Words, Dictionaries, Thesarus, Word Cloud

Dictionaries:-

I searched for the word "Economy":-

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, (OED):- The state of a country or region in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services and the supply of money.

According to Merriam-Webster:- the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period.

In Word Reference:- Economía

Word Reference is purely a translation dictionary, in this case between English and Spanish. Merriam-Webster gives a definition in the English language. OED gives the definition in a chosen language from amongst many languages.  My preference is that of the OED, not only because of the greater choices of language, but because fo the more formal definition.

In the Learner's Dictionary:- The process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought in a country or region.

The latter is a simpler definition, which would be of better use to students.

The Thesarus does not provide a definition for the word searched, but synonyms or antonyms.  Many options are offered and in order to chose the right ioption, I would suggest cross checking each one with a dictionary, so that we make sure we are using a word with the correct meaning or in the correct context.

In Corpora I searched the phrase "The world at large". Linguee not only offers uses of the phrase, but also the translation into Spanish, whereas the British National Corpus simply offers the use of the phrase in English examples.

All I consider to be of useful help.