Synopses & Reviews
• Boxed inserts on etymologies and language usage
• Pronunciation key on each page
• Current phrases, slang, and scientific terms
• Special notes on word origins
• World gazetteer
PLUS
• Tables of weights and measurements
• Languages and language families
• Tables of signs and symbols
• Forms of address
• Comprehensive listing of abbreviations
…AND MORE!
Synopsis
This new, expanded and revised edition has over 1,500 new words, including 200 not found in competing dictionaries. It includes new meanings for existing words, an updated pronunciation gazetteer and boxed inserts on language usage and etmologies.
Synopsis
Boxed inserts on etymologies and language usage
Pronunciation key on each page
Current phrases, slang, and scientific terms
Special notes on word origins
World gazetteer
PLUS
Tables of weights and measurements
Languages and language families
Tables of signs and symbols
Forms of address
Comprehensive listing of abbreviations
AND MORE
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Synopsis
The Essential Dictionary for Every School, College, Office, and Home--With More Than 16 Million Copies In Print Inside The New American Webster Handy College Dictionary you'll find more features than any other pocket dictionary, including:
- Boxed inserts on etymologies and language usage
- Pronunciation key on each page
- Current phrases, slang, and scientific terms
- Special notes on word origins
- World gazetteer
PLUS
- Tables of weights and measurements
- Languages and language families
- Tables of signs and symbols
- Forms of address
- Comprehensive listing of abbreviations
...AND MORE
With highly readable type, clear, precise definitions, and easy-to-follow advice on correct usage and grammar, this handy dictionary is the world's most authoritative tool for mastering the English language.
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This package contains the following components:
-0451219058: New American Webster Handy College Dictionary
-0425164217: Oxford Essential Thesaurus
-0135000505: Technical Communication: A Practical Approach
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Synopsis
• Boxed inserts on etymologies and language usage
• Pronunciation key on each page
• Current phrases, slang, and scientific terms
• Special notes on word origins
• World gazetteer
PLUS
• Tables of weights and measurements
• Languages and language families
• Tables of signs and symbols
• Forms of address
• Comprehensive listing of abbreviations
…AND MORE!
About the Author
Philip Morehead is Head of Music Staff for Lyric Opera of Chicago. He is the son of the late Albert H. Morehead, lexicographer and games expert, the original co-editor of this book, who was Bridge Editor of the New York Times for over 25 years and the editor of many books on games. He is editor of The New American Webster Handy College Dictionary and The New American Rogets College Thesaurus and is author of The New American International Dictionary of Music. He lives in Chicago with his wife Patricia, oboist and composer.