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The "American Heritage" Dictionary of the English Language (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language) (Hardcover)

by HMCO (Author), American Heritage Dictionaries (Editor)

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Hardcover: 2076 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade); 4th Revised edition edition (31 Mar 2001)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0395825172
ISBN-13: 978-0395825174
Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 21.8 x 6.6 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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This fourth edition has entries for over 10,000 new words reflecting the explosion of computer and Internet technology as well as popular culture and slang.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, everything you need perfectly organized, 3 Aug 2004

By	Theocharis (Thessaloniki, Greece) - See all my reviews

Today I received my new "American Heritage" 4th edition
book-dictionary (who would expect from all people me to prefer a book over a CD...)... Anyway. ***GREAT*** one. Even if you fell you have no unknown words just leaf through the pages and you will be charmed by the ammount of words, their usage suggestions and the *EXTRODINARY* ammount of words / pictures / informations.
And the best part (call me a linguist-freak) is the HUGE perfectly organized ammount of linguistic commentary, connecting words with Indo-European languages (even my favorite Irish) :)
I'm charmed by a dictionary....

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent up-to-date resource, 30 May 2002

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The American Heritage Dictionary is an excellent resource for current American English. The definitions are clear, precise, and are supplemented with usage notes. A panel of linguists and wordsmiths were consulted on the inclusion of new words or usage, and the inclusion of their often pithy comments adds valuable insight on usage. The dictionary is also nicely laid out and thus not tiring on the eyes.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best dictionaries recently published, 3 Nov 1998

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I am writing a book about contemporary English dictionaries for Russian students studying Russian.I want to include information about American Heritage Dictionaries.Could you send me a catalogue of AHD published recently and for 1999 Could I also have a free inspection copy of this dictionary to write an overview of it in Russian journal? Thank you.The addr.DrOlga Karpova,Universitetet i Oslo Instituut for nordistikk og literaturvitenskap,Blindern p.b.1001, N-0315 Oslo, Norway

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