The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, 2 Vols ... by Herbert Coleridge

The New Shorter, however, offers something that no competitor can match: the historical, literary approach made justly famous by the OED. Each entry provides all the information you would expect from a leading unabridged dictionary: it identifies each word's various meanings, origins, part of speech, pronunciation (in the International Phonetic Alphabet), and combinations in which the word is often found, as well as cross-references to related words. Not strictly an abridgment of the OED, the New Shorter draws on the OED's ongoing revision as well as its own independent research program. This completely new dictionary covers virtually every word or phrase in use in English-worldwide-since 1700. Now, Oxford University Press is pleased to announce a landmark new dictionary-The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary-that brings the authority of the Oxford Dictionary Department and the vast scholarship of the OED itself within the reach of individuals. 'For the past sixty-five years, the massive Oxford English Dictionary has offered the last word on the English language. Light general wear to jackets of both volumes. Revised and enlarged thumb-indexed edition. Overseas buyers will be asked to agree to pay extra additional delivery costs as the book weighs over 1 kg. As with all our sales of books within the UK, we only ever charge a flat standard delivery cost of £3.35. The size of the book in inches is x and it weighs x.00 kg. There are xx colour illustrations and xx black and white (any printed within the text?). The main text of the book has x numbered pages.

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The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, 2 Vols ... by Herbert Coleridge