Concise Oxford American dictionary

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From the Publisher: This new dictionary packs an extraordinary amount of information into a handy book that is practical, dependable, affordable, and easy to read. Based on the groundbreaking flagship dictionary of Oxford's US Dictionaries program, the New Oxford American Dictionary, this concise edition includes more than 180,000 entries and definitions, complete with pronunciations, parts of speech, syllabification, inflected forms, and derivatives. All Oxford American dictionaries use an eas…

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  • Full title :Concise Oxford American dictionary.

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From the Publisher: This new dictionary packs an extraordinary amount of information into a handy book that is practical, dependable, affordable, and easy to read. Based on the groundbreaking flagship dictionary of Oxford's US Dictionaries program, the New Oxford American Dictionary, this concise edition includes more than 180,000 entries and definitions, complete with pronunciations, parts of speech, syllabification, inflected forms, and derivatives. All Oxford American dictionaries use an easy-to-use respelling system to show how entries are pronounced. It uses simple, familiar markings to represent common American English sounds.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2006.

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"Based on the acclaimed New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd edition"--Jacket

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  • Description:1 online resource (xviii, 1128 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:ocn988947669
  • LC Classification:PE1628
  • Dewey Decimal:423/.1

Table of Contents

Staff -- Preface -- Introduction -- How to use this dictionary -- Key to the pronunciations -- Key to the abbreviations -- Concise Oxford American Dictionary -- Ready reference -- Commonly misspelled words -- Guide to punctuation -- Common cliches to avoid -- Redundant expressions -- Proofreader's marks -- Usage notes -- How words are built: prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms -- States of the United States of America -- Presidents of the United States of America -- Countries of the world -- Chemical elements -- Standard weights and measures with metric equivalents and conversions.

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Americanisms Americanisms -- Dictionaries Dictionaries English language English language -- Dictionaries. -- Un… United States

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