn
We've also included 4 Exercises to assist the student, including a customized spelling bee using your own word list, an SAT word list spelling bee, user created flashcards, as well as SAT flashcards.

The "Games" menu features 5 challenging word games derived from any of the included reference sources

The included 210,000 translation 5-Language Translator displays all 5 languages at the same time.

Fun and Games
Along with all of the reference material, we've added 9 fun games including Anagrams, Hangman, Jumble, Word Builder, Word Train, 1 or 2 player Link Four, and 1 or 2 player tic-tac-toe.

Franklin's Patented Phonetic Spell Correction is always there to assist the user.
Because words are not always spelled the way they sound, Franklin's unique spell correction analyzes your entries and returns the word that sounds closest to your entry.

Entering "juraff" returns "giraffe" as the first probable solution

With the new Merriam Webster's Advanced English Dictionary from Franklin, you'll always have everything you need, right at your fingertips.

Features

• 7 Reference Books in 1
• Merriam-Webster's Advanced English Dictionary
• Merriam-Webster's Guide to Punctuation and Style
• 5-Language Translator
• 500,000 word Thesaurus

What’s in the Box
2 CR2032 batteries

Product Description

This handheld learning tool from Franklin is ideal for Junior High School and University students who want to write more effectively. With this all-in-one device, they have instant access to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Grammar Guide with Quizzes. Also includes Merriam-Webster's guide to Punctuation & Style, biographical and geographical entries from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, and a complete thesaurus containing 500,000 synonyms and antonyms. Students can also challenge their minds with puzzles, word games, and other mentally stimulating activities.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

80 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great product, 4 1/2 stars, December 19, 2009

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This review is from: Franklin Merriam Webster Advanced Dictionary and Thesaurus With Spell Correction (MWD-1500) (Office Product)

This device is great for any grade level up to college. I use it nearly every day, and it is worth every penny.

When I first opened and started using this item, the room was not very well lit and the words on the device were difficult to read. However, this was easily corrected by turning the contrast up.

Games include hangman, anagrams, word train, word builder, jumble, connect four, and tic tac toe, each of which you can put in your own word if desired. Word builder is very useful for games like scrabble; you can put in a bunch of letters and it gives you all of the different words possible to be made with them.

There are three choices for phont size: small medium and large. They have 10, 8, and 5 lines in a screen respectivly, however, size small is written in all caps.

Scrolling is simple, you can either press down to scroll one line at a time, or you can press space, which scrolls an entire page making the last line first.

The buttons are fairly easy to press after trying it for the first time for a minute or two; it does not usually press undesired keys

The first set of batteries that the device came with lasted about four months, but I use it a ton.

So far it has been very durable and usefull; I use it nearly every day when writing papers. On my last model (1440, out of print), its top broke off after a couple weeks.



Dictionary & Thesaurus: The dictionary is very easy to use, has had every word I have looked up (mostly college level words(, and it is very easy to look up a word inside a definition that you may not be familiar with. Switching to and from dictionary and thesaurus is not at all complicated; it can be done with the press of a button. Dictionary definitions are good and easy to understand. Thesaurus entries are filled with several synonyms, ranging from three to over twenty.

Punctuation & Style: Being a higher level student, I did not really use this feature very much, but there are 9 different categories to choose from on the first menu, and around five different options on each category once selected (i.e. choice of Punctuation, Capitals and Italics, Abbreviations, etc. Select Capitals and Italics. Choose from Introduction, Beginnings, Proper Nouns and Adjectives, etc.

Geographical Dictionary: This feature can be useful even if you think you'll never use it. It literally has thousands of entries in the A's alone (I scrolled down just out of curriosity). It even had my own city, now with a population of 80,000, however, its information must have been written around '03 or '04 because it said it only had 50,000. This feature is helpful even if you are just wondering what country or state a certain city is in. Definitions are very brief, usually less than three lines long.

Biographical Dictionary: At first, it was difficult to figure out how to look at other entries of people with the same name, but I simply went to the help menu, and it explained it to me. Its selection, I'm pretty sure, is close to the size of the geographical.

5 Language Translator: English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian are the different languages to choose from. You can have words translated to and from any of these languages. When the word is typed in (after auto correction), it gives the translation for each language. This feature is nice if you happen to read a sign in a different language and are currious about its meaning.

It also has a calculator, currency converter, clock, date, time etc., and conversions to and from metric and U.S. It also has a place to put contact information of friends (up to 50) which holds their name, number, and address.

Learn a Word: this feature randomly selects a word from the dictionary each time you turn on the device. This can be turnded off if desired.

I would have given this product 5 stars if it was expandable.
I would (and have) reccommended this product to a friend.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful and handy, October 16, 2009

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This review is from: Franklin Merriam Webster Advanced Dictionary and Thesaurus With Spell Correction (MWD-1500) (Office Product)

I got this for my kid who is in 3rd grade, who has been asking me to spell frequently. She finds it great fun to use and loves the games on it.

This is a very handy electronic dictionary. The screen is large enough to display multiple lines. The spelling correction is very effective, displaying multiple options. The thesaurus and dictionary contain more words than most dictionaries out there. Highly recommended!

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Smaller than the original, December 21, 2009

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This review is from: Franklin Merriam Webster Advanced Dictionary and Thesaurus With Spell Correction (MWD-1500) (Office Product)

I got this to replace my 15+ year old Franklin Language Master. This model has more features, a larger menu and folds up to protect the screen. Unlike other reviewers, I like the contrast/letter size options and have no trouble reading it. However, it is smaller than the original and is not as easy to key, but with practice I have gotten used to it. Overall a good value.