Editing Roget's Thesaurus (section)

== Editions ==
The original edition had 15,000 [[word]]s and each successive [[edition (book)|edition]] has been larger,<ref name=karpeles>{{cite web|url=http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/rogetdis.html |title=Roget's Thesaurus |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228110440/http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/rogetdis.html |archivedate=2009-12-28 |website=Karcpeles Library}}</ref>  with the most recent edition (the eighth) containing 443,000 words.<ref>{{Cite web|last=HarperCollins|date=November 5, 2019|title=Roget's International Thesaurus, 8th Edition|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/rogets-international-thesaurus-8th-edition-thumb-indexed-barbara-ann-kipfer?variant=32116577566754|access-date=October 17, 2020|archive-date=May 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506112000/https://www.harpercollins.com/products/rogets-international-thesaurus-8th-edition-thumb-indexed-barbara-ann-kipfer?variant=32116577566754|url-status=live}}</ref> The book is updated regularly and each edition is heralded as a gauge to contemporary terms; but each edition keeps true to the original classifications established by Roget.<ref name=":0" /> The name "Roget" is [[trademark]]ed in parts of the world, such as the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/intellectual-property-office|title=Intellectual Property Office|website=GOV.UK|access-date=May 13, 2020|archive-date=November 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105052526/http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ohim?ohimnum=E5374426|url-status=live}}</ref>  By itself, it is not protected in the United States, where use of the name "Roget" in the title of a thesaurus does not necessarily indicate any relationship to Roget directly; it has come to be seen as a [[Genericized trademark|generic]] thesaurus name.{{sfnp|Lloyd|1982|p=xiii|ps=, quote: "The name has become synonymous with the ''Thesaurus'', yet Dr Roget himself is a shadowy figure."}}