Current theme: Creative Learning Fortnight in association with Artis
Who Are We
We’re a team of language enthusiasts and general word nuts who have joined forces to create a new kind of dictionary - a democratic ‘visual dictionary’. A place where anyone with a video, webcam or mobile phone can define the words that matter to them in their life.
We believe that everyone wants to express themselves more clearly, whether to win debates, spark conversations or simply to make people laugh with a well-chosen word.
Over the years we’ve tried many ways to improve our grasp of the English language. We’ve listened, jotted and scribbled down words that have excited, confused and challenged us. wordia.com is our way of improving our own vocabulary and in the process, discovering what words mean to other people. Like most people, we’re interested in what other think and feel.
To help us create a really useful resource, we’re working with the following orgaisations and individuals:
HarperCollins:
Collins Dictionaries and Language products have been at the forefront of language developments for over 175 years. The purpose of Collins dictionaries is simple: to take as sharp and as true a picture of language as possible. To help us achieve our aims we have an extensive corpus programme: websites and publications from around the globe are fed into our monitoring system, an unparalleled 2.5 billion-word analytical database. Every month we feed more data into this database, and when new words and phrases emerge our system is able to recognize the moment of their acceptance into the language, the precise context of their usage, any subtle changes in the meaning, then alert Collins lexicographers. This means that Collins dictionaries remain up to date, including the very latest words and terms, which in turn ensures that when you use a Collins dictionary, you are one of the best-informed language users in the world.
Collins is very active in the digital area, with the creation of our own digital products and through our growing licensing business. Do visit our website at www.collinslanguage.com
Collins Language is part of HarperCollins Publishers
Michael Birch:
Michael rose to fame as the founder of Bebo.com, one of the world’s most successful social networking websites which today boasts over 40 million users worldwide.
Us:
We’re awesome television; half television production company, half software company, led by television development producer Edward Baker.
Connect
Get in touch with us by email at: production@wordia.com
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