Webster's New World Dictionary of American English

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Discover the single desk dictionary for every need— home, office, or school. In every situation, it's an efficient, effective reference tool that draws on thirty-five years of constant editorial commitment to accuracy, flexibility, and completeness. It's the ultimate authority on an ever-changing language, and the first choice of professionals from The New York Times to the Los Angeles Times (and nearly every major newspaper in between). Consider the outstanding features of
WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD DICTIONARY, Third College Edition
¦ A single, integrated word list of more than 170,000 entries with geographic and biographic citations, plus abbreviations and foreign words, incorporated fpr easy, one-step reference use.
¦ The most up-to-date, in-depth etymologies available in any American dictionary, carefully designed4p be both
' comprehensive and comprehensible. j
¦ More usage labels, synonymy paragraphs, and ioWnS^i^^^^Kis j . than any other dictionary, including thousands of... Tovább

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Discover the single desk dictionary for every need— home, office, or school. In every situation, it's an efficient, effective reference tool that draws on thirty-five years of constant editorial commitment to accuracy, flexibility, and completeness. It's the ultimate authority on an ever-changing language, and the first choice of professionals from The New York Times to the Los Angeles Times (and nearly every major newspaper in between). Consider the outstanding features of
WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD DICTIONARY, Third College Edition
¦ A single, integrated word list of more than 170,000 entries with geographic and biographic citations, plus abbreviations and foreign words, incorporated fpr easy, one-step reference use.
¦ The most up-to-date, in-depth etymologies available in any American dictionary, carefully designed4p be both
' comprehensive and comprehensible. j
¦ More usage labels, synonymy paragraphs, and ioWnS^i^^^^Kis j . than any other dictionary, including thousands of («early / ^^
identified Americanisms, from A - bomb to Z/P code. \
¦ And much, much more
an innovative new system of alteimate syllabification thai alerts users to the most acceptable en^of-line hyphenations; accurate and consistent Pinyi» Chinese tr^sliterations; and etymologies of U.S. and Canadian place names.
Completely redesigned for even greater clarity and readability, this all-purpose resource puts all the fascinatipn and power of the language at your fingertips, while retainiiig all of the reliable, definitive qualities that have made it the first reference to reach for, no matter what the occasion. In simple English, Webster's New World Dictionary is the most up-to-date and authoritative desk dictionary in the world.
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But this is much more than the most useful, readable, and accurate desk dictionary you can lind. Ever since the lirst edition was published thirty-live years ago, the XX'ebster s New World permanent staff has been dedicated to presenting tlie English language not merely as n is. but also as it has evolved. In these pages you will lind more uji-lo-date. in-depth etymologies than in any other .American dictionary, tracing our ciu'rent vocabulary back to its rich anti varied sources. Delinitions are ])reseiued in nuxlilied historical order, illuminaiing the semaiuic tlev<'lopment by which die language grows and changes. .Americanisms, more than 11.()()() of them, are ch'arly marked, illustrating the astonishing invenliyeness of onr diverse culture. Every entry offers new and fascinating perspectives on the language
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in today's age of information, where clarity of expression and understanding are at a premium, and the ability to coimnunicate crisply and accurately becomes more important every day, a good desk dictionary is absolutely essential. H'ebsters New World Dictionary Third College Edition, IS such a dictionary.

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