ISBN: 9780195553420
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Aust Integrated School File Dict And Thes
Second Edition
Second Edition
- Description
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- Contents
- Authors
- Reviews
- Lecturer Resources
- Teacher Resources
- Student Resources
- Sample Pages
- ebook
Edited at the Australian National Dictionary Centre in Canberra, this innovative reference book combines a dictionary and thesaurus in an in an easy-to-use volume that clips neatly into a ringbinder. Completely revised and updated, the Australian Integrated School File Dictionary and Thesaurus includes:
- over 15 000 headwords
- a simple respelling system to guide pronunciation clear definitions with Australian usage
- interesting and useful derivations that shed light on meaning and help with recognition of word elements
- example phrases or sentences that identify the different meanings of the headword and show how it is used in context
- the top section of each page contains the dictionary text, while the lower section contains corresponding thesaurus entries for two-thirds of the words covered by the dictionary
- new words and terms include ‘anime’, ‘webcam’, ‘counterterrorism’, ‘ringtone’, ‘cyberspace’, ‘techno’, ‘carbon offset’, ‘chocker’, ‘HDTV’, ‘google’ and ‘text’.