The American Heritage Student Dictionary - Hardcover

Editors Of The American Heritage Di

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1328787346 ISBN 13: 9781328787347

Publisher: Collins Reference, 2018

Synopsis

The American Heritage Student Dictionary, for students in grades 6-10 (ages 11-16), has been updated and contains more than 65,000 words, covering the vocabulary that students in this age group need to know. The definitions are clear and easy to read, and they are bolstered by abundant example sentences, letting readers see how words are used in context. Among the new words added in this latest update are science terms such as the newly discovered nihonium and oganesson and terms from popular culture and social media such as facepalm, stevia, and vlog.

This edition also has a full-color art program, with 2,000 color photographs and illustrations in the margins, retains its array of 400 feature notes, and also includes a carefully-crafted program of 200 fun-to-read quotations from young adult authors.

This is by far the best dictionary for this age group that is available today. At home or in class, it is the most useful and engaging resource on words a student could have.

About this title

About the Author:

The EDITORS OF THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARIES are trained lexicographers with a varied array of interests and expertise.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 6-9--This new edition of an old standby is brightened up considerably with more than 2000 full-color photographs and illustrations, and 3000 new definitions. Marginal notes appear throughout the book, providing information about regional uses, common grammatical errors, word roots, and pronunciation; these added features, while entertaining, are too random to act as real resources. The true strength of this dictionary comes from the inclusion of terms, idioms, geographical locations, and basic biographical entries in one alphabetical arrangement. With all the basics one expects from a good dictionary, plus a few extras such as detailed etymology for some entries and notes on usage, this is an ideal basic reference for home or library use.--Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Maryland School for the Deaf, Columbia
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About this edition

• Publisher: Collins Reference
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1328787346
• ISBN 13: 9781328787347
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1088