Oxford Dictionary 11th Edition Portable Free full version
Overview
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary is the most popular dictionary of its kind around the world and is noted for its clear, concise definitions as well as its comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the vocabulary of the English-speaking world.
Authoritative and up to date, this eleventh edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary contains over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, including 900 new words. It offers rich vocabulary coverage, with full treatment of World English, rare, historical, and archaic terms, as well as scientific and technical vocabulary, and provides hundreds of helpful notes on grammar and usage.
New to this edition is a fascinating Word Histories feature, detailing the origins and development of 100 words, such as accolade and candid. This dictionary contains full appendices on topics such as alphabets, currencies, electronic English, and the registers of language, from formal to slang, plus a useful Guide to Good English with advice on grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Key Features
- Major new edition providing an authoritative, up-to-the-minute description of the English language
- Based on hundreds of millions of words of real English from the Oxford English Corpus
- Over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, including 900 new words
- NEW! Word Histories feature telling the often bizarre stories of the origins and development of 100s of words, such as accolade and candid
- NEW! Hundreds of extra notes on grammar and usage covering a wide range of topics, from confusable words (what's the difference between peddle and pedal?) to punctuation (where should a hyphen be used?)
- Rich vocabulary coverage including scientific, technical, World English, rare, historical, and archaic terms
- Appendices containing lists of alphabets, currencies, chemical elements, electronic English, and more
