Finding Synonyms - Franklin BOOKMAn POCKET LEXICON TMQ-440 User Manual

Finding Synonyms

To look up synonyms, simply type a word and
then press . Try this example.
ENTER
1. Press .
CLEAR
2. Type a word (e.g., happy).
To type capitals, hold
To erase a letter, press
To move the cursor, press
3. Press to view its first
ENTER
thesaurus entry.
4. Press or
5. Hold and press
to view its next entries, if any.
To view a previous thesaurus
entry, hold
6. Press when finished.
CLEAR
.
CAP
.
BACK
or .
to read.
DN
repeatedly
DN
and press .
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Finding Synonyms
In addition to the brief definition for each
lexicon entry, you will find the following
word categories which are found in
brackets. ( Note : most lexicon entries will
not have all of these word types):
A
NTONYM
a word of opposite meaning
C
LASSMATES
words that are related by subject or
class (i.e., "lamp" is a classmate of
the word "light")
I
DIOM
an expression (i.e., "on the same wave-
length" is an idiom of the word "friend")
S
LANG
informal vocabulary (i.e., "copper" is a
slang term for the police)
S
YNONYMS
words of similar meaning
US
an "Americanism"– a word which is
characteristic of American English (i.e.,
"baloney" is an Americanism of the
word "nonsense")
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