The essential dictionary for school, college, office and home, The fourth edition of The New American Webster Handy College Dictionary contains more features than any other pocket dictionary including:
– Boxed inserts on etymologies and language usage
– Pronunciation key on each page
– Current phrases, slang, and scientific terms
– Special notes on word origins
– World gazetteer
– Tables of weights and measurements
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* Highlights the 3,000 most frequent words in spoken and written English * Highlights the Academic Word List * Thousands of terms from academic subjects such as Science, Economics, Politics and English Language Arts * Builds students’ vocabulary with Thesaurus Boxes and 10,000 synonyms and antonyms * Pictures and diagrams help explain difficult words more clearly * Over 15,000 Word Origins
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A completely revised and updated edition of this best-selling language reference is now available. Covers the core vocabulary of everyday life with over 75,000 clear, concise definitions. Includes pronunciations, word origins and synonym lists. Special sections and tables.
About the Author
The Merriam brothers desired a continuity of editorship that would link Noah Webster’s efforts with their own editions, so they selected Chauncey A. Goodrich, Webster’s son-in-law and literary heir, who had been trained in lexicography by Webster himself, to be their editor in chief. Webster’s son William also served as an editor of that first Merriam-Webster dictionary, which was published on September 24, 1847. Although Webster’s work was honored, his big dictionaries had never sold well. The 1828 edition was priced at a whopping $20; in 13 years its 2,500 copies had not sold out. Similarly, the 1841 edition, only slightly more affordable (more…)
