Concise Rogets International Thesaurus - Softcover

Roget

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0673997065 ISBN 13: 9780673997067

Publisher: Longman Pub Group, 1997

Synopsis

An abridged edition of the world's bestselling original thesaurus. This completely revised and updated edition contains over 230,000 words, nearly three thousand of which are newly added.

The revolutionary achievement of Dr Roget was his development of a brand new principle: the grouping of words according to ideas. If the user cannot find something in a reference book, it is often because of the restriction of searching alphabetically by 'known' headwords. Dr Roget's thesaurus reversed the access to allow the user to find a word from another word, a concept or an idea.

This ultimate reference tool – the best–selling thesaurus ever in all its editions – contains over 230,000 words and phrases, nearly 3000 of which are new to this edition, grouped into 1072 numbered categories. Within each category you'll find all the parts of speech, frequent cross–references, commonly used words singled out in boldface, and much more. If you're a writer who needs help organising a thought or mastering the nuance of expression, the International Thesaurus remains the first source to turn to.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Robert L. Chapman was the revising editor for the fourth edition of Roget's International Thesaurus®, the supervising editor of the Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary and author of The New Dictionary of American Slang. Dr. Chapman recently retired as Professor of English at Drew University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Longman Pub Group
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0673997065
• ISBN 13: 9780673997067
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Editor: Chapman Robert L.