http://www.farlex.com/press-release/ Farlex, Inc. press releases en-us Farlex, Inc. Wed, 5 Jul 2017 12:00:00 EST 360 http://www.farlex.com/ http://www.farlex.com/Farlex133x51.gif 133 51 Wed, 5 Jul 2017 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2017-07-05-FreeThesaurus.com-Launches-Graphic-Thesaurus.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of The Free Dictionary, the world's most comprehensive dictionary, announced today that its companion site, www.FreeThesaurus.com, has launched Graphic Thesaurus, a visual word map generator. Sun, 25 Jun 2017 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2017-06-25-TheFreeDictionary.com-Welcomes-10-Billionth-Visitor.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive dictionary, announced today that its flagship website, www.TheFreeDictionary.com, has welcomed its 10 billionth visitor, just after celebrating the site's 14th birthday. Mon, 5 Jun 2017 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2017-06-05-TheFreeDictionary.com-Now-Accepts-Bitcoin.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive dictionary, announced today that its flagship website, www.TheFreeDictionary.com, will now accept Bitcoin for online payments. Sun, 5 Jun 2016 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2016-06-05-TheFreeDictionary.com-Turns-13.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive online collection of reference information, announced today that its flagship site, www.TheFreeDictionary.com, has reached an exciting new milestone: its 13th birthday. Tue, 7 Sep 2015 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2015-09-08-TFD-8-billion-visitors.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive online database of reference information, announced today that its flagship site, www.TheFreeDictionary.com, has reached an exciting new milestone, welcoming its 8 billionth visitor since the website’s launch in the spring of 2003. Wed, 19 Aug 2015 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2015-08-19-iOS-Medical-Dictionary.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of The Free Dictionary, the world's most comprehensive dictionary, has released a new app: Medical Dictionary - Healthcare Definitions and Terminology, a free comprehensive medical dictionary app for iPhone and iPad. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/medical-dictionary-healthcare/id1015991271?ls=1&mt=8 Thu, 4 Jun 2015 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2015-06-04-Google-App-Indexing.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive dictionary app, is excited to announce that users of the Google app for iPhone and iPad can now easily access The Free Dictionary app directly from Google search results. Sun, 14 Dec 2013 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2013-12-14-1M-Apps-For-Windows.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive online database of reference information www.TheFreeDictionary.com, announced today that its apps for Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8 have been downloaded more than 1 million times. Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2013-04-11--5-billion-visits.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive online database of reference information, announced today that its flagship site, www.TheFreeDictionary.com, has reached an exciting new milestone, welcoming its five billionth visitor since the website's launch in the spring of 2003. Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2013-02-25-10M-App-Downloads.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive reference website (www.TheFreeDictionary.com), announced today that its mobile apps have been downloaded more than 10 million times. Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2011-06-30-Three-Billionth-Visitor.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive online database of reference information, announced today that its flagship site, www.TheFreeDictionary.com, has welcomed its three billionth visitor. Wed, 6 Oct 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2010-10-06-Farlex-Acquires-WeBuyWebsites.org.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive database of online reference material, is excited to announce its acquisition of WeBuyWebsites.org, a community of website buyers and sellers. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2010-04-14-Two-Billionth-Visitor.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive online database of reference information (www.TheFreeDictionary.com), announced today that its flagship site has broken a new record, welcoming its two billionth visitor since the website's launch in the spring of 2003. Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2010-03-24-Winner%20Announced%20in%20TheFreeDictionary.com%20Kindle%20Sweepstakes.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive database of online reference material, is pleased to announce that Sandi O. of Albert Lea, Minnesota, has won TheFreeDictionary.com's Kindle Sweepstakes, held to celebrate the launch of TheFreeDictionary Community Toolbar. Sandi will receive a free Kindle wireless reading device courtesy of Farlex, Inc., and Conduit. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2010-03-08-TFDLF.htm TheFreeDictionary Language Forums, operated by Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive database of online reference material, celebrated its first birthday on March 6, 2010. Thu, 3 Dec 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2009-12-03-Farlex-Publishes-New-English-and-Multilingual-Content-on-TheFreeDictionary.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive database of online reference material, has announced the addition of a number of new titles to its flagship site, expanding TheFreeDictionary.com's multilingual sector and enhancing the site's English dictionary content as well as its medical, financial, and legal encyclopedia sections. Wed, 22 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2009-09-22-TFD-Conduit.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive database of online reference material, has announced the launch of a unique community toolbar for its flagship site, TheFreeDictionary.com Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2009-03-18-Language-Forums-Added-to-TheFreeDictionary.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive database of online reference material, has announced the addition of a language forum section to its flagship site, TheFreeDictionary.com Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2009-02-13-Farlex-Expands-TheFreeDictionary.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive database of online reference material, has announced the addition of a number of new titles to its flagship site, TheFreeDictionary.com. This latest release expands TheFreeDictionary's multilingual sector and enhances the site's medical, financial, computing, and idiom sections Fri, 7 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2008-11-07%20Farlex%20Further%20Expands%20TheFreeDictionary.com's%20Multilingual%20Offerings.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive database of online reference material, has expanded the multilingual content available on its flagship site, TheFreeDictionary.com, by introducing a new foreign language thesaurus section as well as additional multilingual dictionary resources and a dictionary translator tool Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2008-09-16 McGrawHill.