Victoria Neufeldt Knihy

Offers hundreds of new words and meanings, including many unique to American English, with thousands of examples of current usage.

Hardcover published by Prentiss Hall Press, 1190 pages.

Dictionary of over 60,000 entries covering business, computer, and scientific terms; colloquial, idiomatic, and current slang expressions; abbreviations, foreign words and phrases, and biographical and geographical names.

"The publication in 1988 of Webster's New World Dictionary, Third College Edition, was the triumphant result of more than four years of concentrated editorial effort and nearly as much time again in long-range planning."

Based on the new Webster's New World Dictionary, Third College Edition, this compact dictionary meets the needs of those wanting thorough up-to-date coverage of the current words and terms commonly used in everyday English in a handy paperback format.