Oxford English Mini Dictionary

by Oxford University Press

The latest edition of this small dictionary offers the most accurate and up-to-date coverage of essential, everyday vocabulary with over 90,000 words, phrases, and definitions based on evidence from the Oxford English Corpus, a unique databank comprising hundreds of millions of words of English. Definitions are easy to understand, given in a clear, simple style, and avoiding technical language.

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Genres: Reference, Dictionaries, Nonfiction

672 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2007

About the author

Oxford University Press (OUP), a department of the University of Oxford, is the largest university press in the world. The university became involved in printing around 1480, becoming a major source of Bibles, prayer books and scholarly works. It took on the Oxford English Dictionary project in the late 19th century, and in order to meet the ever-rising costs of the work, it expanded into publishing children's books, school text books, music, journals, and the World's Classics series. OUP is committed to major financial support of the university and to furthering the university's excellence in scholarship, research and education through its publishing.

Reviews

[Darth Wrath · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book. Wide range of vocabulary and fills your time. Only problem is it doesn't have a storyline. It also has really long chapters. 4 stars

[Phoebe WildeWoolfOrWells · Rating 3 out of 5]

Little bit dull, repetitive after a while. Very informative, no plot though.

[João · Rating 5 out of 5]

Of course I haven't litteraly *read* it :-) . I have it beside my desk and I highly recommend it, especially (I talk about what I know) for non-native scientists writing in English. Features some useful goodies, such as commonly mistaken words (both a dedicated list and reminders within each sensitive word's entry) and UK vs US spellings. I highly support using a physical English-only dictionary as your main aid, rather than using Google Translate and/or an English-something/something-English dictionary, and I think this "mini" dictionary is good in the sense that it will lead you away from using too complicated words (ergo, even if correct, if the word is not on this dictionary, you probably should be better using another one).

[Matthew Parkin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good for kids and adults. From school to university and for when playing scrabble or word games

[Chazzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nerdy little me has a new favourite book