This fully updated edition offers over 120,000 words, phrases, and definitions. It covers all the words you need for everyday use, carefully selected from the evidence of the Oxford English Corpus, a databank of 21st century English, containing over 2 billion words.The Factfinder centre section gives quick-reference entries on topics including famous people, countries, and science.
Product details
- Paperback: 1024 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 7 edition (10 May 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0199640947
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 4.8 x 13 cm
Review
[The] quick-reference English dictionary in a new paperback edition from Oxford is fully revised and excellent value for money ... [It is] ideal for quizzes and puzzle-solving. (Suite 101)
Complete dictionary and reference volume all rolled into one, at a splendidly low price. It includes all the words you will ever need for ordinary everyday use set out in the easy-to-use typography for which Oxford dictionaries are famous. (Writers Online)
