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Hi. I am thinking of creating a free, flexible and friendly software in VB for a dictionary. Actually it is a dictionary cum word game package.<br><br>I have some ideas, but I need to interact and find out more about how to incorporate a database for a dictionary. For now, I've created a structure for aword entry refering the Compact Oxford Dictionary. I plan to include entry for an etymology.<br><br>Is it advisable to construe the etymology as such in terms <span style="font-style: italic;">levels? </span>Each level is indicative of the historical period to which a particular word root belongs to. So if a root has more origins each of them is placed in a kind of hierarcial sequence; the recent roots first and the older origins last...<br><br>Anyway there are so many labels like part of speech, regional usage, and abbreviations, etc. How does one incorporate this into the database?<br style="font-style: italic;"> <br>
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