Author: Sara Hawker
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198601838
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Book Description
This one-stop reference to 30,000 dictionary entries and 115,000 synonyms is clearer, more accurate, and easier to use than any other dictionary/thesaurus combination. Each set of synonyms is keyed to a particular dictionary sense and definition for greater accuracy and ease of use, and the unique integrated entries allow for quick and easy one-stop reference.
Author: Alan Spooner
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198691716
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 617
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Book Description
Here is a new minithesaurus from Oxford, compact, reliable, easy to use--and brought to you by the makers of the most authoritative reference sources in the world. Alphabetically arranged for easy accessability, The Oxford Minithesaurus offers 8,000 entries and over 150,000 synonyms--more than any other guide of its size--and is completely cross-referenced to lead readers easily to related groups of synonyms, as well as antonymns. With each entry divided into the part of speech it represents, and into numbered meanings (just like a dictionary), it is easy to find the particular sense needed. This minithesaurus also offers example phrases that make the less obvious senses of words clear, marks words that are archaic or slang, and provides a unique noun catalog for generic words such as animal, vehicle, and vessel. Whether used in writings reports, letters, or essays, for doing crossword puzzles, or simply to increase word-power, The Oxford Minireference Thesaurus is the handiest, most comprehensive guide available.
Author: W. Rowlinson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192828958
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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Book Description
10,000 French Words is a completely up-to-date reference book, offering over 10,000 words, phrases, and structures, conveniently arranged by topic and function. This practical guide covers all the bases, from noun gender and irregular noun plurals, through feminine forms of masculine nouns, to irregular feminine and plural forms of adjectives. Collected under fifty-six alphabetically arranged subject headings, including Food, Holidays, Shops and Shopping, and Transport, each heading is further divided into sub-headings for even easier accessibility. Now in a larger, easy-to-read edition, this compendium of the most useful French vocabulary is invaluable for beginners, yet comprehensive enough for more advanced French speakers.
Author: Oxford Dictionaries,
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780199692637
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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An easy-to-use integrated dictionary and thesaurus containing 40,000 up-to-date words, phrases, and definitions and 65,000 synonyms and antonyms.
Author: Sara Hawker
Publisher: Oxford University
ISBN: 9780198604471
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 746
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Book Description
The Mini Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Wordpower Guide provides three mini books in one handy and affordable format. The dictionary has over 40,000 words, phrases, and definitions, while the thesaurus has more than 75,000 alternative words. The dictionary and thesaurus entries are presented in a brand-new design, with separate dictionary and thesaurus sections matching on each page. There are also clearly indicated in-text usage notes which give guidance on usage and spelling. The Wordpower Guide offers extra help with vocabulary along with other sections that will help you to use the English language more effectively.
Author: James E. Clapp
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030017246X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 369
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Book Description
Law-related words and phrases abound in our everyday language, often without our being aware of their origins or their particular legal significance: boilerplate, jailbait, pound of flesh, rainmaker, the third degree. This insightful and entertaining book reveals the unknown stories behind familiar legal expressions that come from sources as diverse as Shakespeare, vaudeville, and Dr. Seuss. Separate entries for each expression follow no prescribed formula but instead focus on the most interesting, enlightening, and surprising aspects of the words and their evolution. Popular myths and misunderstandings are explored and exploded, and the entries are augmented with historical images and humorous sidebars. Lively and unexpected, Lawtalk will draw a diverse array of readers with its abundance of linguistic, legal, historical, and cultural information. Those readers should be forewarned: upon finishing one entry, there is an irresistible temptation to turn to another, and yet another.
Author: Keith Robbins
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192519581
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 864
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Book Description
The story of Oxford University Press spans five centuries of printing and publishing. Beginning with the first presses set up in Oxford in the fifteenth century and the later establishment of a university printing house, it leads through the publication of bibles, scholarly works, and the Oxford English Dictionary, to a twentieth-century expansion that created the largest university press in the world, playing a part in research, education, and language learning in more than 50 countries. With access to extensive archives, the four-volume History of OUP traces the impact of long-term changes in printing technology and the business of publishing. It also considers the effects of wider trends in education, reading, and scholarship, in international trade and the spreading influence of the English language, and in cultural and social history - both in Oxford and through its presence around the world. In the decades after 1970 Oxford University Press met new challenges but also a period of unprecedented growth. In this concluding volume, Keith Robbins and 21 expert contributors assess OUP's changing structure, its academic mission, and its business operations through years of economic turbulence and continuous technological change. The Press repositioned itself after 1970: it brought its London Business to Oxford, closed its Printing House, and rapidly developed new publishing for English language teaching in regions far beyond its traditional markets. Yet in an increasingly competitive worldwide industry, OUP remained the department of a major British university, sharing its commitment to excellence in scholarship and education. The resulting opportunities and sometimes tensions are traced here through detailed consideration of OUP's business decisions, the vast range of its publications, and the dynamic role of its overseas offices. Concluding in 2004 with new forms of digital publishing, The History of OUP sheds new light on the cultural, educational, and business life of the English-speaking world in the late twentieth century.
Author: Anthony Debons
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810852891
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Book Description
In the present generation, the attention paid to information continues to grow in importance. Much of this attention has been the result of an explosion in data-processing technology, with computers serving as the primary catalyst. However, other national events, such as hurricanes, floods, crime, and terror, are clearly tied to the importance of obtaining and processing information in our daily lives as well. For the last several decades, educational systems have responded to these technological advances by introducing, at an early age, the important role data-processing technology presents and will continue to represent. Many schools now include courses in computer science as part of their curriculum. Information Science 101 helps high school and college freshman identify and understand careers in information science. With this text, author Anthony Debons, one of the early founders of the discipline of Information Science, gives attention to the role of various disciplines in the field: library/documentation, tele-transmission, computer science and practice, decision making/problem solving, knowledge organization, and management. With examples, illustrations, chapter summaries, and exercises to help marry the human with the technological aspects of the field, this text gives a complete overview of Information Science, from its origins to the future of the field.
Author: John Butt
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198600367
Category : Spanish language
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Book Description
Spanish Verbs is similar to the guides for French and German already published in the Oxford Minireference series, providing a clear and succint presentation of irregular and regular verbs in frequent use for GCSE, A level or university students requiring quick revision or reassurance, as well as for self-study or evening class users.
Author: Paul Anthony Clarke
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 129163486X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 153
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Book Description
Many people live a life empty of purpose and value, they feel like they are in a continuous cycle that won't end and in reality, they know that they are not where they should be in life. One way or another they have been caught in deception and led off course, to a place far from their destination. For Christians the destination is to be in God's presence and in the centre of His will, a place of surrender and true submission; the Holy place. However, through deception they have been lured away from the presence of God. They offer lip service but their hearts are far from Him. Paul Anthony Clarke gives an in depth and personal account of how deception causes people to lose intimacy with God and how it takes them off course entirely. This book will challenge the reader to examine their life according to God's word and journey to a true place of worship.
