50,000 newly added entries, and over 700,000 words, meanings and phrases. Now updated to show recent biographical and place name changes - with over 8,500 place names and 5,500 biographies you will encounter thousands of fascinating facts and figures at your fingertips. "The Collins English Dictionary is a book to be treasured, no home should be without one", The Times. Ideal for use at work, at home and at school - new words, new meanings and new uses are tracked by Collins' ...
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50,000 newly added entries, and over 700,000 words, meanings and phrases. Now updated to show recent biographical and place name changes - with over 8,500 place names and 5,500 biographies you will encounter thousands of fascinating facts and figures at your fingertips. "The Collins English Dictionary is a book to be treasured, no home should be without one", The Times. Ideal for use at work, at home and at school - new words, new meanings and new uses are tracked by Collins' lexicographers who monitor language change around the world. This along with suggestions from the public on the award-winning collinsdictionary.com, ensures Collins English Dictionary truly is the home of living language. Be drawn in by evolving definitions, new, rare and quirky words, while you explore the extraordinary breadth and changing nature of world English with award-winning author Mark Forsyth's insights in which he casts an analytical eye over the latest fields and shifts in meaning that the dictionary reflects. This is an unparalleled resource for word lovers, word gamers, and word geeks everywhere. It draws on Collins' extensive language databases and reintroduces many literary and rare words useful for crossword solvers and setters as well as Scrabble players, including words previously only found in the official Scrabble word list. The 12th edition of the Collins English Dictionary is beautifully designed and printed, and despite the huge increase in words it is now lighter and easier to hold. Designed for day-to-day use, with a clear layout and virtual thumb tabs, it is also available in flexible formats to suit every user - in print, as a Kindle dictionary and an iOS app. Collins have been pioneers in dictionary publishing since 1819 and offer an extensive range of dictionaries in multiple formats and languages for reference, travel, leisure and education.
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Add this copy of Collins English Dictionary to cart. $37.54, good condition, Sold by Phatpocket Limited rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Waltham Abbey, ESSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2014 by Collins.
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Add this copy of Collins English Dictionary Complete and Unabridged to cart. $105.59, good condition, Sold by Reuseabook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2014 by Collins.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Missing jacket. The dust jacket of the book is missing.
