Random House Webster's College Dictionary: 1996 Graduation Promotion - Hardcover

Costello, Robert B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679438866 ISBN 13: 9780679438861

Publisher: Random House Reference, 1995

Synopsis

This completely revised and updated edition of America's dictionary of choice brings you Newer Words Faster.  Acquire the very latest vocabulary, like motor voter, ecotourism, fusion cuisine, false memory syndrome, and more.  Also includes a handy section of maps reflecting political and geographical changes worldwide.

About this title

Review:

Random House's 1997 college edition, thoroughly modern and inexpensive, is as current as dictionaries get, including '90s lingo (such as "carjacking," "Ebonics," "lap dance," "Prozac," and "Web site") in their 1500-plus pages and 160,000-plus entries. Their definitions are up-to-date, too, giving the most common meanings first, with less emphasis devoted to etymology, and they have a handy appendix featuring foreign alphabets, writers' guides, holidays, state capitals, books of the Bible, world maps, proofreader's marks, metric equivalents, and the periodic table. With festive red letter tabs and more than 800 illustrations, it's attractive as well as practical.

From the Back Cover:

"Best desktop Hardcover Dictionary."
-- Hammacher-Schlemmer

"Since the purpose of a dictionary is to provide definitions of difficult, unusual and new words, Random House Webster's College Dictionary succeeds."
-- Booklist

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Reference
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0679438866
• ISBN 13: 9780679438861
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 100