Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 1744 pages
- Published by: Webster's New World
- Edition: 4th Edition May 7, 2004
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0764571257
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764571251
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Book Dimensions:
9.9 x 7.7 x 2.4 inches
- Weighs: 4.4 pounds
Product Review
Is "legislator" pronounced with an "er" sound at the end or an "or"? Is the Jewish festival of lights spelled "Chanukah," "Hanuka," or "Hanukkah"? With
Webster's New World College Dictionary, which promises to describe rather than prescribe, you can take your pick. The dictionary includes more than 150,000 entries, including brief biographical and geographical notes and useful drawings and diagrams (depictions of four kinds of buoys, for example). The guide to pronunciation and symbols is given on every other page, handy for those who don't like to refer to the inside cover each time they forget how to pronounce the sound of the schwa (of course, the guides on the inside and front covers are more extensive). Starred words refer to Americanisms, which number more than 11,000, such as "hornswoggle" and "Hopi" and "kitchenette." The definitions themselves are clear and simple and seldom have you scurrying to another page for a definition of the definition. Easy to use and understand,
Webster's New World College Dictionary is a fine addition to any high school or college student's desk set.
--Rebecca A. Staffel
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Review
"This is, it goes without saying, a majestic publication." --Philip Howard (
Wall Street Journal, August 23, 2005)
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Webster's New World College Dictionary (Hardcover)
I work best with hardback dictionaries at my work location. The cover finally fell off the old dictionary. I saw this one and it was cheep and available. I paid for it while the wrapper was still on. Well I may have made a mistake. First this one has no index tabs. I looked up some well-used words such as "kine" and got just two word definition cow and cattle. The previous dictionary "Webster's II New revised University Dictionary", described even the word history and covered the changes in history. It showed that the word came from Middle English as "ku". And that it persisted until the 17th century. This word is used in an Ayn Rand book and would not make sense if you only had the "New World College Dictionary" I also looked up acetylene and found a fair definition but it had room for the formula and did not display it. The definitions are squeezed out to make room for pictures. On the next page is a portrait of Martin Luther King. There are all kinds of pretty pictures of people. If you are interested in people and not spelling or anything in-depth, then this dictionary for you In the mean time I will suffer with this until I have time to find a real dictionary. However it may do for you. Practical info: Nearly 7,500 entries for today's world. 4 color world atlas and numerous tables and charts. Thousands of Geographical and Biographical Entries. Helpful notes, examples and Synonyms. Includes unique Americanisms.
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