Purpose: While this is an abridged version, the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary still contains a plethora of terms for study, and each term is given considerable treatment. This two volume work is a bit pricey but is worth it as there is nothing comparable to this work in the school’s library. It can also be a fun resource for students wanting to investigate more “hip” terms that are new to the language. As the library does not have an etymological dictionary, this would be a valuable resource for readers studying historical works or literary classics. Relevance and Relationship: This text gives the current meanings of terms as well as their meanings throughout history allowing students who are reading older books, essays, poems, and plays to find the correct meaning of terms in context. It is the abridged version of the massive, multi-volume Oxford English Dictionary. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.īrief Description: This etymological dictionary traces the meanings of words in the English language throughout history. The shorter Oxford English dictionary (6th ed.) (2 vols.). Title: Trumble, W., Siefring, J., & Bailey, C. 65,536 colours) CD-ROM drive 16-bit sound card. ![]() All platforms: 300MB free hard disk space monitor with 1024x768 pixels and high colour (16 bits per pixel, i.e. Macintosh: PowerPC(r) G3 500MHz or faster processor, 512MB of RAM or Intel Core Duo 1.83 GHz or faster processor, 512MB of RAM Mac OS x 10.3.9 or later (Power PC) or MacOS x 10.4 x or 10.5 x (Intel). Supported operating systems: Windows: Intel(r) Pentium(r) III 1GHz or faster processor (or equivalent) 512MB of RAM Microsoft(r) Windows(r) Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or Widows 2000. ![]() In addition it features a crossword puzzle solver and anagram solver. Sound recordings enable you to listen to standard British pronunciations for over 100,000 words. There is also an automatic look-up facility by double-clicking on a word in a document or web page the user can view the entry for that word. With an elegant interface providing quick and intutitive searching, it also has advanced searching facilities for in-depth exploration, allowing searching of the definitions, eytmologies, subject, geographical region of use, register, and source language, as well as the ability to limit searches by the date of a word's first recorded usage. The CD-ROM is designed to run on both Windows and Apple Macintosh computers. Based on the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary, the " Shorter" contains an incredible one-third of the coverage of the Oxford English Dictionary, is just one-tenth of the size, and includes all words in current English from 1700 to the present day, with senses organized chronologically, plus the vocabulary of Shakespeare, the Bible and other major works in English from before 1700.
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