Concise Oxford American Dictionary

Concise Oxford American DictionaryThis new dictionary packs an extraordinary amount of information into a handy book that is practical, dependable, affordable, and easy to read. Based on the groundbreaking flagship dictionary of Oxford's US Dictionaries program, the New Oxford American Dictionary, this concise edition includes more than 180,000 entries and definitions, complete with pronunciations, parts of speech, syllabification, inflected forms, and derivatives. The Concise Oxford

This new dictionary packs an extraordinary amount of information into a handy book that is practical, dependable, affordable, and easy to read.

Based on the groundbreaking flagship dictionary of Oxford's US Dictionaries program, the New Oxford American Dictionary, this concise edition includes more than 180,000 entries and definitions, complete with pronunciations, parts of speech, syllabification, inflected forms, and derivatives.

The Concise Oxford American Dictionary is a convenient and complete dictionary for school, work, and home. The dictionary includes Usage Notes that give helpful information on correct English; hundreds of Word Histories that provide fascinating background on the lives of words; more than 300 carefully chosen illustrations; and a handy Ready Reference section with information about weights and measures, chemical elements, U.S. states and presidents, punctuation, frequently misspelled words, and much more. In addition, like all other Oxford American dictionaries, The Concise Oxford American Dictionary uses an easy-to-use respelling system to show how entries are pronounced.

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Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 05/18/2006
ISBN: 9780195304848
Pages: 1128
Weight: 3.75lbs
Size: 9.40h x 8.00w x 1.90d

Review Citations: Library Journal 09/01/2006 pg. 178
School Library Journal 10/01/2006 pg. 85
Booklist 11/01/2006 pg. 82
Booklist 05/15/2007 pg. 74
Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr 01/01/2007 pg. 204
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2007 pg. 405