Pocket Reference English Dictionary

More about the book

The Collins Pocket Reference English Dictiononary provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of today's language in a practical and easy-to-use format. - Up-to-the-minute terms include Filofax, genetic fingerprinting, glasnost, toy boy - Clear consise definitions - Each different meaning numbered for easy access, with most important current meanings first - Many scientific and technical words - Pronunciations shown in full, in the International Phonetic Alphabet, for every one-word headword - Full treatment of colloquial expressions - Irregular plurals and verbal parts shown - Abbreviations, foreign words and combining forms included as main entries - US spellings given as alternatives