Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition (Book with CD-ROM),   ISBN:9780764571251

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I love this dictionary because it includes every aspect that I expect when searching for information. I especially love the cd-rom feature which makes searching even easier. I use it when playing a crossword puzzle game that I especially like called Crosswords. It's as if I have the dictionary there on my desk and can look up words without searching through a book, physically, because I can just type in the word I need with just my fingers on the keyboard. Excellent! My Greatgrand daughter also uses the book as an educational tool.

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One of the best reference books anyone could have in their book collection. For the price, no child (or adult) should be without one. An outstanding reference.Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition (Book with CD-ROM)

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Needed a new, updated dictionary and chose Webster .... a little big and bulky to handle, but complete and accurate.

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I use this dictionary as the reference book for our writers group. It has all the information we need to settle any questions.

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I've been using this dictionary for nearly 60 years and I can tell you from personal and professional experience that it is the dictionary of choice. First of all, it's loaded with information. More than 1,700 pages are packed into the volume, boasting some 300,000 definitions. The definitions are clear and precise, listing alternate definitions for various uses. It's one of the few dictionaries that maintains several pages that explain how the entries work. It's the official dictionary of the Associated Press.

It seems to me that the New World is the final authority of words and their definitions of words of the English language and unlike its competitor, the Oxford, the New World is slanted to American usage, although it clarifies cases where words behave differently in Great Britain. It's kept up to date regularly, which makes it a current authority on language.

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