Oxford English Dictionary

Author: John A. Simpson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195218893
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.

Merriam-Webster's School Dictionary

Author: Merriam-Webster
Publisher: Merriam-Webster
ISBN: 9780877797494
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Provides definitions, pronunciations, etymologies, part of speech designations, and other appropriate information. Intended for use by students in grades nine to eleven"--

Oxford English Dictionary for Schools

Author: R. E. Allen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199116416
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
* Easy to use - find the words you want, fast! Written and designed to ensure it is both age appropriate and beautifully easy to use. * See words in action - real examples from the best children's books show you how it's done. Example sentences from authors including David Almond, Philip Pullman, William Golding, Anthony Horrowitz, Beverley Naidoo and many more from KS3/ 4 Framework reading lists as well as other age-appropriate fiction. * All the words you need - includes allcurriculum words for secondary level. Specifically aimed at KS3 and KS4 across the curriculum, closely linked to the KS3 Literacy Framework, plus language panels for project work, cross-curriculum vocabulary, and synonyms for overused words.

Oxford Popular School Dictionary 2008

Author: , OUP
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780199118748
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The Popular School dictionary has over 40, 000 words and phrases, with simple meanings and example phrases show how words are used. It includes words from the curriculum, international vocabulary and new words from ICT. It is ideal for quick word look-up at home.

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Author: Merriam-Webster
Publisher: Merriam-Webster
ISBN: 9780877790952
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
New edition! A handy, reliable, and authoritative dictionary of words most frequently used in Englis. More than 75,000 definitions, 2,000 new word entries, and more than 150 illustrations. Expanded special features include a Handbook of Style, Basic English Grammar, Irregular English Verbs and a Guid eto Common Verb Collocations (both essential for ESL), and a new Overview of the Internet.

Oxford English Dictionary for Schools

Author: Oxford Dictionaries
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192776525
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 928

Book Description
The Oxford English Dictionary for Schools is carefully targeted to support secondary school students with their independent reference skills, to improve their spelling, punctuation, and grammar, and to build vocabulary. Ideal support at school and home for GCSEs and Controlled Assessments.

The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Author: Peter Gilliver
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191009687
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 688

Book Description
This book tells the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its beginnings in the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. The author, uniquely among historians of the OED, is also a practising lexicographer with nearly thirty years' experience of working on the Dictionary. He has drawn on a wide range of sources-including previously unexamined archival material and eyewitness testimony-to create a detailed history of the project. The book explores the cultural background from which the idea of a comprehensive historical dictionary of English emerged, the lengthy struggles to bring this concept to fruition, and the development of the book from the appearance of the first printed fascicle in 1884 to the launching of the Dictionary as an online database in 2000 and beyond. It also examines the evolution of the lexicographers' working methods, and provides much information about the people-many of them remarkable individuals-who have contributed to the project over the last century and a half.

The Oxford Primary School Dictionary

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780199104482
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 560

Book Description
This is a new edition of the Oxford Primary School Dictionary. It is a core OUP dictionary for children aged 8 and over and specially written for home and school use. Now fully revised and updated, with a new design, this dictionary is clearer and easier to use. New additions include a large number of headwords for the first time and many derivatives defined for the first time, such as naturally, strongly and squarely. Usage notes have been expanded, for example on sew/sow, and spaceman and spacewoman, and American equivalents are given for high-profile words such as sidewalk and hood (of a car). New vocabulary includes words such as byte, mad cow disease, road rage and millenium, and all plurals, verb and adjective forms are written out in full. Pictures are specially drawn in whole sentences to show how words are used in context and idioms have also been added, for example, neck and neck, in dire straits and pipe dream. Information boxes give the origins of words and give advice about usage.

Little Oxford English Dictionary

Author: Sara Hawker
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199202980
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Packed with more than 107,000 definitions, the revised and updated edition of this popular, portable dictionary is completely up to date in its coverage.

Oxford School Dictionary

Author: Oxford Oxford Languages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192743503
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This new edition has contemporary, comprehensive vocabulary coverage, example sentences, and fascinating word origins. The dictionary supports students with their language and spelling skills, and helps with the transition from primary to secondary. Features: Clear, simple and accessible with numbered meanings, word classes, and inflections in full. Created using the Oxford Education Corpus, a unique electronic database of millions of words written for and by children. Grammar and punctuation panels, spelling tips, and an extra vocabulary-building supplement boost skills for tests and exams. --editor