Webster's New College Dictionary (Custom) - Hardcover

Editors Of Webster's New World Dictionar

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470177772 ISBN 13: 9780470177778

Publisher: Wiley Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

The definitive guide to American English

• Up-to-Date Entries

Nearly 7,500 new entries bring meaning and understanding to changes in lifestyles, technology, medicine, society, world politics and cultures, and more.

• Over 850 Illustrations, Photographs, and Maps

Important people, places, objects, and concepts are clearly illustrated to help you recognize and identify them.

• Expanded Reference Information with a Four-Color World Atlas

Numerous tables, charts, and lists provide a handy reference to geographical and other useful data. Special sections also include important historical documents, a guide to punctuation, and full-color maps of the world.

• Thousands of Geographical and Biographical Entries

The people and places that shape our worldview are fully covered. Entries are part of the A-Z body of the dictionary, so they are easy to find. Many entries include maps or photographs.

• Helpful Notes, Examples, and Synonyms

To help you choose words precisely, usage notes give important cautions and explanations. Examples put words into meaningful context. Synonym notes list related words and distinguish among their meanings.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Webster's New College Dictionary represents the finest linguistic scholarship, years of dedicated effort, and an unswerving commitment to information that is clear and readable, precise, up to date, and reliable.

Through decades of research, Webster's New World lexicographers have created a uniquely modern dictionary that serves as your trusted guide to contemporary usage. The rich history of our language is also traced through Americanisms and the most detailed etymologies of any American English dictionary. The result is a dictionary that helps you understand and use the language as no other dictionary can.

Added to this is supplemental reference material that provides a wealth of information not found in any other college-level dictionary, including a full-color atlas of the world, rules of punctuation, geographical tables, scientific and measurement charts, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and more.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0470177772
• ISBN 13: 9780470177778
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English