Arranged in alphabetical form, the entries in this thesaurus are suited to home, office and student use and are designed to provide the word being sought quickly. It contains over 150,000 entries with cross-referencing and both British and American English.
This dictionary aims to help users to find the most appropriate word to use on a wide range of occasions.
This volume combines a 45,000 definition English dictionary with an accessible, alphabetically-arranged thesaurus which contains over 150,000 entries.
... Aid to Russian Christians ( founded by Jane Ellis ( 1951-98 ) ARCA Associate of the Royal Cambrian Academy ARCA Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy ARCE Academical Rank of Civil Engineers Arch archaic ; archaism Arch archipelago ...
Dictionary and Thesaurus
Eponyms are words derived from the names of real, fictional, mythical or spurious characters. There are many eponyms in everyday use in English, and this work offers an insight into the heritage and development of the language.
Unlike other titles that simply list related terms for each entry, this volume offers a pronunciation guide, definition, and a sample sentence for every word you look up, as well as for each of the synonyms under that entry.
... a room > < a wind backs when it shifts to a counterclockwise direction > Often when followed by out or down it implies a receding from a stand or attitude , or a retreating from a promise or an engagement < he will never back down ...
An updated edition of Roget's word-finder reorganizes it according to new, more modern subject categories, features 350,000 entries, and contains hundreds of example quotations from throughout history
... known as the bush leagues . bush league the A or AA minor leagues or lower leagues . buzzer a ball pitched so fast that it literally " buzzes . " cannon a powerful throwing arm . caught leaning a base runner who has taken too much ...
(David McKie, Parliamentary Commentary: “A Little Light Shines Wanly,” Guardian [London], 2/6/1986.) ... (David Murray, “Disappearance of Marriage Threatens to Destroy Our Culture,” National Minority Politics, 8/31/1994.) ...