The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English

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Kiadó:	Oxford at the Clarendon Press
Kiadás helye:	London
Kiadás éve:	1982
Kötés típusa:	Ragasztott kemény kötés
Oldalszám:	1.264 oldal
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Nyelv:	Angol
Méret:	22 cm x 14 cm
ISBN:	0-19-861131-5

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With this new and completely reset edition, the Concise Oxford Dictionary maintainsand enhances its reputation as the most widelv accepted authority on the English of today. These are somé of its principal features: • the full authority of the Oxford English .Dictionary and its new Supplement m over 40,000 headwords with a totál of 75,000 vocabulary' items • áénses arranged on the basis of comparative familiarity or importance • many illustrative phrases and sentences showing words in use Ái • generous treatment of abbreviatiohs and compounds • a special marking for uses that are disputed or controversial • full explanations of pron uncia ti on, inflexión, and etymology • systematic inclusion of American spellings

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Preface to the Seventh Edition
Publishers' Note
Preface to the Sixth Edition vj--
From the Preface to the First Edition 1X
From the Preface to the Second Edition x
Introduction x[
Pronunciation xiv
Inflexión xviii
Etymology xx
Abbreviations and Symbols used in the Dictionary xxiv
Note on proprietary terms xxvii
DICTIONARY 1
Appendices
i. Weights and Measures 1257
u. The Greek and Russian Alphabets 1260
ni. Principal Monetary Units of the World 1262