Short description
This new edition contains over 60,000 entries - covering business, computer, and scientific terms; colloquial, idiomatic, and current slang expressions; and much more. The updated information includes a revised biographical and geographical database with more than 2000 new entries.
Long description
This new edition contains over 60,000 entries - covering business, computer, and scientific terms; colloquial, idiomatic, and current slang expressions; and much more. The updated information includes a revised biographical and geographical database with more than 2,000 new entries. The book is laid out in a simple alphabetical listing for all entries - including prefixes and suffixes, abbreviations, foreign words and phrases, and biographical and geographical names, which makes using the dictionary much easier. The updated page design and layout, with its modern, clear type appeals to the eye and makes for an easier-to-read reference tool, along with the precise and comprehensive pronunciation key and easy-to-understand definitions, makes the WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD DICTIONARY one of the foremost reference tools on the market.