Chambers Concise Dictionary

Includes over 1000 new entries, this title is based on the ninth edition of the 'Chambers dictionary'. It contains many technical terms from fields such as science, business and sport and also includes hundreds of usage notes and word histories, as well as spelling and grammar tips.

A comprehensive listing of over 121,000 references and more than 156,000 definitions, with extensive coverage of the English language of the 1980s.

This is a single-volume source of both definitions and synonyms. Entries are fully integrated with clearly distinguished sections for definitions and thesaurus information. Over 300,000 references are clearly distinguished, so that information should be easy to find and use.

A comprehensive English language dictionary.