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"Dr. Volker Zell" <dr DOT volker DOT zell AT oracle DOT com> wrote in 
news:announce DOT 82zmkr3sii DOT fsf AT vzell-de DOT de DOT oracle DOT com:

> Hi
> 
> A new version of 'WordNet' has been uploaded to a server near you.
> 
This has defied my Googling Powers. But I have found out a few things
You call it from the command line as wn (not wordnet)
> wn

> man wn

The online interface is very useful at

http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn


But further have I got NOT.

Could the  literati , cognoscenti or any other well disposed Cygwin 
glitterati please advise?

I have found much documentation but not a single example

Ha! Sussed it, you put the parameters AFTER the word eg

$ wn philosophy -over

Overview of noun philosophy

The noun philosophy has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (12) doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, 
ism -- (a
 belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or 
school
)
2. (8) philosophy -- (the rational investigation of questions about 
existence an
d knowledge and ethics)
3. (1) philosophy -- (any personal belief about how to live or how to 
deal with
a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's 
philosophy
of child-rearing was to let mother do it")
 
A super tool thanks to those involved!!!

-- 
zzapper
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