- Hardcover: 1616 pages
- Publisher: Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.; New ed of 3 Revised ed edition (7 May 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0028616731
- ISBN-13: 978-0028616735
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 19.4 x 5.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,722,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a book everyone should own. Even if you did not go to college.
I use it in my everyday life when I write for my web site.
I went to college and used it way back when and to be honest the updated version still gives me new words and explanations of words I did not know.
A very valuable book for all of us in a time when education is not emphasized as strongly as it should be.
Reading and Writing and understanding our English language is very important.
This one should be in your libarary, and if you have an older copy, its time to update to the new one !
Practical information:
Up-to-Date Entries
Nearly 7,500 new entries reflecting changes in technology,
society, world politics, and more.
Detailed Illustrations
Over 850 drawings, photographs, and maps.
Extensive Reference Information
Tables, charts, and lists of useful data plus important
historical documents and a guide to punctuation.
Thousands of Geographical and Biographical Entries
The people and places that shape our world. Entries are part of the A-Z body of the dictionary, so they are easy to find.
Full-Color Atlas of the World
Best Regards to All,
I use it in my everyday life when I write for my web site.
I went to college and used it way back when and to be honest the updated version still gives me new words and explanations of words I did not know.
A very valuable book for all of us in a time when education is not emphasized as strongly as it should be.
Reading and Writing and understanding our English language is very important.
This one should be in your libarary, and if you have an older copy, its time to update to the new one !
Practical information:
Up-to-Date Entries
Nearly 7,500 new entries reflecting changes in technology,
society, world politics, and more.
Detailed Illustrations
Over 850 drawings, photographs, and maps.
Extensive Reference Information
Tables, charts, and lists of useful data plus important
historical documents and a guide to punctuation.
Thousands of Geographical and Biographical Entries
The people and places that shape our world. Entries are part of the A-Z body of the dictionary, so they are easy to find.
Full-Color Atlas of the World
Best Regards to All,
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is an American dictionary with American spellings so not much use in the UK unless that is specifically what you want
For the American market it looks like a 5 star
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I work best with hardback dictionaries at my work location. The cover finally fell off the old dictionary. I saw this one and it was cheep and available. I paid for it while the wrapper was still on.
Well I may have made a mistake. First this one has no index tabs. I looked up some well-used words such as "kine" and got just two word definition cow and cattle. The previous dictionary "Webster's II New revised University Dictionary", described even the word history and covered the changes in history. I show that the word came from Middle English as "ku". And that it persisted until the 17th century. This word is used in an Ayn Rand book and would not make sense if you only had the "New World College Dictionary" I also looked up acetylene and found a fair definition but it had room for the formula and did not display it.
The definitions are squeezed out to make room for pictures. On the next page is a portrait of Martin Luther King. There are all kinds of pretty pictures of people. If you are interested in people and not spelling or anything in-depth, then this dictionary for you
In the mean time I will suffer with this until I have time to find a real dictionary. However it may do for you.
Practical info:
Nearly 7,500 entries for today's world.
4 color world atlas and numerous tables and charts.
Thousands of Geographical and Biographical Entries.
Helpful notes, examples and Synonyms.
Includes unique Americanisms.
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Published on 17 Dec 2008 by Gerald Parker
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Published on 30 Dec 2005 by J. Giner
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This is a book everyone should own. Even if you did not go to college.
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Published on 30 Dec 2005 by J. Giner
Not worth the extra $50
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