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Improve Language Skills with Oxford Dictionaries for Windows PC

Paragon Software (SHDD) is proud to announce the release of authoritative English dictionaries from Oxford University Press for MS Windows. Oxford dictionaries, based on the quality and reputation of traditional English translation, will be always at hand to get the necessary word meaning from desktop PC at work or at home.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary, the most popular dictionary of its kind, contains over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions. It is noted for its clear, concise definitions as well as its comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the vocabulary of the English-speaking world.

Concise Oxford Thesaurus is a treasury of the language and a perfect tool to improve the writing style. It contains over 365,000 alternative and opposite words, ideal for use in word games and puzzles, that helps to choose the right word for every occasion, and gives new synonyms for tired old words.

The Oxford Russian Dictionary contains 185,000+ references, 290,000+ translations including thorough coverage of modern idioms, British, American English and regional Russian dialects alongside with numerous illustrative examples.

These extensive Oxford word bases work under powerful Slovoed engine. It helps to find the necessary translation 100 times faster than using a paper dictionary and enriches the comprehensive Oxford’s content with the following features:

Word search in e-mail, web-page, document or any other applications with just one click, without opening the dictionary
Translation of the word in any grammatical form
20 000 English audio pronunciations provided by Paragon Software
Instant grammar reference facilitating study process
"Word of the Day" and "Card Quiz" special learning tools, making the study process more interesting
Customizable dictionary layout and letter size
Windows Vista compatible

Paragon Software and Oxford University Press have combined their efforts to supply users with authoritative and feature-rich dictionaries for desktop PC running Windows Vista/XP/2000.

For more information about Oxford dictionaries for MS Windows, please visit http://www.penreader.com.

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About Paragon Software Group (Smart Handheld Devices Division)

The Smart Handheld Devices Division of Paragon Software Group, founded in 1995, develops software for diverse classes of smart handheld devices (e.g. Palm OS, Pocket PC/Windows Mobile, Symbian OS): multilingual on-line handwriting recognition (PenReader), RAM and ROM based localization (LEng and PiLoc), multilingual dictionaries (Slovoed), business and game applications.

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