Oxford English Dictionary

Oxford English Dictionary
Author: John A. Simpson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2002-04-18
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780195218893

The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.

Oxford Dictionary of English

Oxford Dictionary of English
Author: Angus Stevenson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 2093
Release: 2010-08-19
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0199571120

The Oxford Dictionary of English offers authoritative and in-depth coverage of over 350,000 words, phrases, and meanings. The foremost single-volume authority on the English language.

Vox Compact Spanish & English Dictionary, 3E (HC)

Vox Compact Spanish & English Dictionary, 3E (HC)
Author: Vox
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-01-03
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780071499521

Get the Spanish reference book millions have come to trust For the first time in 12 years, the most popular Spanish and English dictionary available in North America has been thoroughly revised and updated for today’s high-school and college students, businesspeople, and armchair linguists. More than 15,000 entries and 140 pages have been added to the dictionary, which is available in three formats to fit your needs. And the layout itself has gotten a polish; it has been completely reset for even better legibility!

Pocket Oxford English Dictionary

Pocket Oxford English Dictionary
Author: Maurice Waite
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 1104
Release: 2013-05-09
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0199666156

This dictionary offers coverage of English as an international language, the defining style is straightforward and non-technical, and thousands of examples illustrate idiomatic usage.

The New Oxford American Dictionary

The New Oxford American Dictionary
Author: Erin McKean
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 2096
Release: 2005-05-19
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780195170771

Produced by Oxford's American Dictionaries Program, and drawing on the expertise of scores of American scholars and advisors, The New Oxford American Dictionary sets the standard of excellence for lexicography in this country.Here is the most accurate and richly descriptive picture of American English ever offered in any dictionary. Oxford's American editors drew on our 200-million-word databank of contemporary North American English, plus the unrivaled citation files of the world-renowned Oxford English Dictionary. We started with American evidence--an unparalleled resource unique to Oxford. Our staff logged more than 50 editor-years, checking every entry and every definition. Oxford's ongoing North American Reading Program, begun in the early 1980s, keeps our lexicographers in touch with fresh evidence of our language and usage--in novels and newspapers, in public records and magazines, and on-line, too.To provide unprecedented clarity, the entries are organized around core meanings, reflecting the way people think about words and eliminating the clutter and confusion of a traditional dictionary entry. Each entry plainly shows the major meaning or meanings of the word, plus any related senses, arranged in intuitive constellations of connected meanings. Definitions are supplemented by illustrative, in-context examples of actual usage.This major new edition of The New Oxford American Dictionary includes a guide to the pronunciations on every page, a new etymology essay by Anatoly Liberman, completely updated and revised maps, and more than a thousand new entries, covering everything new in our language from low-carb to warblog and beyond.The New Oxford American Dictionary is designed to serve the user clearly, simply, and quickly, with the precise guidance you expect from Oxford University Press. With in-depth and up-to-date coverage that all users need and expect--for reading and study, for technical terms, for language guidance--it continues the tradition of scholarship and lexicographic excellence that are the hallmarks of every Oxford dictionary.Web SiteA companion web site is now available at www.oup.com/us/noad.

The Oxford New Russian Dictionary

The Oxford New Russian Dictionary
Author: Oxford University Press
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007-07-03
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0425216721

Oxford is known for publishing the world’s most trusted dictionaries. This is the essential Russian Dictionary—from the first name in reference. • Revised and updated with the latest words and expressions • More than 100,000 words, phrases, and translations • New, ultra-clear text layout and design to make navigation even easier • All the essential vocabulary for everyday life

Paperback Oxford English Dictionary

Paperback Oxford English Dictionary
Author: Maurice Waite
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 1026
Release: 2012-05-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0199640947

Little Oxford English Dictionary is a book to support knowledge creation of Sara Hawker. Available at a lower price from other sellers that may not offer free Prime shipping. This is a major new edition of the Little Oxford English Dictionary, offering the most accurate and up-to-date coverage of essential, everyday vocabulary. Based on evidence from the Oxford English Corpus, a unique database with hundreds of millions of words of English, it provides a fresh selection of 90,000 words, phrases, and definitions. Definitions are given in a clear, simple style, avoiding technical language, and are easier to understand than ever before, and there are hundreds of notes on spelling and grammar to help you get it right. A brand-new Factfinder center section gives easy access to information on topics such as countries and their capitals, kings and queens, and weights and measures, as well as help with spelling and punctuation. A new, clear design makes the Little Oxford English Dictionary easy to use, and ideal for use at school, at home, and in the office. Find out more about our living language using Oxford Dictionaries Online. Hear how words are spoken with thousands of audio pronunciations, and access over 1.9 million real English example sentences to see how words are used in context. Improve your confidence in writing with helpful grammar and punctuation guides, full thesaurus information, style and usage help, and much more. Discover more on oxforddictionaries.com, Oxford's hub for dictionaries and language reference.

Oxford Spanish Desk Dictionary

Oxford Spanish Desk Dictionary
Author: Carol Styles Carvajal
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 1106
Release: 2003
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

The Oxford Spanish Desk Dictionary is drawn from the highly acclaimed Oxford Spanish Dictionary and is more comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date than any other dictionary of comparable size. With over 90,000 words and phrases and 130,000 translations, this revised second edition retains all of the superb features of its esteemed parent volume in an affordable, compact, and easy-to-use format. Packed with extra features, The Oxford Spanish Desk Dictionary offers a brand new grammar supplement that provides information on all of the important and essential rules of Spanish grammar. In addition to a guide to grammatical terms, this intermediate level dictionary includes extra letters, emails, postcards, and CV's, as well as a useful A-Z guide to Spanish life and culture. For travelers, professionals, business people, and students of either language, The Spanish Desk Dictionary is the ideal resource and belongs in all suitcases, briefcases, and backpacks.

Minidictionary for Nurses

Minidictionary for Nurses
Author: Tanya A. McFerran
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 9780199211784

This dictionary provides comprehensive coverage of the ever-expanding vocabulary of the nursing professions in an authoritative and accessible way. A must-have for all nurses, students of nursing, medical practitioners and professionals including midwives and health visitors.