 | The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (w/CD-ROM)
by Editors of The American Heritage Dictionaries
Edition/Year: 4th ed., 2006 (Book w/CD-ROM)
ISBN: 9780618701735
Format: Hardcover-New
SKU: 90109
Our Low Price: $64.95 | | Availability: This item ships within the next business day. | This current updated edition of America"s favorite dictionary, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, features revised biographical and geographical entries as well as up-to-date charts and tables for topics such as world currencies and chemical elements. Among the 500 entries new to this update are Amber Alert, blogosphere, gravitino, halo effect, hawala, lycopene, malware, micropolis, proteome, Qi Gong, SARS, shout-out, speed dating, sudoku, Texas hold"em, text message, and wiki.
This dictionary features a fully loadable Windows® / Mac® CD-ROM that contains the entire text, 68,000 audio pronunciations, 1,000 full-color photographs and illustrations, and a college-level thesaurus with more than 260,000 synonyms. The CD-ROM has spell-check capability and can be used in conjunction with most Microsoft® Office application to get definitions at the click of a mouse.
The renowned American Heritage® Usage Panel, a group of more than 200 distinguished writers, scholars, and scientists, offers advice on problems of grammar and style; engaging notes explain word histories and clarify differences among synonyms; thousands of quotations and example sentences show words in context; and elegant definitions are enhanced by 4,000 full-color photographs, drawings, and maps, making this one of the most readable dictionaries available anywhere. |
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