The concise Oxford dictionary
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Bibliographic Information
The concise Oxford dictionary
Oxford University Press, c2001
10th ed., rev. / edited by Judy Pearsall
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- : dictionary with CD-ROM
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The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
Oxford concise English dictionary
Available at 16 libraries
Note
Rev. ed. of: The concise Oxford dictionary. 10th ed., 1999
Description and Table of Contents
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: thumb index ISBN 9780198604365
Description
This dictionary comprehensively covers the vocabulary of the English-speaking world. It features hundreds of new words and meanings with a special focus on fast-changing areas of the language such as new technology, e-commerce, fashion, and youth culture. In addition there is a 40-page section including information on countries and nationalities, alphabets and accents, weights and measures, and a games and puzzles wordfinder. There is also a grammar guide and a section covering the language emerging through new technologies such as SMS.
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ISBN 9780198604389
Description
This dictionary comprehensively covers the vocabulary of the English-speaking world. It features hundreds of new words and meanings with a special focus on fast-changing areas of the language such as new technology, e-commerce, fashion, and youth culture. In addition there is a 40-page section including information on countries and nationalities, alphabets and accents, weights and measures, and a games and puzzles wordfinder. There is also a grammar guide and a section covering the language emerging through new technologies such as SMS.
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: dictionary with CD-ROM ISBN 9780198604709
Description
This is the revised tenth edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary, published together with a fully up-dated text of the dictionary on CD-ROM. The dictionary offers comprehensive coverage of the current vocabulary of English, with more than 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions. The revised tenth edition includes many additions to the language, covering areas as diverse as e-commerce, technology, and fashion. In addition to up-to-date text, the book offers an extensive set of appendices covering everything from countries of the world and US presidents to proofreading marks and a text messaging glossary. In addition, there is a ten-section "Guide to Good English" which provides the information you need to be able to write and speak English confidently and correctly. The CD-ROM includes the complete revised edition of the A-Z text, which you are able to install on your hard drive for maximum accessibility. Functions include quick headword search and browsable headword index, together with a full text search enabling more in-depth look-up using wild cards and Boolean operations.
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