From where did the words "bungalow" and "assassin" derive? How were "adder", "anger", and "umpire" originally spelled? In this essential companion to any popular dictionary, over 17,000 entries provide a wealth of information about our language and its history.
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This edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary contains over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, including 1,800 new words, and offers appendices on currencies, alphabets, electronic English, formal/informal language, a Guide to Good English, and more. The Word Histories feature examines the origins and development of words.
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This new edition provides up-to-date information and advice on the contemporary English pronunciation of 75,000 words. As well as providing clear models of widely accepted pronunications, it also presents valuable information about alternative pronunications, technical vocabulary and proper names.
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'The Collins Thesaurus' is a useful wordfinder for every occasion. This new edition has been completely revised and updated to create a title that reflects real English in an accessible, modern design.
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Arranged in an easy-to-use A-Z form, this thesaurus offers a wide selection of synonyms for a whole host of words, ranging from the everyday to the comparatively esoteric and from standard vocabulary to contemporary slang and jargon ("e-tailer", "chill out").
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Compiled by leading British lexicographers, this dictionary should prove useful at home and in the office. It offers comprehensive coverage of the English language and contains a variety of features, including usage notes and essays on the history of words such as "hypochondria" and "sideburns".
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This is a revised edition of the existing "Nuttall's Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms" that is designed to help widen the reader's vocabulary. Lists of synonyms provide alternative words of the same meaning while lists of antonyms provide words of opposite meaning.
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