- Hardcover: 1984 pages
- Publisher: Chambers; 2nd Revised edition edition (1 Sep 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0550140050
- ISBN-13: 978-0550140050
- Product Dimensions: 25.3 x 16.7 x 7.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,755,104 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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It's official! The word techie--a devotee of or expert in (some aspect of) technology--has made it into the Chambers Dictionary. And there are a slew of other net-specific words too, including netiquette, browsing, applet, span, cybersex and cybercafé. It just goes to show how the world of computing and electronic communications has advanced and changed our world. Of course, there are also those other little things that have become part of our lives: Prozac, sound bite, cellulite...
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This edition is aimed at people who pride themselves on their knowledge and use of language, and for those who want a single volume dictionary that gives both modern and historical meanings.
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86 of 86 people found the following review helpful:
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More words than any other single-book competitor,
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This review is from: The Chambers Dictionary (Hardcover)
I wanted to find out the meaning of the word "mommet" that crops up in Hardy's "Tess of the Durbevilles". I looked through increasingly large versions of the Oxford English Dictionary, and only found it eventually in the two-volume Shorter Oxford. However, when I turned to my Chambers Dictionary, it was right there.The point being, Chambers' style of categorising words under similar roots allows it to cram far more into a single volume. If you want lots of words, rather than long, encyclopaedic and often repetitious, definitions, go for Chambers.
78 of 80 people found the following review helpful:
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all you'll ever need,
By Dr R Johnson (Porthcawl, Bridgend United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Chambers Dictionary (Hardcover)
The ultimate single volumed dictionary. This is the only dictionary you'll ever need: invaluable for all crossword and scrabble lovers. Don't be misled into buying the Chambers 21st Century Dictionary, it's not as good as this one! Every home should have one very good dictionary and if you want one to serve you well for life then get this!
53 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
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The perfect crossword companion,
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This review is from: The Chambers Dictionary (Paperback)
The Chambers is the best available source of obscure dialect words, obsolete words from Spencer et al, and senses of ordinary words that have long been forgotten. It is this comprehensiveness that has made it the cruciverbalist's bible, particularly for crosswords of the more fiendish variety.Qua dictionary, though, it is awkward to use compared to the various Oxford dictionaries (the Concise Oxford Dictionary, the New Oxford Dictionary of English, and the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, in order of size). Moreover, the famously amusing definitions are far and few. In short, buy this dictionary if you have to - i.e., if you while away your time solving (or setting) crosswords, or if you delight in our language's paths less trod. Otherwise, your best one-volume bet is probably the New Oxford Dictionary of English.
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