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive database of online reference material, has announced the addition of five new medical and scientific reference titles to its flagship site, TheFreeDictionary.com Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2008-08-15-Multilingual-Offering-Expand-Exponentially.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive database of online reference material, has announced the unprecedented release of its newest multilingual dictionary content, available now in more than 40 languages. TheFreeDictionary.com's popular homepage has also been translated into 10 different languages, a development that gives international visitors the ability to access the site's user-friendly interface in their own native languages. Tue, 5 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2008-08-05-Billionth Press Release.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive online database of reference information (www.TheFreeDictionary.com), announced today that its flagship site has broken a new record, welcoming its one billionth visitor since the website's launch in the spring of 2003. Fri, 16 May 2008 10:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2008-05-16-Definition-Of.Com-Launches-New-Look.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive database of online reference material, has launched a new look for www.Definition-Of.com, the community dictionary website that has helped Farlex provide meals to many of the 400 million school-aged children who suffer from hunger throughout the world. Thu, 1 May 2008 09:30:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2008-05-01-Content-Expansion-Multilingual.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive database of online reference material, has announced the addition of thirteen new reference titles to its flagship site, www.TheFreeDictionary.com. Wed, 7 Feb 2008 07:30:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2008-02-07-Mochila-Integration.htm Farlex, Inc., owner of TheFreeLibrary.com and TheFreeDictionary.com, is the first publisher to integrate with Mochila and use the Mochila API to enhance the content experience for its users. Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2007-11-26%20Farlex%20Expands%20Medical,%20Science,%20and%20Financial%20Content%20on%20TheFreeDictionary.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive database of online reference material, has announced the addition of four new reference titles to its flagship site, www.TheFreeDictionary.com. Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2007-11-21%20Farlex%20Introduces%20Exciting%20New%20Features%20on%20TheFreeLibrary.com.htm Since Farlex, Inc., relaunched TheFreeLibrary.com in January of 2007, there have been several exciting changes and new features added to the website. Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2007-02-19-500000000th-visitor.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive online database of reference information (www.TheFreeDictionary.com), announced that it has welcomed its 500,000,000th visitor since the website's launch in the spring of 2003. Tue, 3 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2007-01-03-Dorland-Medical-Dictionary.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive database of online reference material, has announced the addition of Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Care Consumers to its flagship site, TheFreeDictionary.com. Tue, 3 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2007-01-03-Thefreelibrary.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive online database of reference information (www.thefreedictionary.com and www.thefreelibrary.com), added a massive collection of periodical content to TheFreeLibrary. Wed, 6 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2006-12-06-new-homepage-features.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive online database of reference information, has recently expanded its hugely popular personal homepage with a host of exciting new features. Since its launch in January, 2006, the user-friendly interface, available at Farlex's flagship website, TheFreeDictionary.com, has attracted a growing number of internet-savvy users seeking a personal window to the web. Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2006-07-10-350million.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive online database of reference information (www.thefreedictionary.com), announced that it has welcomed its 350,000,000th visitor since the website's launch in the spring of 2003. Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2006-03-22-White-Pages.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive online database of reference information TheFreeDictionary.com, has partnered with WhitePages.com to launch a new address lookup feature Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2006-03-13-Finance.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive online database of reference information, has announced the launch of its new stock market tracking tools, customizable additions to Farlex's flagship website, TheFreeDictionary.com Mon, 6 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2006-02-06-250million.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive online database of reference information (TheFreeDictionary.com), announced that, over the weekend, it welcomed its 250,000,000th visitor since the website's launch in the spring of 2003. Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2006-01-26-homepage.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive online database of reference information, has announced the launch of its much-anticipated personal homepage. This innovative software, available at Farlex's flagship website, TheFreeDictionary.com, provides individual users with a personal window to the web. The fully customizable format is available free of charge, can be accessed from any modern browser, and does not require any installation, download, or additional software. Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2005-10-17-200million.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's largest online database of reference information (www.thefreedictionary.com), today announced it has surpassed 200,000,000 unique visits since the launch of the website in the spring of 2003. In the past twelve months, TheFreeDictionary.com's user community has grown and is now topping 10,000,000 monthly user visits. Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2005-10-14-Cambridge.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's largest online database of reference information (TheFreeDictionary.com), announced today an agreement to incorporate the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms and the Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms content into TheFreeDictionary.com's collection of reference information. With the addition of these Cambridge dictionaries, users can gain access to over 12,000 idioms currently in British, American and Australian English, helping learners to understand them and use them with confidence. The Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms, based on the 200 million words of American English text in the Cambridge International Corpus, unlocks the meaning of more than 5,000 idiomatic phrases used in contemporary American English. Mon, 3 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2005-10-03-Investopedia.