Webster's New World College Dictionary

by Michael Agnes (Editor), David B. Guralnik (Editor)

THE MOST USEFUL AND AUTHORITATIVE DICTIONARY YOU CAN OWN—FOR YOUR DESK AND YOUR COMPUTERSelected by the Associated Press, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and other leading newspapers as their official dictionary of choice.

THE BEST DICTIONARY IN PRINT

Definitions That Set the Standard for Clarity

Up-to-Date Entries

Nearly 7,500 new entries reflecting changes in technology, society, world politics, and more.

Detailed Illustrations

Over 850 drawings, photographs, and maps.

Extensive Reference Information

Tables, charts, and lists of useful data plus important historical documents and a guide to punctuation.

Thousands of Geographical and Biographical Entries

The people and places that shape our world. Entries are part of the A-Z body of the dictionary, so they are easy to find.

Full-Color Atlas of the World

Detailed and up-to-date maps of the continents and countries of our world.

Notes, Examples, and Synonyms

The help you need to choose words precisely and avoid usage pitfalls.

The Definitive Guide to American English

More unique Americanisms—nearly 12,000—than any other college dictionary.

THE HARDEST WORKING

ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY AND THESAURUS

Sophisticated Word Search

Search for words or combinations of words. Display definitions, synonyms, or both. Find related words quickly.

Instant Word Help

Point to any word on the computer screen and bring up a definition —immediately.

Expanded Spell-Checking

Add thousands of new words to your spell-checker to enhance its usefulness and speed. The only

electronic dictionary that displays definitions while spell-checking.

System Requirements:

Windows® 95,98, ME, NT® 4.0, 2000, XP

IBM-compatible Pentium 100 or higher

8 MB RAM

20 MB hard disk space (Minimal installation);

140 MB (Full installation)

800 x 600 resolution 2x speed CD-ROM drive

Genres: Reference, Language, Nonfiction, Dictionaries, Writing

1716 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1970

Reviews

[Richard · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a damn good book, despite not having much of a plot, it's filled with every word, A to Z. What I really appreciated is that many of the words are obscure or little used in every day language, and the author(s) of this book took the time to supply the definition for each word they used. Awesome! A must read.

[Alec · Rating 5 out of 5]

I swear by this book. I've read it cover to cover before, and I'm reading it again, going through with a highlighter to find my favorite words. This book should be a standard item to have. My paperback copy is well worn from countless use over the years.

[Jon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally done! Phew!!

[Tahira Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm biased, having spent hours as a child with this book, I love it. Great memories exploring definitions and going between different words to figure out what words mean and how they're related. In the deluxe color edition, my brother and I enjoyed looking at the pictures of scientific references. I learned IPA with this book.

My exact edition is not listed here. I have ISBN 0-13-192659-4, published by Simon & Schuster in 1988, edited by Victoria Neufeldt & David B. Guralnik.

[Bernie4444 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I confess; that I bought it because it was cheap and available.

I work best with hardback dictionaries at my work location. The cover finally fell off the old dictionary. I saw this one and it was cheap and available. I paid for it while the wrapper was still on.

Well, I may have made a mistake. First, this one has no index tabs. I looked up some well-used words such as "kine" and got just a two-word definition of cow and cattle. The previous dictionary “Webster’s II New Revised University Dictionary” described even the word history and covered the changes in history. It showed that the word came from Middle English as "Ku". And that persisted until the 17th century. This word is used in an Ayn Rand book and would not make sense if you only had the "New World College Dictionary" I also looked up acetylene and found a fair definition, but it had room for the formula and did not display it.

The definitions are squeezed out to make room for pictures. On the next page is a portrait of Martin Luther King. There are all kinds of pretty pictures of people. If you are interested in people and not spelling or anything in-depth, then this dictionary for you

In the meantime, I will suffer from this until I have time to find a real dictionary. However, it may do for you.

Practical info from the seventh edition – newer versions may vary:

7,500 entries for today's world.

Four-color world atlas and numerous tables and charts.

Thousands of Geographical and Biographical Entries.

Helpful notes, examples, and Synonyms.

Includes unique Americanisms.

[charlie needs reading · Rating 5 out of 5]

booo.

i HATED the fact that they had VIOLENCE and GUNS and WOMEN IN THIS BOOK!!!!! UTTERLY DISGRACEFUL

[for legal reasons this is a joke]

[J.M. · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a dictionary, what else can I say?

[Callan · Rating 4 out of 5]

i spend a lot of time with you, old friend...

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you work with AP style, you need this book.

[SouthWestZippy · Rating 5 out of 5]

ok I have not read the book (lol) but it is a life saver.

[Weradi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent reference dictionary.

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[keereads · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Filip · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best and most usefull dictionarys out there!