Product Description

This luxurious leather-bound edition of the prestigious Webster's New World(TM) College Dictionary is a memorable gift and a lasting addition to any personal library. Based on the all-new Fourth Edition, it is available in limited quantities, with a handsome, gold-stamped leather binding, gilded edges, gold printed thumb tabs, a presentation plate, and a ribbon marker. Completely revised and updated to reflect the changes in our language and our world, Webster's New World(TM) College Dictionary, Fourth Edition is the best language reference available today. With over 160,000 entries, over 800 illustrations, including biographical photographs, and a 4-color world atlas, it is the premier dictionary of American English. This special edition comes shrink-wrapped in an open, gold-stamped gift box.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1730783 in Books
• Published on: 2000-07-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .5 pounds
• Binding: Leather Bound
• 1744 pages

From Amazon.com
While the text edition of this dictionary has collected kudos from numerous newspapers throughout its previous editions, many users may find that the CD-Rom replaces the book as a handy quick-reference instrument. The disk loads in a matter of minutes, and offers a linked thesaurus with the dictionary--you can choose one or both reference tools, and you can customize both with your particular notes. Kids who are told to "look it up" when they ask mom how to spell a word will love the Misspeller's Dictionary included on the disk, which can easily translate spellings like "wierd" and "anoy". Using the thesaurus while using the dictionary allows you to click easily between words, using the former to extend your vocabulary while checking the specific definitions in the latter to ensure precise usage.

The text edition has many special features that make it a useful complement to the disk, as well as a star in its own right. Several pages of simple colored maps show the placement of everything from Colorado to Cameroon. There are anatomical illustrations, historical photographs, and a 40-page reference supplement that covers everything from the rules of punctuation to the periodic table of elements. Word definitions are clear, and with 163,000 entries, chances are you'll find the word you're hunting for. Synonyms for many words are included in shaded areas near the original word (you'll find pious, religious, and sanctimonious alongside devout), which is a big help when you're searching for the perfect word. --Jill Lightner

• System requirements:
• Pentium recommended
• Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0
• 16 MB RAM
• 5 MB free hard disk space, 100 MB free hard disk space for full installation
• 2X CD-ROM drive

Ingram
Newly updated to reflect the changes in our language and in our social, cultural, political, and scientific worlds, "Webster's New World College Dictionary" is the official choice of most major newspapers. New uses and meanings have been added to many existing definitions and an all-new reference section of Charts & Tables has been added for instant access to geographical, historical, and other encyclopedic references. 700 line drawings.

Book Info
Presents a useful and authoritative dictionary with 163,000 entries and nearly 7,500 new entries bringing understanding to changes in lifestyles, technology, medicine, society, world politics and cultures. Indexed. DLC: English language--Dictionaries.