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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100195126734

ISBN-139780195126730

eBay Product ID (ePID)1015123

Product Key Features

Number of Pages816 Pages

Publication NameOxford American Desk Dictionary

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1998

SubjectDictionaries

TypeNot Available

Subject AreaReference

AuthorFrank Abate

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height2 in

Item Weight35.3 Oz

Item Length5.7 in

Item Width8.5 in

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Dewey Edition21

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Dewey Decimal423

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SynopsisBased on a database of American English compiled in the U.S., The Oxford American Desk Dictionary is completely up to date and designed for today's quick-reference needs. This superb dictionary also features more than 200 detailed illustrations (commissioned for this 1998 edition), helpful in-text Usage Notes, and hundreds of lively, informative Word Histories. Features: BL More than 100,000 entries and definitions BL New words and senses, some not found in any other dictionaries ( biodiversity, debit card, home page, SUV ) BL Hundreds of in-text Usage Notes and Word Histories BL Eye-catching, detailed illustrations, specially commissioned for this edition BL Thousands of up-to-date biographical and geographical entries BL Expanded 24-page Special Reference Section with Countries of the World, Signs and Symbols, Weights and Measures, U.S. States and Presidents As a concise, thorough, up-to-date, yet handy resource, this dictionary is unsurpassed, Based on a database of American English compiled in the U.S., The Oxford American Desk Dictionary is completely up to date and designed for today's quick-reference needs. This superb dictionary also features more than 200 detailed illustrations (commissioned for this 1998 edition), helpful in-text Usage Notes, and hundreds of lively, informative Word Histories. Features: . More than 100,000 entries and definitions . New words and senses, some not found in any other dictionaries (biodiversity, debit card, home page, SUV) . Hundreds of in-text Usage Notes and Word Histories . Eye-catching, detailed illustrations, specially commissioned for this edition . Thousands of up-to-date biographical and geographical entries . Expanded 24-page Special Reference Section with Countries of the World, Signs and Symbols, Weights and Measures, U.S. States and Presidents As a concise, thorough, up-to-date, yet handy resource, this dictionary is unsurpassed.", The OXford American Desk Dictionary offers more than 100,000 entries and definitions, complete with pronunciations, parts of speech, syllabication, inflected forms, and derivatives; 215 illustrations; hundreds of in-text word histories and usage notes; more than 3,300 biographical and geographical entires; and a special reference section with signs and symbols, countries of the world, weights and measures, states of the USA, US presidents, and more., Based on a database of American English compiled in the U.S., The Oxford American Desk Dictionary is completely up to date and designed for today's quick-reference needs. This superb dictionary also features more than 200 detailed illustrations (commissioned for this 1998 edition), helpful in-text Usage Notes, and hundreds of lively, informative Word Histories. Features: BL More than 100,000 entries and definitions BL New words and senses, some not found in any other dictionaries (biodiversity, debit card, home page, SUV) BL Hundreds of in-text Usage Notes and Word Histories BL Eye-catching, detailed illustrations, specially commissioned for this edition BL Thousands of up-to-date biographical and geographical entries BL Expanded 24-page Special Reference Section with Countries of the World, Signs and Symbols, Weights and Measures, U.S. States and Presidents As a concise, thorough, up-to-date, yet handy resource, this dictionary is unsurpassed.

LC Classification NumberPE1628.O8615 1998