The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus

Second American Edition
ISBN13: 9780195307153ISBN10: 0195307151 Paperback, 1024 pages
Mar 2006,  In Stock

Price:

$13.95 (13)

Description

A unique reference that combined the best features of both dictionary and thesaurus, The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus was the first American reference work to offer integrated entries. Now this revolutionary, best-selling volume is available in a completely revised edition that is perfect for students, business people, writers, and anyone else who finds themselves frequently in need of an amplified vocabulary. New to this edition are Oxford's Synonym Studies, which provide in-depth comparisons of closely related words (e.g., doleful, dour, glum, lugubrious, melancholy, saturnine , and sullen ; or conundrum, enigma, mystery, paradox, puzzle , and riddle ), and updated appendices for Countries, Area Codes, and Weights & Measures, plus hundreds of brand new words.
Light and portable, sized to fit easily into a backpack, briefcase, or on any student or office desk The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus is guaranteed to be the most frequently used reference work you own. Combining a comprehensive and thoroughly reliable dictionary of American English with full thesaurus coverage, this is an essential tool for anyone who wants to write with more variety, color, and precision.

Features:

· Completely revised edition
· Over 150,000 entries, each with full definition and related words
· Two indispensable language tools for the price of one
· Definitions and related words within the same entry
· Hundreds of new words and meanings
· 13 quick-reference appendices

Product Details

1024 pages; 5-1/2 x 8-1/4; ISBN13: 978-0-19-530715-3ISBN10: 0-19-530715-1

About the Author(s)

Elizabeth Jewell co-edited the New Oxford American Dictionary and is now a freelance editor. She lives in Old Lyme, CT.

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