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The American Century Dictionary
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By Laurence Urdang
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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
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- ISBN-13
- 9780446601214
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