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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100199233241
ISBN-139780199233243
eBay Product ID (ePID)60313683
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Number of Pages3804 Pages
Publication NameShorter Oxford English Dictionary : Sixth Edition
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
SubjectDictionaries
TypeNot Available
Subject AreaReference
AuthorNot Available
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height6.2 in
Item Weight217.7 Oz
Item Length9.9 in
Item Width12.6 in
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Edition Number6
Reviews"A browser's paradise....The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary remains the most reliable and certainly the most capacious of abridged dictionaries. Now with the CD-ROM thrown in, it is also the most convenient."--Edward Short, The American Spectator "The greatest continuing work of scholarship that this century has produced"--Newsweek, "This latest (sixth edition) version of the Shorter (the full Oxford is 20 volumes) features 2,500 new words, including blogroll, cremains and crapola, but its real value is in its explanation of word origins and the distinguished examples of usage ."-- Seattle Times "The big language book of the year."--William Safire, New York Times Magazine "The one dictionary you ought to have."-- Philadelphia Inquirer "A browser's paradise....The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary remains the most reliable and certainly the most capacious of abridged dictionaries. Now with the CD-ROM thrown in, it is also the most convenient."--Edward Short, The American Spectator "The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is an affordable and highly useful resource and continues to deliver the high quality one expects. The addition of the CD-ROM makes it very portable and convenient to use."-- American Reference Books Annual "Academic and public libraries that do not own the second edition of the OED or the fifth edition of the Shorter should purchase the sixth edition since it contains a significant portion of the OED 's content. Libraries with comprehensive collections will want the Shorter even if they have the other works."-- Booklist , starred review "The Shorter OED continues to be a superb source of information for information on English words from 1700 forward, plus Shakespearean and biblical vocabulary....Recommended. All levels."-- CHOICE, "This latest (sixth edition) version of the Shorter (the full Oxford is 20 volumes) features 2,500 new words, including blogroll, cremains and crapola, butits real value is in its explanation of word origins and the distinguished examples of usage."--Seattle Times "The big language book of the year."--William Safire,New York Times Magazine "The one dictionary you ought to have."--Philadelphia Inquirer "A browser's paradise....TheShorter Oxford English Dictionaryremains the most reliable and certainly the most capacious of abridged dictionaries. Now with the CD-ROM thrown in, it is also the most convenient."--Edward Short,The American Spectator "TheShorter Oxford English Dictionaryis an affordable and highly useful resource and continues to deliver the high quality one expects. The addition of the CD-ROM makes it very portable and convenient to use."--American Reference Books Annual "Academic and public libraries that do not own the second edition of theOEDor the fifth edition of theShortershould purchase the sixth edition since it contains a significant portion of theOED's content. Libraries with comprehensive collections will want theShortereven if they have the other works."--Booklist, starred review "TheShorter OEDcontinues to be a superb source of information for information on English words from 1700 forward, plus Shakespearean and biblical vocabulary....Recommended. All levels."--CHOICE, "This latest (sixth edition) version of the Shorter (the full Oxford is 20 volumes) features 2,500 new words, including blogroll, cremains and crapola, but its real value is in its explanation of word origins and the distinguished examples of usage."--Seattle Times"The big language book of the year."--William Safire, New York Times Magazine"The one dictionary you ought to have."--Philadelphia Inquirer"A browser's paradise....The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary remains the most reliable and certainly the most capacious of abridged dictionaries. Now with the CD-ROM thrown in, it is also the most convenient."--Edward Short, The American Spectator"The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is an affordable and highly useful resource and continues to deliver the high quality one expects. The addition of the CD-ROM makes it very portable and convenient to use."--American Reference Books Annual"Academic and public libraries that do not own the second edition of the OED or the fifth edition of the Shorter should purchase the sixth edition since it contains a significant portion of the OED's content. Libraries with comprehensive collections will want the Shorter even if they have the other works."--Booklist, starred review"The Shorter OED continues to be a superb source of information for information on English words from 1700 forward, plus Shakespearean and biblical vocabulary....Recommended. All levels."--CHOICE, "This latest (sixth edition) version of the Shorter (the full Oxford is 20 volumes) features 2,500 new words, including blogroll, cremains and crapola, but its real value is in its explanation of word origins and the distinguished examples of usage."--Seattle Times "The big language book of the year."--William Safire, New York Times Magazine "The one dictionary you ought to have."--Philadelphia Inquirer "A browser's paradise....The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary remains the most reliable and certainly the most capacious of abridged dictionaries. Now with the CD-ROM thrown in, it is also the most convenient."--Edward Short, The American Spectator "The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is an affordable and highly useful resource and continues to deliver the high quality one expects. The addition of the CD-ROM makes it very portable and convenient to use."--American Reference Books Annual "Academic and public libraries that do not own the second edition of the OED or the fifth edition of the Shorter should purchase the sixth edition since it contains a significant portion of the OED's content. Libraries with comprehensive collections will want the Shorter even if they have the other works."--Booklist, starred review "The Shorter OED continues to be a superb source of information for information on English words from 1700 forward, plus Shakespearean and biblical vocabulary....Recommended. All levels."--CHOICE
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal423
