- Hardcover: 1616 pages
- Publisher: Hungry Minds; 3 edition (Jun 10 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0028616731
- ISBN-13: 978-0028616735
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 19.4 x 5.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.7 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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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
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A poor reference guide,
By A Customer
This review is from: Webster's New World College Dictionary (Hardcover)
I bought this dictionary because it had received some good reviews. However, I must say that I am extremely disappointed and would not recommend its purchase to anyone. Every dictionary that I have ever used has divided the word it is defining into its correct syllables and then given the words' definiton. Well, not this one. My son was looking up words for a homework assignment and had to find the word "vegetable" and write down the amount of syllables it contained. This dictionary lists vegetable like this --> "veg-eta-ble". First, I thought it was an error. After all, who divides vegetable like that? As I did some further research, I soon realized that the dictionary does not bother to list the words and their syllables. Well, what I need is a complete dictionary, not some joke of one...
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cheese;,
By Luna "Luna" (er............................a place where phone books rule the world!) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Webster's New World College Dictionary (Hardcover)
a food consisting of the coagulated compressed and usu ripened curd of milk separated from the whey.
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"Very clear, informative,and customer friendly." These words are likely to be heard when talking about Webster's New World College Dictionary. This dictionary is is designed to meet of of it's customer's and user's needs and it surely does! This book has been very helpful to me. Thanks Michael E. Agnes and staff!
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