| Title | : | Concise Oxford English Dictionary |
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| ISBN | : | 0198608640 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780198608646 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 1728 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1911 |
edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary contains over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, including 900 new words. It offers rich vocabulary coverage, with full treatment of World English, rare, historical, and archaic terms, as well as scientific and technical vocabulary, and provides
hundreds of helpful notes on grammar and usage.
New to this edition is a fascinating Word Histories feature, detailing the origins and development of 100 words, such as accolade and candid. This dictionary contains full appendices on topics such as alphabets, currencies, electronic English, and the registers of language, from formal to slang,
plus a useful Guide to Good English with advice on grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary Reviews
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Naturally I have not read this cover to cover, but like with a few other reference books I have, I wanted to mark it down.
I ordered this because I missed being able to look up a word and then snoop around for other words that were on the same page as my word.
The online dictionary I use is great, but I miss the way a print dictionary looks and feels. My edition arrived in today's mail, and I will be keeping it close for lots of exploring! -
A bit of a disjointed and wordy story about an Aardvark who goes through many, many random adventures as he searches for a xylophone that he can take to his friend the zebra at a zoo.
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I suppose through habit and school, this is my dictionary of first resort - I do own four others including the Shorter Oxford. It is accessible, sensible in its definitions and in the main authoritative.
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i guess i'll never be able to summarize this book.
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Brilliant! One word comes after the other, just like you'd want it to!
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Mine copy didn't have the CD with it, but in every other way this is the edition I have.
I use this one most, and like the clear, concise, meanings in plain English.
But I also have the Shorter Oxford dictionary as well if I wish to look deeper for shades of meaning, perhaps in older texts where the meaning may have changed over time. That version does have a CD-Rom, which is brilliant too, especially as it provides pronunciation. It is here I go browsing words
And yes I have another as well, but this one sits on my beside table with books I'm currently reading and I tend to pick it up in case I need to look up something, so is in frequent use. -
My son gave me this dictionary for Christmas to replace the awful one we have been using the past nine or ten years. Word origins and phrases are included, which is exactly what I wanted. Recently I looked up the word "plashy" as it was used in a poem, and while the old dictionary did not contain this word, the new Oxford dictionary did. Additionally, the Oxford dictionary has interesting appendices such as Prime Ministers and Presidents. Out with the old dictionary and in with the new!
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Good desk reference.
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The best part about the Oxford is that it shows the pronunciation phonetically, instead of using those stupid symbols, the name of which has escaped me since undergrad English.
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Lots of words... explained.
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Always near me and always teaching me. Best book ever.
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Best Eng. dictionary ever! I have a very old copy of it, and use it frequently.
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Before Auto-Correct, this book saved my life.
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Sometimes, I just like to read words. That's all. Words and what they mean. Am I weird?
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This one's a must for the writer who expects to market internationally.
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In it's tenth edition, the world's most popular dictionary has undergone a most thorough revision. More than 200,000 clear, concise entries define a vast array of ideas and words with highlighted usage notes and maps.
