User Reviews

  Excellent dictionary  

• Interface: 4
• Features: 4
• Ease of use: 4
• Value: 5
• Overall:

I have used TheSage for a couple of years plus! It's a very useful tool, easy to use, functions cleanly.

  Great product  

• Interface: 5
• Features: 4
• Ease of use: 5
• Value: 5
• Overall:

Haven't used latest version, but have used prior 2 versions - I do not start many programs at startup, not even a network connection, but Sage is one program that I do have in my startup folder. I find it invaluable in both creative and factual writing, I've even used it when writing code to find that elusive just right term for use in the user interface. It does make one assumption tho' that the user can spell - It is not a spell checker! And it's free !!

  Extensive  

• Interface: 2
• Features: 3
• Ease of use: 3
• Value: 4
• Overall:

More words, definitions and usages than any other free dictionary software out there. Very stable. Not as user friendly or well laid out as some others. This software is really a wordsmiths dictionary more so than for the day to day person looking up an occasional definition and/or correct spelling. If you're a poor speller to begin with, then this dictionary is not for you. Likewise if your someone who wants to dig deep into definitions and usages then this dictionary will suit you well.

  A must owned educational tool  

• Interface: 5
• Features: 5
• Ease of use: 5
• Value: 5
• Overall:

I myself is a dictionary freak, exhausting my time in the past to search for free offline dictionaries. I downloaded [..], [..], and [..] and they were fairly good and had helped me in my reports. The Sage is pretty impressive other than its free, it has very nice interface, the search speed is comparatively fast, and has comprehensive list of words. I am using The Sage now as my primary pc dictionary, keeping the first three dictionaries as back-up. The Sage is among the best freewares I got from snapfiles. To The Sage and snapfiles...more power to you guys!

  Very good dictionary  

• Interface: 4
• Features: 4
• Ease of use: 4
• Value: 5
• Overall:

Sage is a very good dictionary. I use several free offline dictionaries and currently it is one of two that I use the most. (The other dictionary I most often use is called 'Wordweb' and it will pop up with a word definition atop my text editor (Jarte) when the cursor is focused on a word and I press 'cntl-D' - something that Sage cannot do. However, Sage seems to have a more extensive list of words than some of my other free dictionaries; the other dictionaries seem to be using the exact same word list with the exact same definitions. Sage is certainly better than the others in this regard, although I still find words that none of my free dictionaries, including Sage can find/answer. My only real complaint at this juncture about Sage is that "copy to clipboard" (to copy the definition so one can paste it to a text editor)does not seem to work in Sage as it does for some of my other dictionaries like Wordweb and Pardon.

  Try it you'll like it.  

• Interface: 4
• Features: 4
• Ease of use: 5
• Value: 5
• Overall:

I've bought dictionary software less reliable and certainly with a poorer interface. TheSage is great, try it you'll like it.

  `nec plus ultra` isnt english ...  

• Interface: 5
• Features: 5
• Ease of use: 5
• Value: 5
• Overall:

"Nec plus ultra" isn't English. In French, though, it means "the ultimate". LeSage English Dictionary is in my opinion definitely the best computerized desktop dictionary available. It goes beyond traditional - or most used - functions one expects, delivering more than the immediate meaning, it explores deeper roots if so is one's wish. In fact, it translates the meanings, so to say. Brilliant, and brilliantly organized. A word to my French compatriotes, to those sometimes complaining of the "invasion" of English culture: where do you find equivalent in quality French dictionaries? Nowhere. Why do 95% of French (mainly teenagers and young adults) express themselves on forums - vocabulary & rhetoric - as 5 year old kids? It would be time some people start moving in this country (France) and do as much for their language as others do for their own! Hum... I do need that dictionary, don't I!

  The best dictionary software there is!  

• Interface: 5
• Features: 5
• Ease of use: 5
• Value: 5
• Overall:

I've tried literally all of the dictionary software out there, and this one, by far is the best! The interface is top-notch. The database contains tons of information. So much information, that it almost seems like an encyclopedia. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S FREE! Great job and thanks to the developers of "The Sage"!

  Response by software author  

Thank you for the feedback. We honestly appreciate your enthusiasm.

  Interesting  

• Interface: 3
• Features: 2
• Ease of use: 2
• Value: 4
• Overall:

Works well,installs fine but if you misspell a word on purpose it wont find anything-afterall is that not the purpose of trying to spell a word? Should have some kind of feature like this-also should be able to browse pages like a real dictionary book.When I look up a word in google it will at least tell me if it is spelled right.

  Response by software author  

If a word is not found in the dictionary, TheSage displays the index with the nearest match highlighted. We will update the documentation to make this clear.