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 Format: Hardcover, 2nd ed., 1600 pages
Edition: REVISED
Publisher: Random House, Incorporated
ISBN: 0375425608
Release Date: Jan 1, 1999
Average Reader Review:  (Based on 2 reviews.)
| |  | | | In Brief
This deluxe edition of Random House Webster's College Dictionary continues our competitive edge as the most authoritative dictionary for the 21st century. Updated annually, it contains the essential vocabulary for a wide range of dictionary users.
Only Random House Webster's College Dictionary includes the newest words in the English language:- Over 207,000 definitions and 600 illustrations
- The most up-to-date deluxe college dictionary, at a reasonable price
- Most common definitions listed first for ease of use
- Abbreviations and geographical/biographical entries included in A-Z dictionary (not within separate sections)
- Clear warnings and extensive usage notes for sensitive and offensive language, plus a guide to avoiding insensitive language
- Includes a Guide for Writers.
| | | | From The Publisher
Revised annually, Random House Webster's College Dictionary is the most up-to-date dictionary on the market -- the only one with all the newest words for 2001 and beyond!
The easiest to use. Unlike some dictionaries, Random House Webster’s always lists a word’s most common definitions first, so the meaning you need is easy to find.
The best guidance on word usage. Extensive usage notes in dictionaries, example sentences and synonym studies in thesauruses, clear warnings about sensitive and offensive language. Only Random House Webster’s gives you the words you need and the means to use them well.
All-in-one reference. Ready-reference tables, spelling and punctuation rules, maps, writer’s guides, and other helpful reference materials are included in Random House Webster’s reference books.
The newest words. For over 50 years Random House Webster’s has included the newest words and meanings before any other dictionary. The first college dictionary to include baby-sit (1947) and Internet (1995) now includes B2B, hottie, and more.
Find the Right Word
• More new words than any other dictionary including B2B, bazillion, bleeding edge, cross-post, dot-commer, hotlink, hottie, identity theft, microbrowser, Mifeprex, push poll, streaming, and WML
• Over 207,000 clear definitions with full coverage of words you need, all in A-Z text for easy look-up
• The most common meanings given first to find the right meaning faster
Choose the Right Word
•The clearest advice on avoiding offensive language helps you choose your words carefully
• Extensive coverage of slang, informal, and formal words gives you the right word for every situation
Use the Right Word
• Expert guidance in hundreds of special notes that clearly explain grammar questions, confusable synonyms, common spelling errors, tricky pronunciations, and more
• Easy-to-use writer's guide takes the guesswork out of expressing yourself clearly
Plus
• Up-to-the-minute biographical and geographical entries
• Hundreds of illustrations
• Abbreviations
• Foreign terms
• Over 27 pages of maps and tables
• Signs and symbols
• Presidents
• Holidays
• And more
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Every Writer Needs a Good Dictionary and This Is It!
-- A reviewer, college composition teacher, August 8, 2001
Also Recommended: The Least You Should Know About Vocabulary Building: Word Roots, 4th ed.; The Least You Should Know About English: Writing Skills, Form A, 7th ed.; and MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 5th ed.
Every Writer Needs a Good Dictionary and This Is It!
-- A reviewer, college composition teacher, August 8, 2001
Also Recommended: The Least You Should Know About Vocabulary Building: Word Roots, 4th ed.; The Least You Should Know About English: Writing Skills, Form A, 7th ed.; and MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 5th ed.
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