Synopses & Reviews
The Macmillan Dictionary for Children has been the top seller in the children's reference field for years. Now a newly revised, redesigned, and updated edition will make this solid reference book more popular than ever.
The Macmillan Dictionary has been prized by readers for its clear, conversational entries, easy-to-read layout, and low price. Our revised edition preserves the natural tone of the text while updating entries and adding up-to-the-minute new terms, including current slang and idioms. New interior and cover design gives the dictionary a fresh, modem look, devoting more space to full-color illustrations and photos, and to special features like the "Word History" boxes that explain etymologies and the "Language Note" boxes that advise readers on correct usage. New features include the "Expanded Entries", which provide more information about particular words and concepts. For example, the Expanded Entry for "million" describes other large numbers, and explains prefixes like "mega" (million), "giga" (billion), and even "yotta" (septillion).
Comprehensive, kid-friendly, and up-to-date, the Macmillan Dictionary is a must for any reference collection.
Synopsis
The completely new edition of The #1 Children's Dictionary
More information·More color photos·More features that will attract and inform·Thousands of new entries and thousands of new definitions in an eye-pleasing, easy-to-use design
Synopsis
The completely new edition of The #1 Children's Dictionary
More information·More color photos·More features that will attract and inform·Thousands of new entries and thousands of new definitions in an eye-pleasing, easy-to-use design
Table of Contents
Contents Sample Page
How to Use Your Dictionary
How to Look Up Words
Guide Words Help You Find the Word You Are Looking For
How Can I Find a Word if I Don't Know How to Spell It?
What Words Mean
How Words Are Used
Words that Do Not Mean What They Say
How Words Are Spoken
How Words Are Classified: The Parts of Speech
How Words Change
Words that Sound Alike
Words that Look Alike
Words with Similar Meanings
Learning about Words from Pictures
Where Words Come from
Leaning More about Words
Adding to Your Knowledge about Words
The Story of English
Pronunciation Key
Dictionary of the English Language
Reference Section
Presidents of the United States
States of the United States
Countries of the World
Maps of the World
The Solar System
Tables of Weights and Measures