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The Oxford Dictionary of Current English [Paperback]

Della Thompson (Editor)
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September 12, 1996
This is a revised and updated edition of a popular and best-selling dictionary. It is the most authoritative, comprehensive, and up-to-date dictionary of its kind, one specially designed to be quickly and easily used in everyday life.
Offering over 65,000 concise and readable entries, The Oxford Dictionary of Current English gives over 75,000 definitions, and provides usage notes that reflect the very latest patterns in the way English is both written and spoken. Including new words such as ageism, crop circle, ecu, karaoke, and peace dividend, it also provides spelling help for irregular forms, many example sentences, and unabbreviated, easy-to-follow etymologies. This revised edition also lists compound words as main headwords, includes a fascinating new words survey, and clearly divides word senses, making it more accessible than ever.
For business people, writers, students, and anyone who wants to use English correctly and effectively, The Oxford Dictionary of Current English is an indispensable reference tool.

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About the Editor:
Della Thompson is the managing editor of the Concise Oxford Dictionaries Group. Her publications include The Concise Oxford Dictionary (9/e) and the Oxford Russian Minidictionary.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 1104 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2nd edition (September 12, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0198600755
  • ISBN-13: 978-0198600756
  • Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.5 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,432,506 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great for a pocket dictionary, July 24, 2009
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T. Doan "10basetom" (Silicon Valley, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Oxford Dictionary of Current English (Paperback)
I've been relying on this dictionary for almost a decade. It's now got dog ears and yellow pages, but it's still in one piece since I Scotch-taped both flaps when I first got it. I did a lot of research and side-to-side comparisons at my local bookstores before settling on this one; it was the clearest and most complete pocket dictionary I could find based on the list of esoteric words I fed it. That was over a decade ago...I am not sure about today, but I wouldn't be surprised if the current edition of this dictionary is still top dog in the pocket dictionary league.
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