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 fmder 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 üst—entries are the commonest words, not the rare words that few people think of looking up
Forward-looking—new areas of meanincf—for space terms, for terms in the new grammar, for medical specialists, and the üke
Calculated to improve writing—good writing grows partly from concrete uses, substituting specific terms like skiff and catama-ran 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 fmder 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 üst—entries are the commonest words, not the rare words that few people think of looking up
Forward-looking—new areas of meanincf—for space terms, for terms in the new grammar, for medical specialists, and the üke
Calculated to improve writing—good writing grows partly from concrete uses, substituting specific terms like skiff and catama-ran 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 mean-ing among hundreds of words_ .___
- Charlton Laird. first Hilliard Distinguished Professor of the Humanities 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 volumes, including The Miracle of Language, Language in America. You and Your Languagg, and Modern English Handbook. 5th ed. His command of language and his knowledge of it have been distilled intő WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD THESAURUS. Vissza