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Collins Thesaurus A-Z (Collins Complete and Unabridged) [Hardcover]

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Book Description

Publication Date: 4 Sep 2006 | ISBN-10: 0007107307 | ISBN-13: 978-0007107308 | Edition: Second edition

In print. Online. On your PC.

The Most Complete and easy-to-use thesaurus available in the UK: a complete home reference solution for writing, for work, for study, because you want to express yourself well, or just for the love of words.

What's that word on the tip of your tongue? Want to avoid using tired or ugly words like 'nice' or 'get'? Collins Thesaurus provides hundreds of thousands of related and alternative words to boost your vocabulary. Stuck with your crossword? Let the thesaurus help you find that tantalizing solution to tricky clues.

In the 21st century many of us use online sources as well as the printed book to find the information we need about language. Collins are offering a package that reflects how people really want to get the help they need.

PC and Online Package:

When you buy this Collins Thesaurus you will also be able to install a unique Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus package on your home PC, as well as be able to access it anytime, anywhere online.

Just go to the Collins website – www.collinslanguage.com

Enter your access number printed inside the book, and download a comprehensive dictionary and thesaurus package that you can get to quickly and easily when you're working in Word, writing an email, or doing power-points. One click and you're there!

The only combined Thesaurus and electronic Dictionary/Thesaurus package ever to be offered!

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  • Hardcover: 1152 pages
  • Publisher: Collins; Second edition edition (4 Sep 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0007107307
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007107308
  • Product Dimensions: 26.6 x 21 x 6.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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From the Back Cover

• Now in colour for the first time, the clear, accessible brand-new layout ensures easy look-up
• Pitman Training supplement helps users write in the correct tone for business
• wWth all the alternatives and opposites a user might need

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb thesaurus for anyone who loves words 21 Dec 2004
By Budge Burgess
Format:Hardcover
As a part-time professional writer, and as someone who writes in the course of their full-time profession, a good thesaurus is an essential tool. This is a good thesaurus, a very good thesaurus.

The layout is simplicity itself - it follows an alphabetical format. Roget's Thesaurus famously followed a thematic arrangement, which, while it has its advantages in offering a more sophisticated exploration of language, can also make ready reference more problematic. Looking up a word, finding synonyms and antonyms, is simplicity itself with the Collins.

Paper quality is excellent and the book robust. Print quality is especially worthy of praise. With my own eyesight deteriorating and glasses in regular use, the size and crispness of the print makes this the most accessible thesaurus I've come across. If you find yourself often working or reading or doing the crossword in dim lighting, Collins will prove an invaluable servant.

Range of language is excellent - with many contemporary or new words, lots of scientific terms, and plenty of diagrammatical help, lists, cross references, useful information, examples, etc. At times it seems to talk to you as if it were a good friend, or a good teacher.

It is, however, a large volume, not suitable for carrying around in your briefcase or bag, and perhaps over large and heavy to fit conveniently at the back of a desk or workplace. This is definitely a tome to be kept at home. It is not one, however, to remain long on the shelf. This is very definitely a working book - one which will be used regularly. I've found it invaluable.

However, a dictionary or thesaurus is a very personal choice. It's something you expect to have around for a long time, something you expect to get to know.... Read more ›

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars More than a thesaurus 11 Dec 2002
By D Harrison
Format:Hardcover
I have been delighted to have had the chance of browsing through the latest publication from Collins. The Collins Thesaurus is much more than a list of synonyms. I have been able to compare its entries with my copy of Roget and with the lists given in Bradford's Crossword Dictionary and the Collins wins nine times out of ten. Firstly, words are listed in alphabetical order, not as thematic groupings. This makes it easier to use. Secondly, each entry is not limited to the list of synonyms. There are also lists of opposites, where appropriate, associated quotations and proverbs and illustrative examples of usage. Related words are indicated so that you can follow up your search elsewhere in the book. It includes helpful advice on usage. For example in the entry for foment it adds - "Both foment and ferment can be used to talk about stirring up trouble: he was accused of fomenting/fermenting unrest. Only ferment can be used intransitively or as a noun: his anger continued to ferment (not foment)". Of course, you already knew that - but the usage is well explained with really relevant examples
Also, positioned in alphabetical order are almost a thousand lists, from Acids to Zoologists and including, as well as the useful Presidents of the United States or Administrative Regions of France, some more esoteric such as Edible Sugars, Socks and Tights and Sexual Practices. These lists are really comprehensive. For example, in Collins the list of horses far exceeds the list in Bradford. It lists the breeds from Akhal-Teke to Zaimatukas and then adds types of horses, wild horses, extinct horses, legendary horses as well as colours, markings, gaits, parts, equipment, perissodactyls and people associated with horses. Elsewhere you can also find a whole page of equestrian terms and events....
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A superb thesaurus, and very easy to use 11 Dec 2004
By Budge Burgess
Format:Hardcover
As a part-time professional writer, and as someone who writes in the course of their full-time profession, a good thesaurus is an essential tool. This is a good thesaurus, a very good thesaurus.

The layout is simplicity itself - it follows an alphabetical format. Roget's Thesaurus famously followed a thematic arrangement, which, while it has its advantages in offering a more sophisticated exploration of language, can also make ready reference more problematic. Looking up a word, finding synonyms and antonyms, is simplicity itself with the Collins.

Paper quality is excellent and the book robust. Print quality is especially worthy of praise. With my own eyesight deteriorating and glasses in regular use, the size and crispness of the print makes this the most accessible thesaurus I've come across. If you find yourself often working or reading or doing the crossword in dim lighting, Collins will prove an invaluable servant.

Range of language is excellent - with many contemporary or new words, lots of scientific terms, and plenty of diagrammatical help, lists, cross references, useful information, examples, etc. At times it seems to talk to you as if it were a good friend, or a good teacher.

It is, however, a large volume, not suitable for carrying around in your briefcase or bag, and perhaps over large and heavy to fit conveniently at the back of a desk or workplace. This is definitely a tome to be kept at home. It is not one, however, to remain long on the shelf. This is very definitely a working book - one which will be used regularly. I've found it invaluable.

However, a dictionary or thesaurus is a very personal choice. It's something you expect to have around for a long time, something you expect to get to know.... Read more ›

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