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The Oxford American desk dictionary
- Title
- The Oxford American desk dictionary / edited by Frank Abate.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PE1628 .O8615 1998 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Abate, Frank R.
- Description
- xvii, 798 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Based on a database of American English compiled in the U.S., The Oxford American Desk Dictionary is completely up to date and designed for today's quick-reference needs. This superb dictionary also features more than 200 detailed illustrations (commissioned for this 1998 edition), helpful in-text Usage Notes, and hundreds of lively, informative Word Histories.Features:BL More than 100,000 entries and definitionsBL New words and senses, some not found in any other dictionaries(biodiversity, debit card, home page, SUV)BL Hundreds of in-text Usage Notes and Word HistoriesBL Eye-catching, detailed illustrations, specially commissioned for this editionBL Thousands of up-to-date biographical and geographical entriesBL Expanded 24-page Special Reference Section with Countries of the World, Signs and Symbols, Weights and Measures, U.S. States and PresidentsAs a concise, thorough, up-to-date, yet handy resource, this dictionary is unsurpassed.
- Series Statement
- [Oxford desk reference series]
- Uniform Title
- Oxford essential dictionary.
- Oxford desk reference series
- Alternative Title
- American desk dictionary
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- dictionaries.
- Dictionaries.
- Dictionnaires.
- Note
- Rev. ed. of: Oxford essential dictionary. American ed. c1998.
- Contents
- Key to the Pronunciations -- Oxford American Desk Dictionary -- Biographical Entries -- Geographical Entries -- Special Reference Sections -- Standard Weights and Measures with Metric Equivalents -- Conversion from Standard to Metric Measurements -- Metric Weights and Measures with Standard Equivalents -- Conversion from Metric to Standard Measurements -- Signs and Symbols -- Temperature -- Heat Index -- Windchill Temperatures -- Mathematical Notation -- Multiplication Tables -- Arabic and Roman Numerals -- Greek Alphabet -- Books of the Bible -- Chemical Elements -- States of the United States of America -- Presidents of the United States of America -- Countries of the World.
- ISBN
- 0195126734
- 9780195126730
- LCCN
- 98017237
- OCLC
- ocm38898081
- 38898081
- SCSB-412871
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library