Product Description

• English dictionary 8th edition• Including a much wider range of words than ever before, the extensive coverage of geographical, scientific, and technical entries has been updated• Notes give advice on using the right word in the right place.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37828 in Books
• Brand: Collins
• Published on: 2006-03-06
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1888 pages

Features

• • English dictionary 8th edition• Including a much wider range of words than ever before, the extensive coverage of geographical, scientific, and technical entries has been updated• Notes give advice on using the right word in the right

Synopsis
Now in colour, "Collins English Dictionary" is a rich source of words for everyone who loves language. Not only is the dictionary comprehensive and authoritative, but it also offers outstanding coverage of world, regional and dialect English. Including a much wider range of words than ever before, the extensive coverage of geographical, scientific, and technical entries has been updated by our team of leading academic experts. Fully-revised language notes give advice on using the right word in the right place, and thousands of word histories trace the roots of modern English. All this has been complemented with a refreshingly clutter-free design, which is easy to use and easy on the eye, taking you straight to the information you need with the minimum of fuss. The features include: have confidence - discover all the latest words as they appear in the language; get it right - you can rely on Collins; all our definitions, examples, idioms and usage notes are based on the Collins Word Web - our unrivalled and constantly updated 2.5 billion-word database of today's English; and get there fast - accessible brand-new layout that's easy on the eye, guiding you quickly to what you want.

The other titles include: "Collins English Dictionary: Complete and Unabridged" and "Collins English Dictionary Desktop Edition" (ISBN 0-00-716334-7). Words are tools for life. And a "Collins Dictionary" makes them work for you.

Customer Reviews

WHERE ARE ALL THE BIOGRAPHIES?
The Collins English Dictionary used to be the best. But what has happened? Among its many glories were thousands of biographical references - thumbnail sketches of famous people. Professor John Carey and Prof J. R. Watson singled them out for praise. The biographical entries were essential tools when you were in a hurry and writing an article, or script, and needed a concise description of a famous person. All have been removed! I was going to buy the latest edition of the dictionary, but when I saw the omission I put the book back on the shelf and will have to make do with my 1979 edition. Please restore the biographical references in future editions.

Comprehensive and Profound

This is the best English dictionary one can buy for complex and obscure words and always has those rare and obsolete words one finds in Victorian novels that seem, so often, to escape the Oxford. I do the : 'Guardian;' 'Times;' and 'Telegraph;' Crosswords and will nearly always find words in this Dictionary that unfortunately, again, escape the Oxford. New editions assimilate much of modern language so that one has a contemporaneous and historical literary blend that will satisfy most requirements from the most basic, common reader to the specialist, esoteric academic.

Needs strong muscles!
Very attractive in appearance on the page, and with more words you'll ever need in a lifetime, this dictionary is however extremely heavy, and if you buy it as we did to pass around while playing Scrabble, you may find yourself wishing you had bought something comprehensive but a lot lighter!