Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition, 50th Anniversary
Ten years of lexicographic research culminates to form the latest edition of the renowned Webster's New World(r) College Dictionary. This fourth edition combines the most up-to-date information about our language and our world to present a completely revised, updated and expanded edition for this age of instant global communication. This authoritative reference now includes 5,000 new entries and the only four-color atlas offered by a dictionary of this size. New words, new Americanisms, and...
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The most up-to-date and clearly written dictionary for the new millennium! The dictionary of choice for the Associated Press and America's leading newspapers, this updated 50th anniversary edition of Webster's New World College Dictionary continues to be outstanding for its page design and easy readability. With comprehensive, consistent, and helpful A-Z organization of all entries-including abbreviations, foreign words and phrases, and biographical and geographical entries-it features the clearest, most informative definitions of any college dictionary available today. Highlights include: Over 850 illustrations, with more than 200 photographs added at biographical entries The best coverage of American usage and idioms, including over 11,000 Americanisms Over 100 new entries for this updated edition Extensive back matter with scientific and geographical data and U.S. historical documents Four-color world atlas Useful information on weights and measures, grammatical usage, and geological data
Dictionary Staff viConsultants and Contributing Editors vii Foreword ix Guide to the Dictionary xi Guide to Pronunciation xxii Dictionaries of English xxv Webster's New World College Dictionary 1669 World Atlas 1012 Reference Supplement Rules of Punctuation 1672 Nations of the World 1677 World City Populations 1680 U.S. States 1682 U.S. Cities by Population 1683 U.S. Metropolitan Core Areas by Population 1684 Canada 1684 Cities of Canada by Population 1685 Mexico 1685 Geographical Data: 1687 Monetary Units: 1689 Roman Numerals 1690 Books of the Bible 1690 Calendars 1691 American Sign Language (ASL) 1691 Commonly Used Weights and Measures 1692 Periodic Table of Chemical Elements 1694 Alphabetical List of the Chemical Elements 1694 Geologic Time Chart 1696 Astronomical Data: 1698 Meteorology:
\ From Barnes & NobleSturdy in every sense, the fourth edition of the Webster's New World justifies its ten years of preparation. The definitions are precise; the type, easy to read; the format, reader-friendly (e.g., geographical and biographical terms are defined within the main A-Z listings.) Associated Press has picked this version as its standard for its deadline-driven editors and reorters. Time-stressed students and booksellers might want to heed their choice.\ \
