The Penguin English Dictionary

Fülszöveg

THE PENGUIN
ENGLISH DICTIONARY
250,000 copies sold
G.N.Garmonsway
MODERN
Unrivalled as a catalo'gue of English words as they are now uséd in print and speech
Inciudes hundreds of pos't-ivar words and senses, in addition to the established vocabulary
Lists variant meanings in order of preserit-day frequency
SIMPLE
Deíinitiorjs given in tl^e'most direct form possible showing acquired 'overtones 3nd the degree of acceptánce of words Only román, italic, artd bold fypes used, with'two kinds of bracket and only one space-saving symbol . v
Introduces a new and immediately undersfandable system for pronunciationt
NEW
Specially commissioned for publication in Pengums Written and prepared by a team led by the Professor of English in the University of London (King's College) The result of seven years' work
COMPREHENSIVE
'This is, ab'ove all else, a modern dictionary The editois have performed an immensely difficult task with tact and ski11 — Eric Partridge in the Guardian... Tovább

Fülszöveg

THE PENGUIN
ENGLISH DICTIONARY
250,000 copies sold
G.N.Garmonsway
MODERN
Unrivalled as a catalo'gue of English words as they are now uséd in print and speech
Inciudes hundreds of pos't-ivar words and senses, in addition to the established vocabulary
Lists variant meanings in order of preserit-day frequency
SIMPLE
Deíinitiorjs given in tl^e'most direct form possible showing acquired 'overtones 3nd the degree of acceptánce of words Only román, italic, artd bold fypes used, with'two kinds of bracket and only one space-saving symbol . v
Introduces a new and immediately undersfandable system for pronunciationt
NEW
Specially commissioned for publication in Pengums Written and prepared by a team led by the Professor of English in the University of London (King's College) The result of seven years' work
COMPREHENSIVE
'This is, ab'ove all else, a modern dictionary The editois have performed an immensely difficult task with tact and ski11 — Eric Partridge in the Guardian
_'The definitions are admirably simple and direct . . nowhere abandons a sound basis of scholarship in order to be merely popular. Too much eannot be asked of a WQrk so exhaustively comprehensive, so extraordinarily up to date, and withal so cheap' The Times Educational Supplemenl
'The compiters must be thanked for coming so close to their limited but uséful aims'- Raymond Mortimer in the Sunday Times
Cover design by Keith Whitehead Vissza