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Authoritative, up-to-date, and with exceptionally clear print, the Paperback Oxford Large Print Thesaurus contains over 130,000 alternative and opposite words, drawing on the most recent findings of the language research programme at Oxford University Press.Its clear page layout, designed in association with the Royal National Institute for the Blind, offers enlarged fonts, larger margins, generous line-spacing, and good quality paper, making it quick and easy to find the word you need. Special attention has been given to the binding and choice ofpaper, ensuring that there is minimum 'glare' and 'show-through'.Ideal for both adults and children, particularly those with vision impairment, the Paperback Oxford Large Print Thesaurus is a valuable reference tool for use at home, school, or the office, and is great for word games. Lightweight and affordable, it is also the perfect companion to the PaperbackOxford Large Print Dictionary.

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Paperback. A fantastic resource to help children boost their word power, both when writing and talking. Words and their synonyms are grouped in over 90 topics, including for example, animal words, noisy words, fairytale words, jobs, sports, monsters, weather and lots more. Children can choose a topic relevant for their story, or look for a word in the Word Finder index. Colourful pictures illustrate many of the word meanings, and there are writing tips, word games and internet links to other carefully chosen writing resources online. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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A synonyms dictionary written especially for learners. It groups words with similar meanings and explains the differences between them.

A one-stop shop for upper primary/lower secondary school users. The headwords are in bold and the design is clear and accessible. The dictionary provides comprehensive coverage appropriate for the Y7 user, along with word origins, pronunciation guides, idiomatic phrases and idioms, labels andup-to-date example sentences. The thesaurus provides over 100,000 up-to-date synonyms for the dictionary entries, with those with meaning closest to that of the headword placed first to enable users to select the most accurate alternative.

The Best thesaurus I have ever owned. Great for college students or writers. Large book. Over 1000 pages. More than 300,000 synonyms and 100,000 antonyms.

With increased coverage including hundreds of new phrases and idioms, this fully revised edition offers more up-to-date and complete coverage of synonyms and antonyms than any other A-Z thesaurus. New features include the Word Toolkit which helps you choose the best word matches based on evidence from the Oxford English Corpus. In addition, the popular Word Link feature points you to related words. The redesigned centre section provides convenient lists of words by topic, from society and religion, to fashion and technology, in addition to lists of foreign and archaic words and phrases.

Authoritative, up-to-date, and with exceptionally clear print, the Oxford Large Print Thesaurus contains over 130,000 alternative and opposite words, drawing on the most recent findings of the language research program at Oxford University Press. The book's clear page layout, designed in association with the Royal National Institute for the Blind, offers enlarged fonts, larger margins, generous line-spacing, and good quality paper, ensuring that there is a minimum glare and show-through. Ideal for both adults and children, particularly those with vision impairment, the Oxford Large Print Thesaurus is a valuable reference tool for use at home, school, or the office. Lightweight and affordable, the book is also a perfect companion to the Oxford Large Print Dictionary.

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Much more than a word list, the Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus is a browsable source of inspiration as well as an authoritative guide to selecting and using vocabulary. This essential guide for writers provides real-life example sentences and a careful selection of the most relevant synonyms, as well as new usage notes, hints for choosing between similar words, a Word Finder section organized by subject, and a comprehensive language guide. The text is also peppered with thought-provoking reflections on favorite (and not-so-favorite) words by noted contemporary writers, including Joshua Ferris, Francine Prose, David Foster Wallace, Zadie Smith, and Simon Winchester, many newly commissioned for this edition. The third edition revises and updates this innovative reference, adding hundreds of new words, senses, and phrases to its more than 300,000 synonyms and 10,000 antonyms. New features in this edition include over 200 literary and humorous quotations highlighting notable usages of words, and a revised graphical word toolkit feature showing common word combinations based on evidence in the Oxford Corpus. There is also a new introduction by noted language commentator Ben Zimmer.

The Oxford American Dictionary and Thesaurus combines a full dictionary and a full thesaurus, offering users access to the power of words as never before. With 200,000 entries and definitions and more than 300,000 synonyms, this is the most wide-ranging resource available: a first-of-its-kind reference book that's much more than a dictionary and thesaurus under one cover. Everything you'd find in a dictionary is here, along with everything you'd find in a thesaurus, all thoroughly integrated for ease of use. This edition includes a new 64-page Language Guide in the back of the dictionary that helps build power and confidence in vocabulary, spelling, grammar, and style. In addition to parts of speech, the Oxford American Dictionary and Thesaurus includes a wealth of valuable appendices featuring Selected Proverbs, Presidents of the U.S., Countries of the World, Terms for Animal Groups, Weights, Measures, Scientific Units, and Formulas, Chemical Elements and the Periodic Table, Musical Notation and the Orchestra, and much more. No American dictionary or thesaurus offers as much as the Oxford American Dictionary and Thesaurus. It not only combines an up-to-date and thoroughly reliable dictionary of American English with full thesaurus coverage and a usage guide, but it also provides a unique global perspective of English. All Oxford American dictionaries use an easy-to-use respelling system to show how entries are pronounced. It uses simple, familiar markings to represent common American English sounds.

