The Oxford New Essential Dictionary

About The Oxford New Essential Dictionary

From Oxford University Press, renowned for quality educational and reference works, comes The Oxford New Essential Dictionary—the easy-to-use dictionary for everyone. With clear definitions, helpful lists and charts, lively word histories and illustrations, and much more, this excellent reference belongs on every bookshelf—for school, work, or everyday use.

Features include more than 100,000 entries and definitions, plus pronunciations, and usage notes on tricky vocabulary. Additionally, this edition contains updated special reference sections on Chemical Elements, the Presidents of the United States of America, the States of the United States of America, and Countries of the World. Illustrations throughout.