Good Day:
Some entries do, in fact, offer antonyms. To access these,press control
enter on a QWERTY keyboard, or space with dots 2-6 on a braille keyboard. As
for the specific question of service, it does not appear to have antonyms for
that word, and I can't really think of any single words which would contradict
the meaning of service off the top of my head.
HTH:
Henry
Education never ends. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.
Sherlock Homes
On Feb 16, 2012, at 2:54 AM, Michele Thredgold wrote:
> Hi listers. Can someone clarify something for me? Isn't it typical of a
> thesaurus to include antonyms as well as synonyms? The thesaurus which is
> part of the Oxford Dictionary software doesn't include antonyms and I find
> this frustrating. Today, I couldn't think of the antonym for service,
> regarding offering service to a customer. I really needed to locate it in
> the thesaurus but, of course, there were no antonyms. What are people's
> opinions as to the inclusion of this in the Oxford Dictionary software and
> how viable is it? After all, isn't this something which sighted dictionary
> and thesaurus users would be able to access as a matter of course?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Michele
>
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