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9780743470728

Webster's New World Thesaurus

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  • ISBN13:

    9780743470728

  • ISBN10:

    0743470729

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-07-01
  • Publisher: Gallery Books

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Summary

EASY...Organized alphabetically just like a dictionary, with no confusing number systems.ACCESSIBLE...Only common words are used in the main entry list -- never esoteric words that you would not think of looking for.COMPREHENSIVE...Brims with synonyms, antonyms, and phrases other word finders overlook -- so you're never at a loss for words.UP-TO-THE-MINUTE...Expanded and updated! Packed with additional listings and synonyms to reflect today's latest scientific, medical, and other technical terms.INDISPENSABLE...Featuring carefully selected antonyms -- this is a must-have reference tool that individualizes your writing and makes it come alive.

Author Biography

Charlton Laird, first Hilliard Distinguished Professor of the Humanities (University of Nevada, Reno), and holder of both earned and honorary doctoral degrees, has devoted a lifetime to writing and teaching. His mastery and vast knowledge of language are reflected in the pages of Webster's New World™ Thesaurus.

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FOREWORD

This edition of Webster's New World Thesaurus derives ultimately from Charlton Laird's original thesaurus, which was first published in 1948 under the title Laird's Promptory. A pioneering work, the Promptory established the pattern of arranging entries in alphabetical order, thus making it unnecessary to consult a separate index. This arrangement has since been widely adopted by other publishers.

The entry arrangement and editorial principles of the original are still much in evidence in the present edition. The work draws heavily on the successful innovations of its predecessors and offers new contributions drawn from the evolving database of new words in American English recorded by the staff of Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition. The style of the thesaurus entries now corresponds to that of the larger, hardcover edition (Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus, 1999), and the typefaces and page layout match those of the companion paperback volume, Webster's New World Dictionary (2003).

MICHAEL AGNES
Editor in Chief

JONATHAN L. GOLDMAN
ANDREW N. SPARKS
DONALD STEWART
Project Editors

Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio

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