Webster's II New College Dictionary - Hardcover

Severynse, Marion, Ed.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395962145 ISBN 13: 9780395962145

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1999

Synopsis

Features more than 200,000 definitions, as well as revised charts and tables, proofreaders' marks, synonym lists, word histories, context examples, separate biographical and geographical entries, abbreviations, and foreign phrases

About this title

About the Author:

The Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries and of other reference titles published by Houghton Mifflin Company are trained lexicographers with a varied array of interests and expertise. Most of the editors hold graduate degrees and have studied at least one foreign language. Several have degrees in linguistics or in the history of the English language. Others have degrees in science or sometimes other disciplines. All the editors familiarize themselves with the vocabulary in specific subject areas, collect materials on new developments and usage, and work in association with consultants to ensure that the content of our publications is as accurate and as up-to-date as possible.

From Booklist:

The definitions in this updated edition of Webster's II New Riverside University Dictionary (1984) are similar to those in the publisher's American Heritage College Dictionary (1993). Webster's II has 160,000 entries versus 185,000 in American Heritage. Among the words missing from Webster's II are obscenities. It also has a style manual, a list of colleges and universities, and other features. For high-school libraries that didn't buy The American Heritage College Dictionary, third edition, or The American Heritage High School Dictionary, third edition. Sandy Whiteley

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0395962145
• ISBN 13: 9780395962145
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1514