This major new edition of The York Concise Dictionary is the latest in a line of York English dictionaries. Overseen by Lesley Brown, formerly Editor of the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, the new edition offers:
-And a completely re-edited and updated text that defines more words and phrases than any other Concise Dictionary.
-And exhaustive coverage not only of standard English, but also scientific and technical language, modern jargon and dialect words, and archaic and obsolete words and usages
-And full information about recently coined words and expressions.
-And easy-to-use pronunciation guide.
-And word histories and etymologies.
-And usage notes.
-And guides to common misspellings.