Customer Reviews

Seiko ED5640 American Heritage Dictionary and Roget's New Thesaurus

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I thought this product was so good I'm buying 2 more for other members of my family. I had tried a comparable Franklin Dictionary and compared to this one it did not hold up. The quizes are better and easier to take and I think it's just an all over superior product.

This Seiko Dictionary and Thesaurus is a great companion. Compared to a traditional dictionary and a thesaurus, it's less expensive, it's easier to carry, and has a better user interface.

I'm skeptical of the claim that it has 220,000 definitions. It is missing some words that are in my 60,000-word dictionary, such as "defenestrate" and "valetudinarian". In some cases, multiple entries refer to the same definition. (If you look up "volatility", you get the definition for "volatile".) Perhaps it has 220,000 _entries_, but not 220,000 definitions?

When I ordered this product from Amazon.com, it arrived with two sets of Spanish instructions and no English instructions. I contacted Seiko customer service about this three months ago and they promised me a set of English instructions. It never arrived, and now Seiko customer service doesn't even answer my e-mails.

Fortunately, the product is easy to figure out without instructions. :-)

In spite of the questionable number of definitions and the poor customer service, I give it a full 3 stars because it was so inexpensive.

This is a great, inexpensive little product!! It is compact and convenient to use. It is terrific for people who cannot spell, alike myself. I only wish there were more words listed in the dictionary!

I bought this electronic dictionary for my 9 year old daughter. After researching other similar dictionaires over the internet, we decided on this one. We have had it for two days, and already my daughter has mastered how to use all the funtions. It is easy to learn and use, and is loaded with information. She is having a blast using it to look up any and every new word she hears. I believe she will become a "word wizard" in no-time with the use of this dictionary.

I have fun using Seiko's Word Power Personal Tutor. I like to articulate what I'm thinking, saying or writing; So I'm constantly using the spell checker and dictionary. The Q&A gets the brain moving - words that you wouldn't think about you have to figure how they relate to one of the mutliple choices. I like it and recommend it.

I received this dictionary as a gift. I am a reader and look up words I don't know. The idea was that I could carry this one around and look up the word at the very time I discovered one I didn't know.
Unfortunately, I believe too much brain space of the dictionary is taken up with games and such...which I don't use. NONE of the words I have looked up since Christmas are included. I have come to believe that if I need to look up the word, it isn't there.
A true disappointment.
Examples: defenstration, quintile, arisaid, circadian, neoprene.
I suggest A READER'S DICTIONARY with all the obscure words and none of the games. After all, a reader's entertainment is READING, not games.

Thank you!

I took some quizzes myself.
Woohoo! I scored 70% average.
So many words, so little time.