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Hardcover: 1504 pages
Publisher: Collins; 3Rev Ed edition (6 Sep 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0007181396
ISBN-13: 978-0007181391
Product Dimensions: 26.8 x 20 x 6.4 cm

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This latest edition of the bestselling Collins Dictionary & Thesaurus gives up-to-date language coverage plus the maximum choice of alternative words, with matching dictionary and thesaurus entries on the same page for one-stop lookup, and a new Internet-linked Word Power supplement which helps you find out more about people, places, and lots more The dictionary text has been completely revised to include the very latest buzz words and hi-tech vocabulary, and gives additional spelling help, word histories, and language notes. The matching thesaurus text gives a generous choice of alternatives, opposites and related words, and the new Internet-linked Word Power supplement helps you find out more about people, places, and other topics of interest.

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Excellent combination once you get used to the structure, 22 Dec 2004

By	Budge Burgess (Kilmarnock, Scotland) - See all my reviews

Every home should have at least one good dictionary and thesaurus, so get the very best you can afford. The "Collins Dictionary & Thesaurus" is a rather hefty tome, weighing in with over 1400 pages of tightly printed script.

Structurally, each page is divided into two - the top section being the dictionary, the bottom section the thesaurus. The two run in parallel, so on page one you will find "abandon - to forsake completely; desert; leave behind ..." etc., under the dictionary section, while at the bottom of the page you will discover, "abandon ... leave, desert, forsake, jilt, leave behind ..." etc., as its thesaurus entry.

As a dictionary, I certainly couldn't fault the wealth of words on offer or the clarity of their definition or illustration. It includes many contemporary words or many which have recently entered the language. It covers a broad geographic spectrum in origin. Scientific terms are explained in accessible, lay terms. The thesaurus, too, seems well balanced and informative, and offers a