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| Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition (Book with CD-ROM) |  | Creator: Michael E. Agnes
Publisher: Webster's New World
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 9,026
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 4
Pages: 1736
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.1
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.7 x 2.3
ISBN: 0764571257
Dewey Decimal Number: 423
UPC: 785555886940
EAN: 9780764571251
ASIN: 0764571257
Publication Date: May 7, 2004
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Amazon.com Review
Is "legislator" pronounced with an "er" sound at the end or an "or"? Is the Jewish festival of lights spelled "Chanukah," "Hanuka," or "Hanukkah"? With Webster's New World College Dictionary, which promises to describe rather than prescribe, you can take your pick. The dictionary includes more than 150,000 entries, including brief biographical and geographical notes and useful drawings and diagrams (depictions of four kinds of buoys, for example). The guide to pronunciation and symbols is given on every other page, handy for those who don't like to refer to the inside cover each time they forget how to pronounce the sound of the schwa (of course, the guides on the inside and front covers are more extensive). Starred words refer to Americanisms, which number more than 11,000, such as "hornswoggle" and "Hopi" and "kitchenette." The definitions themselves are clear and simple and seldom have you scurrying to another page for a definition of the definition. Easy to use and understand, Webster's New World College Dictionary is a fine addition to any high school or college student's desk set. --Rebecca A. Staffel
Product Description
THE MOST USEFUL AND AUTHORITATIVE DICTIONARY YOU CAN OWN--FOR YOUR DESK AND YOUR COMPUTER Selected by the Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and other leading newspapers as their official dictionary of choice. THE BEST DICTIONARY IN PRINT - 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Tables, charts, and lists of useful data plus important historical documents and a guide to punctuation.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
Detailed and up-to-date maps of the continents and countries of our world. - Notes, Examples, and Synonyms
The help you need to choose words precisely and avoid usage pitfalls. - The Definitive Guide to American English
More than 12,000 unique Americanisms--more than any other college dictionary. THE HARDEST WORKING ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY AND THESAURUS - Sophisticated Word Search
Search for words or combinations of words. Display definitions, synonyms, or both. Find related words quickly. - Instant Word Help
Point to any word on the computer screen and bring up a definition--immediately. - Expanded Spell-Checking
Add thousands of new words to your spell-checker to enhance its usefulness and speed. The only electronic dictionary that displays definitions while spell-checking.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 63
 Most trusted dictionary for your own reference? January 3, 2006
Jean-pierre C. Giner (UK)
72 out of 72 found this review helpful
This is my most trusted dictionary for my own reference and studies. I bought a copy for work and home.
This dictionary is very easy-to-use and gives me full and complete definitions.
When I need to look up a word with an obscure usage or special idiom, I can find it in this dictionary 99% of the time without having to resort to an unabridged dictionary.
I love my New World Collegiate dictionary.
Note: This dictionary is thumb indexed and it benefits from having a dictionary software that runs with Windows XP or later over its previous version.
The Webster's New World College Dictionary is one that has by far the best roots and synonym studies of any Dictionary of the college level that I have seen. It gives Sanskrit roots which is often quite wonderful.
Practical Information:
- clear, readable definitions that provide instant understanding
- thousands of examples of current word usage
- more than 160,000 entries and over 800 illustrations, biographical photographs, and maps
- page and text redesigned for even greater readability
- the official dictionary of the Associated Press
Best, J-P G
Simply, the best. August 7, 2002
D. R. Schryer (Poquoson, VA United States)
39 out of 40 found this review helpful
There are lots of dictionaries available, and many of them call themselves "Webster's" -- it a generic name. But Webster's New World stands out from the rest. It's very much up to date and also very user friendly; you won't have to keep looking up definitions of definitions. Furthermore, it's authoritive. This is the dictionary chosen by many prestigious media organizations -- including the Associated Press, the Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times -- as their authority of choice. So if you want to get an up to date, easy to use dictionary that's widely-recognized as authoritive, look for the name Webster's New World.
Best Dictionary on the Planet and a Great Deal! May 14, 2007
Mack
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
I love this dictionary. The software version even works with Word 2007 running under Vista. The dictionary has a space on the tool bar and I can access it while writing.
For less than 20 bucks, you get an excellent hard bound dictionary, and an excellent electronic dictionary. Best deal on Amazon as far as I'm concerned. I'd pop 20 bucks just for the electronic version.
indispensable August 12, 2005
Benjamin P. Wing (Austin, TX USA)
27 out of 28 found this review helpful
i'm surprised at some of the complaints. i've found this to be one of the best dictionaries i've ever had. i previously bought and returned the merriam-webster dictionary because a lot of its definitions seemed old-fashioned or ill-aimed. the vast majority of entries i've found have spot-on defn's; it's particularly good at describing modern, american usage (in fact its stated emphasis is on "americanisms"). it also has the best etymology i've found anywhere, listing the PIE origins of most words.
nb the "pictures" that one reviewer complained about are a miniscule part of the space of the page; most pages have only one, and over 50% have none at all. many are actually maps or other useful diagrams (parts of a feather, a horse, the frame of a house, etc.).
Recommended for translators - I love the CD June 21, 2007
D. H. Sandin (Reston, VA USA)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I translate documents into English from Portuguese and Spanish. This dictionary was highly recommended by a group of my colleagues. Quality writing in the target language is vital. For example, it's important to see what the cognate of the foreign language term really means in English. I hadn't paid much attention to my choice of English dictionaries except to buy a giant Random House unabridged, but this is much more useful AND the CD makes it so practical (although I'd probably benefit ergonomically from leaving the keyboard, picking up a hardbound book, and looking up a word!)
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