Webster's New Compact Dictionary and Style GuideThe complete resource for effective communication—the dictionary you know and trust, plus a complete, concise style guide.Over 60,000 entriesCovers the practical language you need every daySuccinct explanations of grammar and punctuationIncludes numerous examples of the "do's and don'ts" of effective writingBased on the authoritative Webster's New World® College Dictionary

Combining a concise and compact dictionary with an expert guide to grammar, usage, and punctuation, this book helps users put their best foot forward when communicating. It contains more than 58,000 up-to-date entries, with clear, concise definitions that give the precise information busy people need. The style guide offers clear advice on the rules of written and spoken English.

A small, conveniently sized dictionary for quick, easy look-ups Completely revised and enlarged based on the recent fourth edition of Webster's New World Pocket Dictionary, this perennial bestseller now includes more than 37,000 entries. Clear, concise definitions instantly provide reliable information about thousands of terms and meanings in every area of contemporary language. Updated reference supplements make this the most readable and useful pocket dictionary available today.

Webster's New World College Dictionary is a favorite of newsrooms and copyeditors nationwide, and it is the official dictionary of The Associated Press Stylebook.This dictionary features a clear and accessible defining style, abundant synonym notes, full-page tables and charts, hundreds of drawings that complement the definitions, and authoritative guidance on usage and style points. It also includes extensive coverage of Americanisms (words, phrases, and senses coined by an American or first used in the United States). It has added nearly 5,000 new entries, including terms from the areas of arts and sports, science and medicine, computers and the Internet, food, business, politics, and law. Tens of thousands of revisions have been made to existing senses, to bring them up-to-date and to reflect current usage. A reference supplement includes: Rules of punctuation, Roman numerals, Calendars, Monetary units, Currency symbols, Names for large number, Books of the Bible, Meteorological data, Commonly used weights and measures, Planets of the solar system, Geologic time scale, and Periodic table of the elements.

Merriam-Webster's Everyday Language Reference Set contains: 1 X Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder 9780877799108 1 X The Merriam-Webster Thesaurus 9780877798507 1 X The Merriam-Webster Dictionary 9780877792956

Comprehensive...Authoritative...and User-Friendly! Based on the bestselling Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition, this fully up-to-date compact dictionary features * Concise, easy-to-understand definitions of today's most commonly used words * Clear, readable type * Easy-to-use pronunciations * Word derivations for greater understanding Over 60,000 entries Now with 175 illustrations Scientific, technical, professional, and business terms