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Pages: 2340,
Specialty: English,
Publisher: HarperCollins,
Publication Year: 2014,
Cover: Hardback,
Dimensions: 202x268x68mm
* The home of living English The largest single-volume English dictionary in print celebrates the extraordinary breadth and changing nature of world English, with more than 50,000 newly added entries, and now over 722,000 words, meanings and phrases. * Word lovers, word gamers, word geeks. At work, at home and at school. The dictionary draws on Collins extensive language databases and reintroduces many literary and rare words useful for crossword solvers and setters as well as Scrabble players, including words previously only found in the official Scrabble word list. Everyone will be drawn in by evolving definitions, new, rare and quirky words. Explore the ever-changing landscape of the English language with award-winning author Mark Forsyth's insights in which he casts an analytical eye over the latest fields and shifts in meaning that the dictionary reflects. * New words, new meanings, new uses Our lexicographers constantly track language change around the world. This along with suggestions from the public on the award-winning collinsdictionary.com, ensures Collins English Dictionary truly is the home of living language. * More placenames and biographical entries With over 8,500 placenames and 5,500 biographies you will encounter thousands of fascinating facts and figures at your fingertips. * Available in a format to suit you The Times said that "the Collins English Dictionary is a book to be treasured, no home should be without one". The 12th edition of the Collins English Dictionary is beautifully designed and printed, and despite the huge increase in words it is now lighter and easier to hold. Designed for day-to-day use, with a clear layout and virtual thumb tabs. It is available in flexible formats to suit every user - in print, as an ebook and an iOS app.
Weight: 2.62 KG
Specialty: English,
Publisher: HarperCollins,
Publication Year: 2014,
Cover: Hardback,
Dimensions: 202x268x68mm
* The home of living English The largest single-volume English dictionary in print celebrates the extraordinary breadth and changing nature of world English, with more than 50,000 newly added entries, and now over 722,000 words, meanings and phrases. * Word lovers, word gamers, word geeks. At work, at home and at school. The dictionary draws on Collins extensive language databases and reintroduces many literary and rare words useful for crossword solvers and setters as well as Scrabble players, including words previously only found in the official Scrabble word list. Everyone will be drawn in by evolving definitions, new, rare and quirky words. Explore the ever-changing landscape of the English language with award-winning author Mark Forsyth's insights in which he casts an analytical eye over the latest fields and shifts in meaning that the dictionary reflects. * New words, new meanings, new uses Our lexicographers constantly track language change around the world. This along with suggestions from the public on the award-winning collinsdictionary.com, ensures Collins English Dictionary truly is the home of living language. * More placenames and biographical entries With over 8,500 placenames and 5,500 biographies you will encounter thousands of fascinating facts and figures at your fingertips. * Available in a format to suit you The Times said that "the Collins English Dictionary is a book to be treasured, no home should be without one". The 12th edition of the Collins English Dictionary is beautifully designed and printed, and despite the huge increase in words it is now lighter and easier to hold. Designed for day-to-day use, with a clear layout and virtual thumb tabs. It is available in flexible formats to suit every user - in print, as an ebook and an iOS app.
Weight: 2.62 KG
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