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's largest online database of reference information (www.thefreedictionary.com), announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement with Investopedia, Inc., which operates the Investopedia.com financial education site. The agreement extends the TheFreeDictionary.com's growing visibility on the Internet as a leading financial dictionary. Farlex has announced similar deals earlier this year with other financial content providers. Thu, 1 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2005-09-01-Site-Redesign.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's largest online database of reference information (TheFreeDictionary.com), unveiled today a redesigned Web site featuring improved functionality aimed at streamlining the search process for reference information. The redesigned Web site enables users to more quickly and easily locate the reference information they need. These enhancements, which include a more user-friendly interface and a streamlined navigation system, will make access to the Web site's deep reference content easier and more efficient for the more than 10 million visitors who use the site monthly. Tue, 7 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2005-06-07-InvestorWords.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of leading online reference site TheFreeDictionary.com, announced today it has incorporated into its web site the lexicon of InvestorWords.com, a comprehensive online financial glossary that empowers individuals with the financial knowledge necessary to understand the basics of investments. Sporting more than 6,000 terms and 20,000 internal hyperlinks, InvestorWords.com, in existence since 1999, helps millions of amateur investors and investment professionals to understand the world of finance. The online service, billed as "The Biggest, Best Investing Glossary On The Web," is licensed to many of the world's leading banking, investment, advisory, and finance companies and has been critically acclaimed for its accuracy, relevance and ease-of-use. Wed, 25 May 2005 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2005-05-25-Financial Glossary.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of leading online reference site TheFreeDictionary.com, today announced it has added Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary, the world's most comprehensive financial glossary, to its web site. The new reference resource includes definitions for more than 8,000 terms from the world of banking and investing, providing users with thorough and reliable meanings to all the most common, and even uncommon, financial terms. Wed, 18 May 2005 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2005-05-18-Legal-Dictionary.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of leading online reference site TheFreeDictionary.com, announced today the debut of "The People's Law Dictionary" on TheFreeDictionary.com. Regarded by scholars, jurists, leading attorneys and reviewers as one of the most practical works of its kind, "The People's Law Dictionary" gives TheFreeDictionary.com users a comprehensive source of meanings and use for thousands of today's most common legal terms. Thu, 5 May 2005 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2005-05-05-Computer-Desktop-Encyclopedia.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of leading online reference site TheFreeDictionary.com, announced today it has licensed the Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, "The Indispensable Reference on Computers," into TheFreeDictionary.com. Now, with a single click, TheFreeDictionary.com users can access world-class definitions and information on thousands of topics written by leading authorities in the realm of high tech. Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2005-04-28-Acronym-Finder.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of leading online reference site TheFreeDictionary.com, today announced it has further enhanced the rich capabilities of "The Best Reference Source On The Web" through the addition of content from the Acronym Finder, the web's most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms. Now, with a single click, users of TheFreeDictionary.com can decipher acronyms from a database of over 410,000 entries covering computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military. Thu, 21 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2005-04-21--Stedman Medical Release.htm Farlex, Inc., publisher of leading online reference site, TheFreeDictionary.com, today announced the incorporation of Houghton Mifflin's The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary, Second Edition into www.TheFreeDictionary.com's collection of reference works. With the addition of The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary, users can gain free access to authoritative descriptions of medical conditions, medications, anatomical terms, noted medical personalities and much more. Fri, 11 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2005-03-11-Columbia.htm Farlex, Inc., announced a significant update of its flagship website, www.TheFreeDictionary.com. The content from the Columbia Encyclopedia is now available on the Internet's largest reference portal. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia contains almost 52,000 entries (marshalling six and one-half million words on a vast range of topics), with more than 84,000 hypertext cross-references. Comprehensively revised on a quarterly basis, the electronic edition is among the most complete and up-to-date encyclopedias ever produced. Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2005-01-25--Word-of-The-Day-by-email.htm Farlex, Inc. announced a new update to their flagship website, TheFreeDictionary.com. TheFreeDictionary.com users can now have the "Dictionary Word of the Day" delivered directly to their E-mail. The newsletter is free for all TheFreeDictionary.com users. Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2005-01-18-American-Heritage-Dictionary.htm Farlex, Inc., announced a significant update of its flagship website, www.TheFreeDictionary.com. The content from Houghton Mifflin Company's American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition is now available on the Internet's largest reference portal. This authoritative work, the largest of the American Heritage dictionaries, contains over 200,000 boldface headwords and more than 33,000 written examples. It also includes 10,000 new words and senses and 900 of the carefully chosen pieces of color art that accompany the text of the actual dictionary. Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST http://www.farlex.com/press-release/2005-01-11-Word-of-The-Day.htm "Word of the Day" feature is added to www.TheFreeDictionary.com. TheFreeDictionary.com users that utilize the Microsoft Windows platform can now access the "Word of the Day" feature directly on their desktop. Setup instructions can be found at http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Word-of-the-Day.htm. Additionally, the "Word of the Day" is now also available for Webmasters to use on their websites. The instructions for webmasters and RSS feed can be found at http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lookup.htm#Word-of-the-Day.