In addition to concise definitions, preferred spellings, and the newest pronunciation system, the "Oxford American" features hundreds of examples showing how words should be used, or not used - with cross-references to other words that are confusingly close in meaning.
A dictionary designed especially for students and teachers with all the words, including biographical and geographical entries, abbreviations, and contractions, in one alphabet.
18 million or so years ago, the Big Bang exploded onto the scene and it's all been downhill from there. Now, for every spectacular discovery throughout history, there have been a hundred devastating epidemics; for every benevolent despot, a thousand like Vlad the Impaler; for every cup half-full, a larger cup half-empty. In a world filled with ...
Revised and containing hundreds of new words, this A-to-Z thesaurus features over 12,000 main entries. Thousands of example sentences show an appropriate context for each meaning of a main entry term. Thumb-indexed.
In addition to concise definitions, preferred spellings, and the newest pronunciation system, the "Oxford American" features hundreds of examples showing how words should be used, or not used - with cross-references to other words that are confusingly close in meaning.
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