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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
This fifth edition has entries for over 10,000 new words and terms, over 4,000 full color images, offers the latest research on word origins and meanings, and provides guidelines on accurate usage. The print edition includes a passkey code for a free download of a smartphone app that works with the iPad/iPhone/iPod or Android platform. The app puts the entire dictionary at your fingertips anywhere, anytime, making this one of the most comprehensive...
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"With more than 4,000 entries, this updated edition of First Children's Dictionary is an ideal reference book for children five and older. Designed with age-appropriate text and highly visual pages featuring more than 800 images. Definitions are written in full sentences, helping children learn how to write correctly, and example sentences illustrate use and meaning. Opposites are included, themed feature pages highlight related words, and spelling...
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition, presents the very best a college dictionary can offer, with all the user-friendly qualities that have distinguished the Webster's New World name for decades. Webster's New World College Dictionary is a favorite of newsrooms and copyeditors nationwide, and it is the official dictionary of The Associated Press Stylebook.This dictionary features a clear and accessible defining style, abundant synonym...
Publisher
Random House Reference
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Designed to meet the wide-ranging needs of today's students and scholars--who study ancient documents one day and surf the Internet the next--this modern dictionary is the most definitive single-volume reference of the English language available. 315,000+ entries. 1,500 updated definitions & entries. 2,400 spot maps & illustrations.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2002-]
Language
English
Description
"The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books....
Publisher
Merriam-Webster, Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
"Aktueller Wortschatz: English-Deutsch und Deutsch-English; Ausgezeichnete Orientierung durch klare, präzise Definitionen; IPA-Ausspracheangaben und Tausende von Beispielen für korrekten, kontextgerechten Sprachgebrauch"--Page 4 of cover.
"Up-to-date bidirectional coverage of German and English; clear, precise definitions deliver the words you need; IPA pronunciations and abundant examples of words used in context guide correct usage"--Page 4 of...
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A convenient dictionary for high school and college students, featuring clear definitions and abundant example sentences. New for 2016, The American Heritage(r) High School Dictionary offers all the distinctive qualities that readers have come to expect from the American Heritage line without the inclusion of obscene words or offensive slurs. It has a contemporary, readable defining style, clear guidance on English usage, an easy-to-use pronunciation...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
After 40 years of making a living using words in every medium, print or electronic, Blount still can't get over his ABCs. In this book, he celebrates the juju, the sonic and kinetic energies of letters and their combinations.
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Packed with thousands of beautifully detailed and stunningly accurate illustrations, the Firefly Definitions Visual Dictionary is the ultimate guide to describing the world in which we live. Many of the illustrations are augmented with additional terms that explain the object's component parts. Readers can learn about every part of an aircraft carrier, a grand piano, a microscope, a bowling alley and thousands of other things. From everyday objects...
Publisher
Merriam-Webster, Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
"Up-to-date bidirectional coverage of Japanes and English; clear, precise definitions deliver the words you need; IPA pronunciations and abundant examples of words used in context guide correct usage"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Language
English
Description
"The Tuttle English-Chinese dictionary is the only English-Chinese dictionary specifically designed for English speakers who are learning Chinese as a foreign language. It provides comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date definitions for over 40,000 words, phrases and idioms, including the latest vocabulary for business, technology, sports and media."-- Back cover.
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Using more than 6,000 color photos and illustrations, this dictionary analyzes all aspects of the natural world and human achievement in stunning visual realism. Cutaways and exploded views provide an illuminating new perspective on everything from the inside of a volcano to the inner workings of a car.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
After 40 years of making a living using words in every medium, print or electronic, Blount still can't get over his ABCs. In "Alphabet Juice," he celebrates the juju, the sonic and kinetic energies of letters and their combinations.
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Teach yourself more than 3,000 of the most common and essential English words and phrases using illustrations, a free audio app, and hundreds of practice exercises. Expand your English vocabulary with a unique combination of illustrated vocabulary reference and practical workbook that makes all of the most useful words and phrases easy to remember. Each of the 3,000+ entries uses illustrations and an audio app to give you a 3D view of the language....
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