Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language
Author :
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 29,76 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Blind
ISBN :
Webster's New World College Dictionary
Author : Victoria Neufeldt
Publisher : MacMillan Reference Library
Page : 1640 pages
File Size : 45,45 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Book Description
Offers hundreds of new words and meanings, including many unique to American English, with thousands of examples of current usage.
Webster's New World Dictionary
Author : Webster's New World
Publisher : Pocket Books
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 47,8 MB
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1476705046
Book Description
The phenomenally popular compact dictionary has been newly revised and updated—the perfect reference for school, office, and home. Webster’s New World dictionaries have been defining American English for more than fifty years. This perennial bestseller is sure to draw in even more readers with its updated materials—including new biographical, geographical, scientific, and vocabulary entries reflecting our rapidly evolving language. The Webster’s New World Dictionary is ideal for students and adults of all ages.
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Author : Noah Webster
Publisher :
Page : 1122 pages
File Size : 34,1 MB
Release : 1841
Category : English language
ISBN :
Book Description
The Dictionary Wars
Author : Peter Martin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 24,95 MB
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0691210179
Book Description
Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictionary that would rival Samuel Johnson's 1755 Dictionary of the English Language. But what began as a cultural war of independence from Britain devolved into a battle among lexicographers, authors, scholars, and publishers, all vying for dictionary supremacy and shattering forever the dream of a unified American language.
Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition
Author : Editors of Editors of Webster's New World College Dictionaries
Publisher : Webster's New World
Page : 1728 pages
File Size : 17,64 MB
Release : 2020-06
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780358126614
Book Description
Webster's New World College Dictionary is a favorite of newsrooms and copyeditors nationwide, and it is the official dictionary of The Associated Press Stylebook.This dictionary features a clear and accessible defining style, abundant synonym notes, full-page tables and charts, hundreds of drawings that complement the definitions, and authoritative guidance on usage and style points. It also includes extensive coverage of Americanisms (words, phrases, and senses coined by an American or first used in the United States). It has added nearly 5,000 new entries, including terms from the areas of arts and sports, science and medicine, computers and the Internet, food, business, politics, and law. Tens of thousands of revisions have been made to existing senses, to bring them up-to-date and to reflect current usage. A reference supplement includes: Rules of punctuation, Roman numerals, Calendars, Monetary units, Currency symbols, Names for large number, Books of the Bible, Meteorological data, Commonly used weights and measures, Planets of the solar system, Geologic time scale, and Periodic table of the elements.
Webster's New World Pocket Dictionary, Fourth Edition
Author : Editors of Editors of Webster's New World Coll
Publisher : Collins Reference
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,21 MB
Release : 2016-07-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780544986619
Book Description
A small, conveniently sized dictionary for quick, easy look-ups Completely revised and enlarged based on the recent fourth edition of Webster's New World Pocket Dictionary, this perennial bestseller now includes more than 37,000 entries. Clear, concise definitions instantly provide reliable information about thousands of terms and meanings in every area of contemporary language. Updated reference supplements make this the most readable and useful pocket dictionary available today.
Oxford English Dictionary
Author : John A. Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 26,99 MB
Release : 2002-04-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780195218893
Book Description
The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.
Webster's New World Large Print Dictionary
Author : Michael E. Agnes
Publisher : Webster's New World
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,42 MB
Release : 2004-04-26
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780764559365
Book Description
Easy to read, authoritative, and up to date No more struggling with the fine print, thanks to the Webster's New World Large Print Dictionary, which has all the outstanding features of other Webster's New World dictionaries. * More than 60,000 entries, including all the current vocabulary needed for everyday use * Technical, scientific, cultural, business, and professional terms * Clear, highly readable type * Foreign words and phrases often used in English * Biographical and geographical entries conveniently included in the main A--Z section PLUS: * Etymologies - word histories that add depth and historical context to the understanding of a word * Appendix with weights and measures, U.S. and Canadian data, U.S. presidents, and books of the Bible With all this information presented in highly readable type, this is the one large print dictionary that you can't afford to be without.
Webster's New American Dictionary
Author : Merriam-Webster (Firma)
Publisher : Smithmark Publishers
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 44,10 MB
Release : 1995
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780831791650
Book Description
Defines over 63,000 words and phrases, based on examples from current usage.
