Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Second Edition

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With over fifty years of experience in dictionary publishing behind it, Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary is the most definitive single-volume reference of the English language available. This modern dictionary offers an exhaustive, traditional study of the language, while covering the latest, most important developments – ahead of any other dictionary.

The Random House Webster’s Dictionary is designed to meet the wide-ranging needs of today’s students and scholars, who may study ancient documents one hour and surf the Internet the next; of professional writers, who craft poems or write articles for technical journals; of businesspeople, who need to communicate clearly; and – above all – the needs of word lovers.

In addition to standard and specialized vocabulary, this extensive volume contains a wide variety of up-to-date, authoritative information. The Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary is a unique general reference volume for the office, the school, and the entire family.

Important Features Include:

• A New-Words Section in the front of the book with over 1,100 important words and meanings – words such as broadband, urban legend, Disneyfy, and smoothie.
• Over 315,000 entries
• 1,500 updated definitions and entries
• 2,400 illustrations and spot maps
• Scholarly, up-to-date etymologies, including dates to show when terms entered the language, and showing clearly labeled Americanisms

Entries for important and famous people; places and historical events; major works of literature, music, and art; names and abbreviations of academic, governmental, social, and fraternal organizations; popular given names; common abbreviations; and foreign terms

More important features include:

• Entries and definitions for current place names, reflecting recent political and geographical changes worldwide
• Coverage of major British, Canadian, and Australian terms
• Over 750,000 example phrases and sentences to show how words are used in context
• Metric equivalents for weight, volume, height, distance, etc., included in definitions and captions
• Endangered species identified
• Comprehensive supplementary notes at many entries, discussing:

• usage problems
• pronunciation questions
• distinctions among synonyms
• regional variations and dialects

Valuable supplements in the front and back of the dictionary, including:

• synonyms
• antonyms
• words formed from common prefixes
• “Sound-Spelling Correspondences in English”
• “Basic Manual of Style”
• “Words Commonly Confused”

More of the Best Language Reference from Random House Webster’s:

• Random House Webster’s College Dictionary with CD-Rom
• Random House Webster’s College Thesaurus