Webster's New World Dictionary

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The phenomenally popular compact dictionary has been updated for the first time in ten years! BASED ON WEBSTERS NEW WORLD COLLEGE DICTIONARY FOURTH EDITIONTHE ALL-TIME BESTSELLING PAPERBACK DICTIONARY TODAY! Now revised and updated this indispensable dictionary is the perfect reference for school office and home. More than 60 000 entriescovering business computer and scientific terms; colloquial idiomatic current slang expressions; and more. Updated and revised biographical databaseincluding new entries of many contemporary figures. Accessible alphabetical listing for all entriesincluding prefixes and suffixes abbreviations foreign words and phrases and more. Concise easy-to-understand definitionsmany revised to reflect the latest research on usage and meaning. Clear accurate pronunciation keysdesigned for quick convenient reference. Updated page design and layoutmodern clear type appeals to the eye and is more user-friendly. The highest quality A-to-Z preparation of this edition is supplied by the permanent lexicographical staff of the Websters New World College Dictionarythe word pros who prepared the acclaimed Fourth College Edition the dictionary of choice for the Associated Press The New York Times The Wall Street Journal Los Angeles Times and hundreds of other national publications.