An updated edition of the best-selling dictionary includes revised charts and tables, proofreaders' marks, hundreds of synonym lists, word histories, thousands of context examples, separate biographical and geographical entries, abbreviations, and foreign phrases. 200,000 first printing.
Small enough to fit conveniently into purse or pocket, this dictionary features 35,000 definitions from the same data base as the bestselling Webster's II New Riverside University Dictionary. Available in a handsome 10-copy prepack display.
Defines more than 100,000 entries and includes such features as usage notes, synonyms, photographs and drawings, a manual of style for writers, biographical and geographical entries, and tables of information.
Fifty-five thousand entries in easy-to-read print and illustrated by hundreds of photographs, diagrams, and maps furnish a reference on the pronunciation, syllabication, origins, and meanings of commonly used words as well as recent scientific, business,and technological terms