This thesaurus helps you to express yourself more accurately and in more interesting and varied ways. By listing groups of words that have similar meanings to each other, it offers a choice of alternative words (synonyms) that can be used in place of one that you already have in mind. This new edition offers an array of new features and other improvements. They have added thousands of new examples from the Oxford English Corpus, a huge database of English containing hundreds of millions of words, making it easier than ever before to find the meanings that you want. A brand-new feature has been added; Word Links, special notes within the text that give words which are not synonyms but which have another kind of relation to the headword. Also a new appendix, "Effective English", has been added for this edition. This includes two main sections, one giving detailed guidance on how to use a thesaurus and how to get the most out of it to improve your writing and other language skills, while the other section covers the basics of good English, grammar, punctuation, style, spelling and so on. This book is an invaluable tool for anyone who writes, whether memos and reports at work, essays and dissertations at school and college, letters to business contacts, friends or potential employers, or creative writing for a living or for pleasure.

The 'Concise Oxford Thesaurus' provides coverage of over 300,000 synonyms and antonyms, making it the ideal reference tool to improve your writing style or find the word you need to solve that crossword or puzzle.

Both authoritative and easy to use, this major new edition of the Compact Oxford Thesaurus offers up-to-date coverage of over 300,000 alternative and opposite words, with thousands more examples of real usage to help you identify the synonym you need. Based on the unrivalled databases of Oxford's language research programme, it provides the best selections of alternative words for you to choose from. The most useful alternative words are listed first, and the closest is use. Besides synonyms, the Compact Oxford Thesaurus also gives you opposites and brand-new Word Link panels to broaden your vocabulary e.g. choreography at dance, and geriatric at old. text design which makes the thesaurus even more accessible. In addition, the brand-new Essential English centre section gives you lots of help on improving your writing skills, and guidance to help you get the best out of the thesaurus. The Compact Oxford Thesaurus is perfect for anyone who wants to increase their vocabulary and write more effectively, as well as for word games. Its robust and durable

Authoritative, up-to-date, and with exceptionally clear print, theOxford American Large Print Thesaurus contains more than 130,000 synonyms and antonyms, drawing on the most recent findings of the language research program at Oxford University Press. The book's clear page layout, designed in association with Lighthouse International, offers enlarged fonts, larger margins, generous linespacing, and good quality paper, ensuring that there is a minimum glare and show-through. Ideal for both adults and children, particularly those with vision impairment, the Oxford American Large Print Thesaurus is a valuable reference tool for use at home, at school, or at the office. The book is also a perfect companion to the Oxford American Large Print Dictionary All Oxford American dictionaries use an easy-to-use respelling system to show how entries are pronounced. It uses simple, familiar markings to represent common American English sounds.

The Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English is based on state-of-the-art research using a vast database of some 200 million words, conducted by Oxford's U.S. dictionary staff. It offers the most reliable word resource available, one that is more practical, less expensive, with larger type and a much cleaner page layout. Its features include: * 15,000 main entries keyed to over 350,000 synonyms * Sample sentences or phrases for virtually every sense * Key entries include antonym lists, with cross references to other main entries * Synonym Studies illuminate the subtle nuances of meaning among a group of closely related words * Includes Oxford's exclusive Writer's Toolkit, including a punctuation guide, usage notes, and much more All Oxford American dictionaries use an easy-to-use respelling system to show how entries are pronounced. It uses simple, familiar markings to represent common American English sounds. With clear, expert advice on grammar, usage, and pronunciation, this up-to-date thesaurus is the first place to look when you want just the right word.

A unique reference that combined the best features of both dictionary and thesaurus, The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus was the first American reference work to offer integrated entries. Now this revolutionary, best-selling volume is available in a completely revised edition that is perfect for students, business people, writers, and anyone else who finds themselves frequently in need of an amplified vocabulary. New to this edition are Oxford's Synonym Studies, which provide in-depth comparisons of closely related words (e.g., doleful, dour, glum, lugubrious, melancholy, saturnine, and sullen; or conundrum, enigma, mystery, paradox, puzzle, and riddle), and updated appendices for Countries, Area Codes, and Weights & Measures, plus hundreds of brand new words. Light and portable, sized to fit easily into a backpack, briefcase, or on any student or office desk The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus is guaranteed to be the most frequently used reference work you own. Combining a comprehensive and thoroughly reliable dictionary of American English with full thesaurus coverage, this is an essential tool for anyone who wants to write with more variety, color, and precision. Features:· Completely revised edition· Over 150,000 entries, each with full definition and related words· Two indispensable language tools for the price of one· Definitions and related words within the same entry· Hundreds of new words and meanings· 13 quick-reference appendices

This new edition of the Oxford Primary Thesaurus is bursting with thousands of synonyms to enrich children's writing. Entries are simple and clear, and include example sentences from children's favourite authors which model how to use different words in context. Alphabet tabs on every page make navigation very easy. Extra writing support is given for overused words such as nice and good, topic vocabulary at words such as animal or castle, and writing tips at words such as food, weather and clothes suggest ways to create colourful descriptions. Finding new and alternative words is easy, quick and fun. The Oxford Primary Thesaurus is an invaluable reference tool for pupils to use to edit and improve their writing. An ideal companion to the new updated edition of the Oxford Primary Dictionary. Go online at www.oxfordschooldictionaries.com for the accompanying free downloadable activities.