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Synopsis
Contains more than sixty thousand entries, including thousands of new words, colloquial and slang expressions, technical terms, and up-to-date geographical and biographical entries
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From the Back Cover
A BRAND-NEW DESK DICTIONARY FROM THE WORLD'S LEADING DICTIONARY-MAKER
Originally developed by Oxford University Press's Dictionary Department and edited by noted lexicographer Laurence Urdang, THE AMERICAN CENTURY DICTIONARY is a totally new dictionary created for American English. Its unique features include:
-- the latest new words and acronyms, such as NIMBY, telecommute, and grunge
-- thousands of colloquial and slang expressions, such as legit, yuck, and zilch
-- up-to-date computer and technical terms, such as ASCII, e-mail, fax, and virtual reality, as well as new terms from medicine and business
-- special easy-to-use organization -- all entries, including prefixes, abbreviations, foreign words, and biographical and geographical names, are arranged alphabetically in one section
-- separate quick-reference tables: countries, states, state capitals, area and ZIP codes, presidents, and more.
Review
"SIMPLE TO USE YET AUTHORITATIVE...THOROUGH, CLEAR."
-- School Library Journal on the hardcover edition of this book
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- PublisherDemco Media
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0606089837
- ISBN 13 9780606089838
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages691
- EditorUrdang Laurence
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