Thes: New Oxford Thesaurus of Engl 2nd Edition Rev

by Various

Based on the ongoing research of Oxford Dictionaries and the authority of the Oxford English Corpus, this revised edition of the Oxford Thesaurus of English has been updated to include new and up-to-date synonyms and senses, and offers coverage of more alternative words than any other A-Z thesaurus. It is accessible and easy to use, listing alternative words in order of usefulness, and giving thousands of examples of words in use to help you choose the right synonym. The centre section of word lists has been fully revised and reorganized with its own quick-reference index and includes even more words on topics from clothes and food, to medicine and music, with new lists of foreign words and phrases, humorous words, commonly confused words, and more. It is an invaluable resource to help broaden your vocabulary and provide quick answers to word puzzles and crossword clues. This revised edition retains such popular features as 'Choose the Right Word' panels which illustrate the differences between similar alternative words, and the Word Links panels, which show related words such as astronomy at star and help you to expand your vocabulary. The Oxford Thesaurus of English, revised edition is ideal for use at home, school, and the office, and is a perfect reference tool to help with writing anything from a formal letter to a short story, as well as expanding your vocabulary and providing quick solutions to word puzzles and crossword clues.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published August 26, 2004

About the author

Various is the correct author for any book with multiple unknown authors, and is acceptable for books with multiple known authors, especially if not all are known or the list is very long (over 50).

If an editor is known, however, Various is not necessary. List the name of the editor as the primary author (with role "editor"). Contributing authors' names follow it.

Note: WorldCat is an excellent resource for finding author information and contents of anthologies.

Reviews

[Mariam Abood]

Seems a bit random to put a thesaurus here, but I've decided to put this in my school books shelf, because I spent my entire childhood with my nose buried into a thesaurus while doing coursework. In my English lessons I would be sat next to the bookshelf and it was heaven.

[Cedrick]

This book had no plot, and it was boring. But it had some good word choice

[Bobbie Isabella]

how the hell do you spell theasasusrussras