The Oxford Reverse Dictionary - Softcover

Edmonds, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019860176X ISBN 13: 9780198601760

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

This dictionary will help you to find the word on the tip of your tongue. Unlike a thesaurus, where you look up alternatives to a word you know, or a dictionary which defines a word you are already familiar with, this "reverse" dictionary will help you to find words you do know, or are vaguely aware of, but cannot bring to mind. There are 31,000 grouped under a wide range of key words. The words listed may be alternative words for the headword, or words that are related to that subject. For example, under "hat" you would find "cloche", "mortarboard", "milliner" etc, each preceded by a short definition. For each sense, there may be more than one example. There are also word groups which are connected by their country of origin; for example, under "Australia", you would find words such as "billabong", "boomerang", and "dingo". Any adjectives and combining forms (suffixes or prefixes) associated with the headword appear first in the entry. Technical words or those used only by specialists in particular fields are not included.

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David Edmonds is a freelance lexicographer and compiled the Reverse Dictionary supplement in the Oxford Compact Thesaurus.

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• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 019860176X
• ISBN 13: 9780198601760
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 416
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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