The inspiring criteria of the new edition of this dictionary of the Italian language come mainly from two types of needs: on the one hand, to take into account the more and more dynamic renewal of our lexicon, on the other, to give the dictionary a structure that, always respecting basic rigour, makes it more easy to use.
A first aim was to decisively increase the number of entries, giving more space to neologisms and foreign terms that have now entered into use and to expressions characteristic of the spoken word.
For what concerns ease of consultation, to orientate oneself within entries with multiple meanings, in the nuovo Gabrielli the group of synonyms for each single meaning begins with a guide synonym, typographically highlighted, that shows, in general, the most common term in use. What is more, the use and frequency indicators, as well as examples of contexts are very useful.
There is a particularly rich nomenclature section, structured in order to satisfy stylistic-expressive and informative needs. This section, that consists of more than 37 repertoires not only offers a further support to contextualisation, but also offers, through indexes, a panorama of the terminology relative to the entry, giving the user an exhaustive terminological repertoire that is up to date in content. In appendix to certain entries, there is also space for vernacular/colloquial terms.
The CD-ROM allows the access to 38 000 dictionary entries. As well as traditional consultation, through a research of entries, the search programme can also find words and combination of words through the use of logical criteria and through fields into which each entry in subdivided.