The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

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THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, from which this paperback edition was created, is a new dictionary: new in content, new in format, and new in the wealth of information it offers. The idea for a truly American dictionary was conceived by the staff of American Heritage out of their deep sense of responsibility as custodians of the American tradition in language as well as history. Five years in the making as a joint project of American Heritage Publishing Company and Houghton Mifflin Company, it was prepared with the assistance of several hundred of America's most notable educators, writers, editors, and public speakers.
Among the many special features that make this Dell edition clearly superior to any comparable paperback dictionary:
• More entries and more illustrations than any other paperback dictionary
• The first paperback dictionary with photographs
• Words defined in modern-day language that is clear and precise
• Over one hundred notes on... Tovább

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THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, from which this paperback edition was created, is a new dictionary: new in content, new in format, and new in the wealth of information it offers. The idea for a truly American dictionary was conceived by the staff of American Heritage out of their deep sense of responsibility as custodians of the American tradition in language as well as history. Five years in the making as a joint project of American Heritage Publishing Company and Houghton Mifflin Company, it was prepared with the assistance of several hundred of America's most notable educators, writers, editors, and public speakers.
Among the many special features that make this Dell edition clearly superior to any comparable paperback dictionary:
• More entries and more illustrations than any other paperback dictionary
• The first paperback dictionary with photographs
• Words defined in modern-day language that is clear and precise
• Over one hundred notes on usage with more factual information than any paperback dictionary >
• Unique appendix of Indo-European roots
• Authoritative definitions of new words from science and technology
• More than one hundred illustrative quotations from Shakespeare to Salinger, Spenser to Sontag
• Hundreds of geographic and biographical entries
• Pictures of all the Presidents of the United States
• Locator maps for all the countries of the world
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