The Timeless Resource No Word User Can Be Without–Now Completely Revised and Updated in a New Edition! • More than 75,000 entries • More than 150 new illustrations • Helpful supplements on writing, usage, and metric measurements • Updated geographical and biographical entries integrated throughout the easy A to Z listing • Common abbreviations • Hundreds of word histories and etymologies • Clear and easy-to-understand usage notes and labels • Features the latest business and computer terms Random House Webster’s Dictionary is your one-stop reference book. Based on the latest edition of the bestselling and authoritative Random House Webster’s College Dictionary and prepared by a staff of lexicographic experts, this handy, modern, and affordable dictionary is the resource for all your word questions! With Newer Words Faster, you’ll also find the latest slang, business, and computer terms defined with clarity and precision. No other paperback dictionary gives you more!

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Based on The Random House Dictionary of the English language, the unabridged ed. Entries are in one alphabetical listing and include biographical and geographical names, synonyms and antonyms, and abbreviations.

Revised and updated, the new edition of the Random House Webster's College Thesaurus retains its best-selling feature--main entries illustrated with actual sentences to show how the word and its synonyms are used.

The dictionary entries are based on the second edition of the Random House dictionary of the English language.