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisHere is a new edition of the acclaimed Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, the first since 2002, updated, enlarged, and enlivened by new words, new definitions of old words, new illustrative quotations--and a new, fully customizable CD-ROM. If the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is the mother of all dictionaries, the Shorter is its most accomplished offspring. At one-tenth the size of OED--and a fraction of the price--the Shorter offers one-third the content and the same quality of lexical excellence of its parent dictionary. Indeed, no other dictionary, apart from the OED itself, comes close to the Shorter's range and depth, offering over 500,000 definitions that cover virtually every word or phrase in use in English--worldwide--since 1700. Each entry offers everything you would expect from a leading unabridged dictionary: it identifies each word's various meanings, origins, part of speech, pronunciation, and combinations in which the word is often found, as well as cross-references to related words. The Shorter, however, offers something that no competitor can match: the historical, literary approach made justly famous by the OED. Thousand upon thousands of changing meanings are followed throughout history, illustrated by 85,000 quotations from 7,000 authors. And now, with 2,500 new words and 500 new quotations, the Shorter is fresher than ever, fully responsive to ever-changing English language. The SOED has opened its pages to the thousands of new words which have come into use since the previous edition and which have expanded the precision and expressive power of English. Here are such new words as Afrobeat, carbon-neutral, darknet, heaviosity, impactful, knuckle-dragger, nanomaterial, retro-futurist, smoosh, testosteronic, webinar, and thousands more. (To call someone a testosteronic, retro-futurist knuckle-dragger is no longer an incomprehensible insult). Oxford's esteemed lexicographers have given this new edition a major rewrite, modernizing out-of-date definitions to reflect current meanings and associations. For example, the definition for villain has been updated from "A rouge, a rascal" to "A criminal or disreputable person." Hussy, formerly defined as "A woman of light or worthless character; a pert girl," now reads "An impudent or immoral girl or woman." The SOED is further enhanced by new illustrative quotations, from such writers as Monica Ali, Anthony Bourdain, Charles Bukowski, Susan Faludi, Matt Groening, Spike Lee, P.J. Rourke, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Zadie Smith, and hundreds more. The most impressive innovation in this new edition, however, is the CD-ROM, a $99.00 stand-alone value, which contains the entire Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 6th Edition. Designed to run on Mac as well as Windows operating systems, the CD-Rom has an attractive, easy-to-use, and fully customizable interface, similar Google's, and offers users a wide range of advanced search options and unique features: BLEnable/disable case-sensitive searching BLLimit searches by the date of a word's first recorded use BLLimit searches to specific areas in entries BLSearch definitions, etymologies, labels (subject, geographical region, register), source language BLListen to pronunciations for over 100,000 words BLAccess Shorter Oxford English Dictionary definitions from other applications though automatic look-up BL Cross-reference any word in the dictionary with a single mouse click BLInstall the SOED to the hard disk and run it without the CD-ROM BLCrossword puzzle solver and anagram solver For anyone without the shelf space for the 20-volume OED, the Shorter is the very best alternative--a glorious achievement in its own right, a resource as capacious and inexhaustible as the language itself. KEY FEATURES: BL Major new edition revised and updated with over 2,500 new words and meanings BL500 new quotations BLAccompanied by fully customizable CD-Rom BLMor, The sixth edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is updated, enlarged and enlivened with new words, new definitions, revised illustrative quotations--and a fully customizable CD-ROM.If the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is the mother of all dictionaries, the Shorter is its most accomplished offspring. At a fraction of the price, the Shorter offers much of the same content, and provides the same quality of lexical excellence as its parent dictionary. No other dictionary comes close to the Shorter's range and depth. It offers over 500,000 definitions covering virtually every word or phrase in use in the English language--worldwide--since 1700. Each entry identifies a word's various meanings, origins, part of speech, pronunciation, and presents combinations in which the word is often found as well as cross-references to related words. The Shorter offers a historical and literary approach made famous by the OED, which no competitor can match. Now with 2,500 new words and meanings based on the ongoing research program of Oxford Dictionaries and the Oxford English Corpus, the Shorter is fresher than ever. Some of the new words included in this edition are; Afrobeat, carbon-neutral, darknet, heaviosity, impactful, knuckle-dragger, nanomaterial, retro-futurist, smoosh, testosteronic, webinar, and thousands more. Also new to this edition is a never-before-published, introductory essay by language commentator David Crystal on the History of English providing stimulating insight into the development of the English language., The sixth edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is updated, enlarged and enlivened with new words, new definitions, revised illustrative quotations--and a fully customizable CD-ROM. In addition to 2,500 new words such as afrobeat, darknet, and webinar and 500 new illustrative quotatons--from such writers as Charles Bukowski, P.J. O'Rourke, and Zadie Smith--Oxford's esteemed lexicographers have given this edition a major rewrite, modernizing out-of-date definitions to reflect current meanings and associations. This new edition of the Shorter is fresher than ever, fully responsive to the ever-changing English language., The sixth edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is updated, enlarged and enlivened with new words, new definitions, revised illustrative quotations--and a fully customizable CD-ROM. If the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is the mother of all dictionaries, the Shorter is its most accomplished offspring. At a fraction of the price, the Shorter offers much of the same content, and provides the same quality of lexical excellence as its parent dictionary. No other dictionary comes close to the Shorter's range and depth. It offers over 500,000 definitions covering virtually every word or phrase in use in the English language--worldwide--since 1700. Each entry identifies a word's various meanings, origins, part of speech, pronunciation, and presents combinations in which the word is often found as well as cross-references to related words. The Shorter offers a historical and literary approach made famous by the OED, which no competitor can match. Now with 2,500 new words and meanings based on the ongoing research program of Oxford Dictionaries and the Oxford English Corpus, the Shorter is fresher than ever. Some of the new words included in this edition are; Afrobeat, carbon-neutral, darknet, heaviosity, impactful, knuckle-dragger, nanomaterial, retro-futurist, smoosh, testosteronic, webinar, and thousands more. Also new to this edition is a never-before-published, introductory essay by language commentator David Crystal on the History of English providing stimulating insight into the development of the English language.
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