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The American Century Dictionary

Contributors

By Laurence Urdang

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$7.00

Format

Trade Paperback

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Trade Paperback $7.00

A BRAND-NEW DESK DICTIONARY FROM THE WORLD’S LEADING DICTIONARY-MAKER

Originally developed by Oxford University Press’s Dictionary Department and edited by noted lexicographer Laurence Urdang, THE AMERICAN CENTURY DICTIONARY is a totally new dictionary created for American English. Its unique features include:
— the latest new words and acronyms, such as NIMBY, telecommute, and grunge
— thousands of colloquial and slang expressions, such as legit, yuck, and zilch
— up-to-date computer and technical terms, such as ASCII, e-mail, fax, and virtual reality, as well as new terms from medicine and business
— special easy-to-use organization — all entries, including prefixes, abbreviations, foreign words, and biographical and geographical names, are arranged alphabetically in one section
— separate quick-reference tables: countries, states, state capitals, area and ZIP codes, presidents, and more.

On Sale
Aug 1, 1996
Page Count
704 pages
ISBN-13
9780446601214