Collins Dictionary of the English Language

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This major new dictionary contains more vocabulary references (over 162,000) and more text (almost 3 million words) than any comparable one-volume dictionary. It sets new standards both in the extent of its coverage and the clarity of its presentation.
* In-depth coverage of contemporary English. Systematic surveys of over 200 fields of knowledge by expert consultants and specialist editors ensure not only an extensive but also a balanced treatment of today's language. Computer techniques were used to marshal and assemble the immense amount of information supplied from hundreds of contributors, specialist and general defining editors, etymologists, and pronunciation editors.
* A single A-Z listing. Compound words, derivatives that have a meaning of their own, foreign terms, and abbreviations are all readily found as headwords and are not buried in time-consuming supplements or in the middle of long and complicated entries.
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1 ' 1 1: I i
COLLINS ENGLISH
DICTIONARY
íi i. 1
This major new dictionary contains more vocabulary references (over 162,000) and more text (almost 3 million words) than any comparable one-volume dictionary. It sets new standards both in the extent of its coverage and the clarity of its presentation.
* In-depth coverage of contemporary English. Systematic surveys of over 200 fields of knowledge by expert consultants and specialist editors ensure not only an extensive but also a balanced treatment of today's language. Computer techniques were used to marshal and assemble the immense amount of information supplied from hundreds of contributors, specialist and general defining editors, etymologists, and pronunciation editors.
* A single A-Z listing. Compound words, derivatives that have a meaning of their own, foreign terms, and abbreviations are all readily found as headwords and are not buried in time-consuming supplements or in the middle of long and complicated entries.
* Full, rounded definitions in straightforward language, free from dictionary jargon and abbreviations, make the information easy to understand.
* Excellent coverage of science and technology distinguishes this dictionary from other general one-volume works. Definitions are full and authoritative with emphasis on areas of particular relevance to contemporary life - electronics, communications, computer technology, life sciences, etc.
* Most important current meaning comes first. Technical, rare, and obsolete meanings are placed where they belong - after the common current meanings. Surprisingly, few dictionaries adopt this common-sense practice.
* Full, precise pronunciations are provided in a transcription based on the latest version of the International Phonetic Alphabet and approved by Professor A. C. Gimson of the Institute of Phonetics in the University of London.
* Etymologies are given without cryptic abbreviations and are both readable and informative, noting, for example, the date of the first known use in English of imported words.
* Usage notes provide guidance, where necessary, on difficult points of grammar, syntax, or idiom.
* Preferred hyphenation points (or their absence) are indicated for all headwords and derivatives - an additional feature that will be appreciated by everyone who has to prepare type-written or printed matter.
* Examples in context provide guidance on usage and shades of meaning where doubt or difficulty exists.
* Geographical and biographical names and a variety of proper nouns are included (over 14,000 of them), as these items play an increasingly important part in communication today.
Collins English Dictionary provides in one easily handled volume a comprehensive treatment of the English language
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