The American Heritage Dictionary - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0385312547 ISBN 13 : 9780385312547

Synopsis

Book by Houghton Mifflin Company

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This newly updated edition of America’s favorite dictionary features revised biographical and geographical entries as well as up-to-date charts and tables for topics such as world currencies and chemical elements. Among the 500 entries new to this update are Amber Alert, blogosphere, gravitino, halo effect, hawala, lycopene, malware, micropolis, proteome, Qi Gong, SARS, shout-out, speed dating, sudoku, Texas hold’em, text message, and wiki.

The renowned American Heritage® Usage Panel, a group of more than 200 distinguished writers, scholars, and scientists, offers advice on problems of grammar and style; engaging notes explain word histories and clarify differences among synonyms; thousands of quotations and example sentences show words in context; and elegant definitions are enhanced by 4,000 full-color photographs, drawings, and maps, making this one of the most readable dictionaries available anywhere.

This dictionary can also be purchased with a fully loadable Windows® / Mac® CD-ROM that contains the entire text of the updated Fourth Edition, 68,000 audio pronunciations, 1,000 full-color photographs and illustrations, and a college-level thesaurus with more than 260,000 synonyms. The CD-ROM has spell-check capability and can be used in conjunction with any Microsoft® Office application to get definitions at the click of a mouse.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

·Over 70,000 entries
·Thoroughly revised and updated
·1,000 new words and meanings
·Over 400 photographs and illustrations
·Expert guidance on correct usage

Based on the bestselling American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

American Heritage® dictionaries are widely known as the most innovative and informative dictionaries in today's market. This all-new fourth edition of the best-selling classic continues that tradition with its clear and precise definitions, its expert usage guidance, and its wealth of illustrations. Newly updated to reflect our changing language, this revised edition is the most up-to-date and authoritative dictionary available today.

·More than a thousand new entries for such terms as e-tailer, zine, bioreserve, chatroom, red card, domestic partner

·More biographical and geographical entries than any other paperback, thoroughly updated for the new millennium

·The most lavishly illustrated dictionary on the market -- with over 400 images

·Expert usage guidance based on the American Heritage® Usage Panel

·Regional notes from around the country

·Hundreds of synonym lists, fascinating etymologies, and much more

American Heritage® Dictionaries. Setting a new standard.

À propos de cette édition

• ISBN 10: 0385312547
• ISBN 13: 9780385312547
• Reliure: Broché