Concise Oxford Thesaurus 3e (H)

ISBN: 9780199215133
Author: Waite

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This is a new edition of the Concise Oxford Thesaurus, with updated and improved text, new choices of synonyms, and a new design.

The Concise Oxford Thesaurus is a comprehensive reference text for the bookshelf at home or in the office. Its usefulness means that it won’t stay on the shelf, however. The thesaurus is the perfect tool to use to improve your writing style, whether you are composing a letter, essay or report, or writing creatively. It is also great for finding the word on the tip of your tongue, or for word games. The new centre section in this Concise Oxford Thesaurus contains lists of nouns from illnesses to insects, and vegetables to veins to give you the edge in solving crosswords and word puzzles, as well as being a useful encyclopedic reference.

The Concise Oxford Thesaurus also contains Word Links to help you find related words. So, for example, look up the word ‘night’ and you will find ‘nocturnal’; look up ‘light’, and you will find ‘optics’. Hundreds more have been added new to this edition, helping you find the word you need every time.

This is a new edition of the Concise Oxford Thesaurus, with updated and improved text, new choices of synonyms, and a new design.

The Concise Oxford Thesaurus is a comprehensive reference text for the bookshelf at home or in the office. Its usefulness means that it won't stay on the shelf, however. The thesaurus is the perfect tool to use to improve your writing style, whether you are composing a letter, essay or report, or writing creatively. It is also great for finding the word on the tip of your tongue, or for word games. The new centre section in this Concise Oxford Thesaurus contains lists of nouns from illnesses to insects, and vegetables to veins to give you the edge in solving crosswords and word puzzles, as well as being a useful encyclopedic reference.

The Concise Oxford Thesaurus also contains Word Links to help you find related words. So, for example, look up the word 'night' and you will find 'nocturnal'; look up 'light', and you will find 'optics'. Hundreds more have been added new to this edition, helping you find the word you need every time.

Features

  • {'feature': ['A comprehensive thesaurus with over 300,000 synonyms and antonyms, ideal for use in word games and puzzles, to improve your writing or to find the word on the tip of your tongue
  • Most useful alternative words given first, with word closest in meaning to entry word given in bold
  • Thousands of example sentences help you select the right sense
  • NEW 50-page centre section containing thematically organized noun lists, a perfect resource for puzzlers
  • 500+ word link features E.g. look up 'horse' and find a link to 'equine', look up 'light' and find a link to 'optics
  • Discover more on oxforddictionaries.com, Oxford's home for dictionaries and language reference
  • This edition replaces ISBN 019860453X']}

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9780199215133

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14 Jun 2007

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