Two other dictionaries

Two other dictionaries

YourDictionary
We forgot to talk about the two other dictionaries, so we'll make a short review of them.
The second one is http://www.yourdictionary.com. It's a free dictionary and on its homepage, at the top, has four folders: Home, Language articles, Other Dictionaries, Word Games.
On the left we see information that is always moving and changing which refers to: games, dictionary awards, google research...
Then we have Grammar and Reference Articles to give you answers related to grammar, spelling, language...
On the right we find different sections:
Follow your Dictionary on Twitter, Free English Lessons  Train to teach English, ESLCertificated Courses, Spanish Courses in Spain, Browse Words...
At the bottom of all this information we have YourDictionary .com Resources and if you click on a picture of the seven different dictionaries we have access to its information .
These dictionaries are related to:
Online Dictionary Definitions, Synonyms Dictionary ,Legal Definitions, Medical Dictionary Definitions, Science Dictionary,  Definitions, Invest Dictionary Definitions, Computer, Hacker, Telecom Dictionary Definitions.
Here we may browse words or search topics.
When we look up a word we can hear it and pronounce it correctly even if we don't know phonetics. It gives us information about reading, listening and pronunciation. There are six folders that give us a complete explanation of the word.
The folders are:
Dictionary Definitions, Thesaurus Synonyms, Sentence Examples, Acronyms, Phrase Idioms. Quote Examples, Evaluation of an example:
The information is complete, it has five entries or more  (the word "ground" has twelve entries), the origin of the word, related words and the meaning according to different contexts.
In our opinion this dictionary is very useful and good for students and teachers. It's complete and varied in what the kind of information and perspective are concerned.

 Visual Thesaurus
The third Dictionary is www.visualthesaurus.com/index.jsp and it requires subscription. You only have access to a trial Version of the Visual Thesaurus, you are  only allowed to a limited number of searches and the free trial is for 14 days.
On its homepage we find seven folders:Home, how it works, Buy/Subscribe, Praise, Institutional Sales, Education, Support.
On the right you may sign in, and at the top of the page, on the left, you write the word yoy want to look up.
Then you have sections related to :
- A contest - Fresh Ink: a crossword puzzle for this month;
- Word roots and vocabgrabber;
- Behind the dictionary and spelling Bee;
- Dog Eared, books we love and Blog Experts;
- A reference to all departments,
On the right you have topics such as:Lesson plans
-Word day;
- Featured word lists, where you can have a look at some activities but you can't use them.
- Recent comments from subscribers;
- Popular Topics;
- Lesson plans;
-Announcements and self- promotion;
- Webmasters;
We tried a "lesson plann" but we need to subscribe to use tha material that supports the lesson.
We consider  it's a different approach to a normal dictionary, you have access to different languages and it gives you many words related to the one you wrote. You can listen to the word in English from the Us and UK, it informs you about semantics and families, but it doesn't give you sentence examples or synonyms.
In our  opinion it's not very good for students and needs subscription.