Webster's New World Thesaurus

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Check this book against other books of synonyms and antonyms. Here are somé things that a word finder should be—and that WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD THESAURUS is:
Modern—psychology and linguistic research used so that the book will work the way the humán mind works
Fast and easy to use—no complicated number system leading to unassorted lists
Organized for ready reference—entries in alphabetical order, but with somé common synonyms coming early, where the user sees them at once
Based on the right word list—entries are the commonest words, not the rare words that few people think of looking up
Forward-looking—new areas of meaning—for space terms, for terms in the new grammar, for medical specialists, and the like
Calculated to improve writing—good writing grows partly from concrete uses, substituting specific terms like skiff and catamaran for generál terms like boát
A mine of phrases—in phrases words develop special uses, and great areas of modern meaning have been taken over by... Tovább

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Check this book against other books of synonyms and antonyms. Here are somé things that a word finder should be—and that WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD THESAURUS is:
Modern—psychology and linguistic research used so that the book will work the way the humán mind works
Fast and easy to use—no complicated number system leading to unassorted lists
Organized for ready reference—entries in alphabetical order, but with somé common synonyms coming early, where the user sees them at once
Based on the right word list—entries are the commonest words, not the rare words that few people think of looking up
Forward-looking—new areas of meaning—for space terms, for terms in the new grammar, for medical specialists, and the like
Calculated to improve writing—good writing grows partly from concrete uses, substituting specific terms like skiff and catamaran for generál terms like boát
A mine of phrases—in phrases words develop special uses, and great areas of modern meaning have been taken over by phrases neglected in other word finders
PLUS: A section of synonymies—explaining differences of meaning among hundreds of words
Charlton Laird, first Hilliard Distinguished Professor of the Human-ities and holder of both earned and honorary doctoral degrees, has spent a lifetime writing and showing others how to write. His name is on the spiné of dozens of works—novels, textbooks, reference vol-umes, including The Miracle of Language, Language in America, You and Your Language, and Modern English Handbook, 5th ed. His command of language and his knowledge of it have been distilled into WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD THESAURUS. Vissza