Webster's New World Compact Desk Dictionary and Style Guide

Webster's New World Compact Desk Dictionary and Style Guide
Author: Editors of Webster's New World Dictionaries
Publisher: Webster's New World
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002-07-26
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780764563379

The Complete Resource for Effective Communication Use words with precision. Clear, concise definitions help you say exactly what you mean. With 61,000 entries, 3,000 of them new, this dictionary covers the practical language you need every day. Based on the prestigious Webster's New World College Dictionary, this compact desk edition is up-to-date, authoritative, and easy to use. Write clearly and persuasively. Succinct explanations of grammar and punctuation help you avoid common errors. Expert advice on word usage adds polish to your writing. The clear, readable style guide, now completely rewritten, includes numerous examples of the "do's and don'ts" of effective writing. Get the information you need. Helpful tables give quick access to frequently needed facts, from capitals of the states to measurement conversions. Tables are grouped together so that information is easy to find. The dictionary you know and trust plus a complete, concise style guide and more * Widely used scientific, technical, professional, and business terms * Frequently used foreign words and phrases * Common abbreviations * Guide to pronunciation * Concise word origins * Basic rules of grammar, punctuation, and capitalization * Proper expression of numbers * Spelling and hyphenation of compound words * Guide to proper use of frequently misused words and phrases * Handy reference tables

Webster's New World: American Idioms Handbook

Webster's New World: American Idioms Handbook
Author: Gail Brenner
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 467
Release: 2011-09-23
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 054418890X

The most comprehensive reference for understanding and using the contemporary idioms of American English—with more than 1,000 entries. Mastering the use of idiomatic language is an essential step toward achieving fluency in any language. Webster's New World: American Idioms Handbook is the ideal guide to the slang, sayings, expressions, jargon, and colloquialisms of American English—covering more than 1,000 entries. Emphasizing acquisition and application, this book explains their meanings as well as when, where, why, and how to use them. A wealth of examples helps readers understand each idiom’s connotation and identify its appropriate context. An extensive index allows for quick and easy reference.

Webster's New World Large Print Dictionary

Webster's New World Large Print Dictionary
Author: Michael E. Agnes
Publisher: Webster's New World
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-04-26
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780764559365

Easy to read, authoritative, and up to date No more struggling with the fine print, thanks to the Webster's New World Large Print Dictionary, which has all the outstanding features of other Webster's New World dictionaries. * More than 60,000 entries, including all the current vocabulary needed for everyday use * Technical, scientific, cultural, business, and professional terms * Clear, highly readable type * Foreign words and phrases often used in English * Biographical and geographical entries conveniently included in the main A--Z section PLUS: * Etymologies - word histories that add depth and historical context to the understanding of a word * Appendix with weights and measures, U.S. and Canadian data, U.S. presidents, and books of the Bible With all this information presented in highly readable type, this is the one large print dictionary that you can't afford to be without.

The Dictionary Wars

The Dictionary Wars
Author: Peter Martin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2020-09-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0691210179

Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictionary that would rival Samuel Johnson's 1755 Dictionary of the English Language. But what began as a cultural war of independence from Britain devolved into a battle among lexicographers, authors, scholars, and publishers, all vying for dictionary supremacy and shattering forever the dream of a unified American language.

Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition

Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition
Author: Editors of Editors of Webster's New World College Dictionaries
Publisher: Webster's New World
Total Pages: 1728
Release: 2020-06
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780358126614

Webster's New World College Dictionary is a favorite of newsrooms and copyeditors nationwide, and it is the official dictionary of The Associated Press Stylebook.This dictionary features a clear and accessible defining style, abundant synonym notes, full-page tables and charts, hundreds of drawings that complement the definitions, and authoritative guidance on usage and style points. It also includes extensive coverage of Americanisms (words, phrases, and senses coined by an American or first used in the United States). It has added nearly 5,000 new entries, including terms from the areas of arts and sports, science and medicine, computers and the Internet, food, business, politics, and law. Tens of thousands of revisions have been made to existing senses, to bring them up-to-date and to reflect current usage. A reference supplement includes: Rules of punctuation, Roman numerals, Calendars, Monetary units, Currency symbols, Names for large number, Books of the Bible, Meteorological data, Commonly used weights and measures, Planets of the solar system, Geologic time scale, and Periodic table of the elements.

Webster's New World College Dictionary

Webster's New World College Dictionary
Author: Victoria Neufeldt
Publisher: MacMillan Reference Library
Total Pages: 1640
Release: 1996
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Offers hundreds of new words and meanings, including many unique to American English, with thousands of examples of current usage.

Webster's New World Concise French Dictionary

Webster's New World Concise French Dictionary
Author: Chambers Harrap Ltd.
Publisher: Webster's New World
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-01-31
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780471748311

This extensively updated, fully-Americanized, revised and expanded edition is the ideal reference for home, classroom and office. Webster's New World Concise French Dictionary has clear definitions plus thousands of sample phrases to help students and businesspeople speak and write French the way the French do! More than 115,000 references and 170,000 translations are provided in a user-friendly format. One of the most comprehensive and up-to-date French dictionaries on the market, this goes beyond traditional definitions and includes: * Extensive coverage of the most frequently used words, including Internet terminology, slang, and idiomatic phrases * Special features such as pronunciation guides, tables of irregular verbs, and a comprehensive communication guide * Hundreds of boxed notes on French culture.

Merriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary of English Usage

Merriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary of English Usage
Author: Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher:
Total Pages: 820
Release: 2002
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

A handy guide to problems of confused or disputed usage based on the critically acclaimed Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage. Over 2,000 entries explain the background and basis of usage controversies and offer expert advice and recommendations.

Webster's New World Dictionary

Webster's New World Dictionary
Author: Webster's New World
Publisher: Pocket Books
Total Pages: 768
Release: 2013-04-30
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1476705046

The phenomenally popular compact dictionary has been newly revised and updated—the perfect reference for school, office, and home. Webster’s New World dictionaries have been defining American English for more than fifty years. This perennial bestseller is sure to draw in even more readers with its updated materials—including new biographical, geographical, scientific, and vocabulary entries reflecting our rapidly evolving language. The Webster’s New World Dictionary is ideal for students and adults of all ages.