Concise Oxford American Dictionary by Oxford Languages

Concise Oxford American Dictionary by Oxford Languages

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Concise Oxford American Dictionary by Oxford Languages

This new dictionary packs an extraordinary amount of information into a handy book that is practical, dependable, affordable, and easy to read. Based on the groundbreaking flagship dictionary of Oxford's US Dictionaries program, the New Oxford American Dictionary, this concise edition includes more than 180,000 entries and definitions, complete with pronunciations, parts of speech, syllabification, inflected forms, and derivatives. All Oxford American dictionaries use an easy-to-use respelling system to show how entries are pronounced. It uses simple, familiar markings to represent common American English sounds. The Concise Oxford American Dictionary is a convenient and complete dictionary for school, work, and home. The dictionary includes Usage Notes that give helpful information on correct English; hundreds of Word Histories that provide fascinating background on the lives of words; more than 300 carefully chosen illustrations; and a handy Ready Reference section with information about weights and measures, chemical elements, U.S. states and presidents, punctuation, frequently misspelled words, and much more.
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ISBN 13 9780195304848
ISBN 10 0195304845
Title Concise Oxford American Dictionary
Author Oxford Languages
Condition Unavailable
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Year published 2006-06-29
Number of pages 1152
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