Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary
From Barnes & Noble
Based on the second edition of the
Random House Dictionary of the English Language, this reference includes more
than 300,000 entries and includes spot maps and illustrations, up-to-date
listing of U.S. Presidents and Vice-Presidents, a guide for writers, more.
1996
Based on the second edition of the Random House Dictionary of the
English Language, this reference includes more than 300,000 entries. Other
features include more than 2,000 spot maps and illustrations, a variety of
geographical and population statistics, tables of weights and measures, an
up-to-date listing of United States Presidents and Vice Presidents, copies of
the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, a helpful
guide for writers, a pronunciation key, an etymology key, a manual of style, and
more. Here is a valuable tool designed to fill the needs of the student, the
writer, the professional -- the entire family.
From the Publisher Designed to fill the needs of the student, the writer, the professional--the
entire family--this comprehensive resource of information, education, and even
entertainment contains:
Webster's New Universal
Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language is an entire home reference
library complete in one convenient volume.
CUSTOMER REVIEWS - An Open Forum
Number of Reviews: 5
Average Rating: 
brian (bhmcyb@aol.com), I
am a 59 y/o cautious pedant., May 8, 2000,
THE
Dictionary
The must-have book if ship-wrecked on a tropical isle.
Also recommended: The Bible, The Koran, etc. You get my
drift.
A reviewer
(Master056@aol.com), October 25, 1999,
The Best Unabridged
Dictionary
The best unabridged divtionry
Warren Graham
(warrendg@aol.com), a business professor in Tulsa, Okla, October 11, 1999,
Easily The Best
Dictionary for the Money
This book is much stronger than a college
edition dictionary. The annotations on usage and pronunciation make it a joy to
read. I have one copy at home and one at the office and use them several times
each day.
Del Snider
(gasser@ieee.org), September 15, 1999,
A gem for the
home
This book is not a replacement for the 2nd Edition of the Random
House Dictionary of the English Language in that it does not have the foreign
language portions. It is however, a worthy reference and contrary to Brooks
review is something I use many times a day in my home, much more than the phone
book. I have it on a book stand so it is easy to use and it will soon have worn
pages as did the book it replaced.
Jim Brooks, June 1, 1999,
A resource for all
occasions
The measure of a good newspaper is accuracy. And after working
for several years in the reporting, editing and copy editing areas of small
newspapers, I've come to appreciate works like the Webster's New Universal
Unabridged Dictionary. Admittedly, a title this big -- more than 2200 pages --
isn't something you use every day at home. But at my newspaper job(s), you live
and die by accuracy. A good dictionary is essential; a great one is divine. The
real indicator of a book's worth in the workplace is how others use it too, and
when I left my last job, I had to explain to several other very disappointed
employees that the copy of Webster's they had come to know, use and depend on
was mine, and it was leaving when I did (Of course, I did tell them where to buy
their own copy). It's an invaluable reference tool for home or office.
