The Most Popular Dictionary Worldwide
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary is the most popular dictionary of its kind around the world and is noted for its clear, concise definitions as well as its comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the vocabulary of the English-speaking world. This reissue of the revised edition brings the tenth edition completely up to date by the addition of hundreds of new words and meanings taken from Oxfords renowned data collection program, with a special focus on fast-changing areas of the language such as new technology, e-commerce, fashion, and youth culture.
Features:
- Over 240,000 Words and Phrases
- The clearest , most accurate definitions, based on the largest language research programme in the world
- Clear layout with each new section (phrases, derivatives, usage notes, etymologies, wordbuilder) on new line
- Usage notes, offering help with tricky and controversial questions
- In-text lists and tables focusing on core study subjects
- Pronunciations for words that might cause difficulty
- Origin Section tracing the history of words
The MSDict Dictionaries Viewer Format
The Oxford Concise English Dictionary is utilized by MSDict Viewer - an innovative dictionary
reader specially designed to combine high data compression for memory restricted devices with a fast search algorithm, and user-friendly interface with amazing speed.
- Quick dynamic search of words while you type
- Transcriptions facilitating pronunciation
- Stylish user interface with several color modes
- Hyperlinks between different related words
- Dynamic changing of font sizes
- Opportunity to add custom notes to any article in the dictionary so you can save your ideas and examples of usage
- Wildcard filtration feature (the use of "*" replaces arbitrary number of symbols within words)
- Button allowing quick erase of the query field
- Support of multiple dictionaries installed at a time
