Collins Canadian English Dictionary

532 Pages·2004·16.058 MB·English

by  Fraser Sutherland, Jennifer Baird, Alice Grandison

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CONTENTS
Editorial Staff vi
Preface vii
Using the Dictionary viii
Abbreviations Used in the Dictionary X
Dictionary of the English Language 1-478
Supplement 1
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editors
Fraser Sutherland
Jennifer Baird
Alice Grandison
Publishing Director Publishing Manager
Lorna Sinclair Knight Elaine Higgleton
PREFACE
Collins Canadian English Dictionary presents
comprehensive coverage of today's language in a clear,
accessible format.
For this new edition, the editors have been able to consult the
Bank of English®, a unique computer-based collection of
over 524 million words of written and spoken English. Analysis
of this data enables the editors to give the user the most
up-to-date information about how English is written and
spoken today. The dictionary now contains new items such as
bioterrorism, globalization, ringtone and satnav, and new senses
of words such as bookmark, fusion, and hit.
The Canadian English Dictionary also gives in-depth
coverage of Canadian English, and reflects its uniqueness and
variety. Entries such as Kabloona, parkade and tupik are
included, in addition to many of the variant forms found in
Canada.
As well as defining a wide variety of words, this dictionary
contains many other features which are designed to be helpful
to the user. For example, a simple phonetic respelling is given
for pronunciations which could cause difficulty. All irregular
spelling forms are shown. Labels inform the user if a word is, for
instance, slang, rare, or literary. To make all this and other
information easy to find, the layout of the pages is clear and
uncluttered.
All these features make Collins Canadian English
Dictionary an easy-to-use and indispensable guide to today's
English.
USING THE DICTIONARY
Main Entry Words printed in large bold type, e.g.
abbey
All main entry words, including
abbreviations and combining forms,
in one alphabetical sequence, e.g.
abbreviate
ABC
abdicate
abdomen
Variant Spellings shown in full, e.g.
adrenalin, adrenaline
Pronunciations given in square brackets for words
that are difficult or confusing; the
word is respelt as it is pronounced,
with the stressed syllable in bold
type, e.g.
aegis [ee-jiss]
Parts of Speech shown in italics as an abbreviation,
e.g.
ablaze adj
When a word can be used as more
than one part of speech, the
change of part of speech is shown
after a lozenge, e.g.
mock v make fun of, mimic. ♦ n
imitation.
Parts of speech may be combined
for some words, e.g.
alone adj, adv without anyone or
anything else.
Cross References shown in small capital letters, e.g.
deshabille n same as dishabille.
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