The American Heritage College Dictionary

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The
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FOURTH EDITION
America's Favorite College Dictionary Has Been Revised and Updíted
The Fourth Edition includes:
• 7,500 new words and meanings, sucti as frenemy, Iraq War, liveblog, parkour, plutoid, ponzu, shawartna, trans-Neptunian object, and zipline
• Informative and up-to-date biographical and geographical entries
• More than 300 Usage Notes based on the opinions of our renowned Usage Panel
• Hundreds of Synonym, Word History, Regional, and Our Living Language Notes for a deeper appreciation of language and language variation
' Revised Appendix of Indo-European Roots tracing English words with very different spellings back to their common ancestors
• More than 2.,500 photographs, maps, and line drawings that make this the most visually informative dictionary available today
Free downloadable eReference Suite features:
• The complete text of The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition,... Tovább

Fülszöveg

The
AMERICAN HERITAGE*
College
dic-tion-ar-y
FOURTH EDITION
America's Favorite College Dictionary Has Been Revised and Updíted
The Fourth Edition includes:
• 7,500 new words and meanings, sucti as frenemy, Iraq War, liveblog, parkour, plutoid, ponzu, shawartna, trans-Neptunian object, and zipline
• Informative and up-to-date biographical and geographical entries
• More than 300 Usage Notes based on the opinions of our renowned Usage Panel
• Hundreds of Synonym, Word History, Regional, and Our Living Language Notes for a deeper appreciation of language and language variation
' Revised Appendix of Indo-European Roots tracing English words with very different spellings back to their common ancestors
• More than 2.,500 photographs, maps, and line drawings that make this the most visually informative dictionary available today
Free downloadable eReference Suite features:
• The complete text of The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, and Roget's II: The New Thesaurus containing more tiian 260,000 synonyms
• State-of-the-art audio pronunciations and definitions for all dictionary entries
• Search by word, phrase, or wildcard
• Spell-checking capability
• Over 1,000 photographs and illustrations
•Instant access to dictionary definitions from any Microsoft® Office application with the click of a button

The
AMERICAN HERITAGE®
College
dic-tion-ar-y
FOURTH EDITION
The Fourth Edition of The American Heritage® College Dictionary presents the very best that a college dictionary can offer. It features all of the qualities that have distinguished the American Heritage name for decades: a clear and accessible defining style, expert usage advice, and more than 2., 5 00 photographs and drawings that enhance the definitions and invite browsing.
And now the Fourth College Edition includes a registration card with a unique passkey that allows you to download directly to your computer the entire contents of The American Heritage^ Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus. Easy to download and operate, and usable on both Windows® and Mac® platforms, the electronic version offers even more ways to learn about our language.
New Words, New Meanings
babydaddy, Iraq War, kombucha, liveblog, parkour, plutino, reggaetón, shawarma, zipline. These are among the 7,500 new words that malce The American Heritage'^ College Dictionary the most up-to-date reference tool you can own. From computer and Internet terms to the current vocabulary of political bloggers and pundits, this book can help you understand the latest developments in our fast-paced world.
Authoritative Usage Guidance
Based on the opinions of our renowned Usage Panel, more than 300 Notes provide invaluable assistance for negotiating usage conundrums, from classic usage bugbears like hopefully to more recent linguistic innovations such as the capitalization of Web. Vissza