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Oxford American Dictionary 3rd Edition
As the flagship American dictionary from Oxford, the New Oxford American Dictionary sets the standard of excellence for lexicography in this country. Providing the most comprehensive and accurate coverage of American English available, this dictionary boasts more than 350,000 words, phrases, and senses, hundreds of explanatory notes, and over a thousand illustrations. Drawing on the two-billion-word Oxford English Corpus and the unrivaled citation files of the renowned Oxford English Dictionary, the New Oxford American Dictionary offers the most accurate and richly descriptive picture of American English ever presented in a dictionary.
The Third Edition of the dictionary features a thoroughly updated text, with revisions throughout and approximately 2,000 new words, phrases, and meanings. Many of these new additions relate to fast-moving areas such as computing, technology, current affairs, and ecology, while others have recently entered the popular lexicon. Usage notes have been updated in light of the most recent Corpus evidence, and a completely new in-text feature on Word Trends charts usage for rapidly changing words and phrases like "carbon," "mobile," or "tweet." Additionally, the volume has been given an attractive, modern new text design that makes entries easier to read and find.
One of the hallmarks of the New Oxford American Dictionary is its reflection of the living, evolving language. Unlike more traditional dictionaries, where meanings are ordered chronologically according to the history of the language, each entry in the New Oxford American Dictionary plainly shows the principal meaning or meanings of the word, organized by importance in today's English. This ensures that readers can be confident that the first definition they see is the one most likely to be used by people today, rather than a sense that has been obsolete for centuries.
Offering clear, authoritative, and precise information, with the in-depth and up-to-date coverage that users need and expect, the New Oxford American Dictionary is the benchmark by which all other American dictionaries are measured. As Oxford's flagship American dictionary, it sets the standard of excellence for lexicography in this country.
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| Attribute | Value | ||||
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| publisher | Oxford University Press; 3rd edition (September 2, 2010) | ||||
| language | English | ||||
| hardcover | 2096 pages | ||||
| isbn_10 | 0195392884 | ||||
| isbn_13 | 978-0195392883 | ||||
| item_weight | 2.31 pounds | ||||
| dimensions | 11.1 x 2.5 x 9.1 inches | ||||
| best_sellers_rank | #38,504 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #11 in Dictionaries (Books) #18 in English Dictionaries & Thesauruses | ||||
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