Concise Oxford Dictionary (11th Edition)

Product Names: Concise Oxford Dictionary
Manufacturer/Publisher: Oxford University Press

Concise Oxford Dictionary the CD-ROM dictionary

A classic dictionary with 240,000 definitions. Expand the range of words that you can use confidently, knowing that you have chosen the right word. Superb searching facilities, quick cross-referencing, instant back-tracking, cut and paste into your own word processor.

This new edition now includes spoken pronunciations for thousands of words.

Features:

Expanded coverage of science, technology, international English and slang
Advice on current trends in the use of disputed and variant spellings, hyphenation, accents, the apostrophe, new forms and italics
Guidance on usage, points of grammar, style and sensitive words: Aboriginals or Aborigines? Shall or will? Split infinitives? Whoever or whomever?
Help for crossword lovers: the wildcards * and ? mean you can find words with different combinations of letters
Extensive appendices on grammar, spelling rules, capitals, italics and much more. A handy word games supplement lists short words of particular interest to Scrabble and crossword lovers