The Penguin Webster Handy College Dictionary: Third Edition (Reference) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014200314X ISBN 13: 9780142003145

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2003

Synopsis

The bestselling dictionary-now available in a larger paperback format for the first time.

A resource favorite since 1958, The Penguin Webster Handy College Dictionary features:

• Highly readable type

• Clear, precise definitions

• Easy-to-follow advice on correct usage and grammar

• Foreign words and phrases

• Boxed inserts on etymologies and language usage

• Current phrases, slang, and scientific terms

• Special notes on word origins 

• Tables of weights and measurements

• Languages and language families

• Tables of signs and symbols

Comprehensive listing of abbreviations

About this title

About the Author

Philip Morehead is Head of Music Staff for Lyric Opera of Chicago. He is the son of the late Albert H. Morehead, lexicographer and games expert, the original co-editor of this book, who was Bridge Editor of the New York Times for over 25 years and the editor of many books on games. He is editor of The New American Webster Handy College Dictionary and The New American Rogets College Thesaurus and is author of The New American International Dictionary of Music. He lives in Chicago with his wife Patricia, oboist and composer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 014200314X
• ISBN 13: 9780142003145
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 800
• Editor: Albert Morehead, Loy Morehead