Concise English Dictionary (Wordsworth Collection)

1994 Edition. The Wordsworth Concise English Dictionary is an authoritative and up-to-date lexicon of the world's most widely used language. It reflects the usage not just of the British Isles and the USA, but also of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and all parts of the globe where English is spoken. The definitions are written in clear, simple, natural language and care has been taken to include wide coverage of scientific and technical terminology, as well as of literary and colloquial words and phrases. There are 121,000 references and over 156,000 definitions, and this comprehensive work is completed with copious appendices: conversion tables, mathematics symbols, the Greek alphabet, Roman numerals, and an extensive list of abbreviations. The cover illustration: Windsor Castle from the Thames by Alfred Vickers (1786-1868).