The Oxford American Desk Dictionary 2 Vols
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La primera pareja Inglés-Inglés del mercado, única en su clase. Portátil y asequible, The Oxford Desk Dictionary constituye una...
La primera pareja Inglés-Inglés del mercado, única en su clase.
Portátil y asequible, The Oxford Desk Dictionary constituye una obra de máxima autoridad en el idioma Inglés que, junto a The Oxford Desk Thesaurus de sinónimos, forman la pareja ideal de consulta Inglés-Inglés portable, affordable and authoritative, The Oxford Desk Dictionary is the perfect companion to The Oxford Desk Thesaurus. Perfect partners for English language reference.
Oxford, with more than 100 staff lexicographers and hundreds of readers and researchers, performs the most rigorous and extensive English language research in the world –far more than any other dictionary publisher. In Oxford dictionaries you will find the most extensively researched guidance on language; clear and precise definitions for even the most complex terms; helpful usage advice; real-life examples illustrating the living language; and the history of words, from earliest origins to the most current usage.
From the unsurpassed 20-volumen Oxford English Dictionary, hailed by the New York Times as “the greatest work in dictionary making ever undertaken,” to the American dictionaries compiled by our U.S. Dictionaries Program, you can rely on the accuracy, thoroughness, and authority of Oxford dictionaries.
THE OXFORD AMERICAN DESK DICTIONARY.
- More than 100,000 entries and definitions with pronunciations, parts of speech, syllabication and hyphenation, inflected forms, and derivatives.
- Widely used scientific, technical, professional and business terms
- Common abbreviations; punctuation; capitalization
- New words and senses, some not found in any other dictionaries
- Hundreds of in-text Usage notes and Word Histories
- Over 200 eye-catching, detailed illustrations, specially commissioned for this edition.
- Thousands of up-to-date biographical and geographical entries
- Exclusive 24-page Special Reference Section with Countries of the World, Signs and Symbols, Weights and Measures, U.S. States and Presidents, Metric Conversion tables, and more!
La pareja ideal para consultar en:
Perfect reference partners for:
- Casa / home.
- Oficina / office.
- Escuela / school.
- Consultorio / doctor’s office.
- Fábrica / Factory.
- Agencia de viajes / travel agency.
- Planta maquiladora / assembly plant.
- Agencia aduanal / customs agency.
- Bibliotecas y laboratorios / libraries and laboratories.
Ficha Técnica
- Dos excelentes libros impresos
- Formato 14.5 x 22 cm
- 1.314 páginas en total
- Texto totalmente en Inglés
- Más de 100 000 entradas y definiciones, la cobertura más amplia disponible en un diccionario conciso
- Lujosa encuadernación en pasta dura con sobrecubierta
- Copyright © 1998
- Thesaurus ISBN: 0-19-512674-2, 0195126742
- Dictionary ISBN: 0-19-512673-4, 0195126734
- Thesaurus Edited by: Christine A. Lindberg
- Dictionary Edited by: Frank Abate
- © Oxford University Press
Contenido
- Preface.
How to Use the Oxford American Desk Dictionary.
Abbreviations Used in This Book.
Key to the Pronunciations. - THE OXFORD AMERICAN DESK DICTIONARY.
Biographical Entries.
Geographical Entries.
Special Reference Sections.
Standard Weights and Measures with Metric Equivalents.
Conversion from Standard to Metric Measurements.
Metric Weights and Measures with Standard Equivalents.
Conversion from Metric to Standard Measurements.
Signs and Symbols.
Temperature.
Heat Index.
Windchill Temperatures.
Mathematical Notation.
Multiplication Tables.
Arabic and Roman Numerals.
Greek Alphabet.
Books of the Bible.
Chemical Elements.
States of the United States of America.
Presidents of the United States of America.
Countries of the World. - THE OXFORD AMERICAN DESK THESAURUS.
Guide to the Oxford American Desk Thesaurus.
The Oxford American desk Thesaurus.
Writer´s Toolkit.
Punctuation Guide.
Usage Guide.
Diacritical Marks.
Profreader´s Marks. - More than 10,000 entries and 175,000 synonyms.
- A-to-Z format for quick look-up.
- Example sentences and phrases to pinpoint correct usage.
- Broad coverage, with entries keyed to specific senses.
- Exclusive Writer´s Toolkit for guidance on punctuation and other writing basics.
