This volume details the design and applications of WordNet, a foundational electronic lexical database. The book explores the theoretical underpinnings of WordNet's structure, which organizes English words into synonym sets representing lexicalized concepts. It further surveys key applications, demonstrating the database's utility in fields such as word sense identification, information retrieval, and the analysis of lexical relationships.

This volume serves as a comprehensive introduction to WordNet, a critical resource for researchers in computational linguistics and text analysis. It is recognized for its clear exposition of the database's design and the theoretical framework supporting its structure. The survey of applications highlights WordNet's practical utility across various natural language processing tasks. The book is considered an authoritative reference for understanding this influential lexical resource.