The Concise Oxford Dictionary

✍ Scribed by Sykes J.B.

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1294
• Edition: 7th
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

ith this new and completely reset edition, the Concise Oxford Dictionary maintains and enhances its reputation as the most widely accepted authority on the English of today. These are some of its principal features:
- the full authority of the Oxford English Dictionary and its new Supplement
- over 40,000 headwords with a total of 75,000 vocabulary items
- senses arranged on the basis of comparative familiarity or importance
- many illustrative phrases and sentences showing words in use
- generous treatment of abbreviations and compounds
- a special marking for uses that are disputed or controversial
- full explanations of pronunciation, inflexion, and etymology
- systematic inclusion of American spellings

✦ Table of Contents

Publishers’ Note ......Page 8
Preface to the Sixth Edition ......Page 9
From the Preface to the First Edition ......Page 10
From the Preface to the Second Edition ......Page 11
Introduction ......Page 12
Pronunciation ......Page 15
Inflexion ......Page 19
Etymology ......Page 21
Abbreviations and Symbols used in the Dictionary ......Page 25
Note on proprietary terms ......Page 28
A ......Page 30
B ......Page 91
C ......Page 156
D ......Page 267
E ......Page 332
F ......Page 374
G ......Page 431
H ......Page 476
I ......Page 522
J ......Page 564
K ......Page 575
L ......Page 587
M ......Page 635
N ......Page 700
O ......Page 727
P ......Page 763
Q ......Page 871
R ......Page 879
S ......Page 947
T ......Page 1115
U ......Page 1191
V ......Page 1214
W ......Page 1235
X ......Page 1276
Y ......Page 1277
Z ......Page 1282
i. Weights and Measures ......Page 1286
ii. The Greek and Russian Alphabets ......Page 1289
iii. Principal Monetary Units of the World ......Page 1291

✦ Subjects

Языки и языкознание;Английский язык;Словари и разговорники;Словари и разговорники