Synopses & Reviews
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Synopsis
A great choice for students and business people needing the right word in a hurry, the HarperCollins Compact Dictionary and Thesaurus is the perfect two-in-one reference, offering matching dictionary and thesaurus entries on the same page, for easy one-stop lookup. This handy book includes:
-- more than 44,500 clear, concise definitions
-- 130,000 practical synonyms, highlighted for quick reference
-- up-to-date English usage notes
-- and better coverage of modern and idiomatic phrases than any other dictionary its size.
Synopsis
HarperCollins Compact Dictionary & Thesaurus offers
- Matching dictionary and thesaurus entries on the same page for one-stop lookup
- More than 45,000 short, clear definitions
- A generous choice of alternative words, with 130,000 thesaurus synonyms
- Up-to-date language notes giving advice on English usage
- The most modern take on the English language available: modern meanings shown first
About the Author
HarperCollins Publishers is one of the world's leading English-language publishers with headquarters in New York. The company is part of News America Publishing Group, a division of News Corporation. The house of Mark Twain, the Bronte Sisters, Thackeray, Dickens, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins was founded in New York City in 1817 by the brothers James and John Harper. The worldwide book group, which was formed following News Corporation's acquisition of the British publisher William Collins in January 1990, has significant publishing interests in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia.