Concise Oxford American Dictionary

By Oxford Languages

Book Overview

This new dictionary packs an extraordinary amount of information into a handy book that is practical, dependable, affordable, and easy to read.

Based on the groundbreaking flagship dictionary of Oxford's US Dictionaries program, the New Oxford American Dictionary, this concise edition includes more than 180,000 entries and definitions, complete with pronunciations, parts of speech, syllabification, inflected forms, and derivatives.

The Concise Oxford American Dictionary is a convenient and complete dictionary for school, work, and home. The dictionary includes Usage Notes that give helpful information on correct English; hundreds of Word Histories that provide fascinating background on the lives of words; more than 300 carefully chosen illustrations; and a handy Ready Reference section with information about weights and measures, chemical elements, U.S. states and presidents, punctuation, frequently misspelled words, and much more. In addition, like all other Oxford American dictionaries, The Concise Oxford American Dictionary uses an easy-to-use respelling system to show how entries are pronounced.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195304845
• ISBN13: 9780195304848
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 1152 Pages
• Weight: 3.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 8.0" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

good quality, good price

I like this dictionary. It has many modern words. The book looks bigger than the picture, but it is a good study book for learning English. The book is very new and has good quality.

Just the right size and printed on acid free paper in the US

I picked this dictionary after checking to see if it defines transgender in a way I can accept. The paper is white and the print is easy for this 52 year old to read. If I want to find a word that I cannot remember the spelling, and have stumped ieSpell, I need something easy to handle. Any larger and it would be too large.

Concise Oxford American Dictionary

This book came in 3 days, in brand new, excellent condition and at an excellent price. It is real value for the money.

A Bit Too Concise

I like the size, but I prefer the definitions and content of the American Heritage Dictionary.