The Wordsworth Concise English Dictionary is an authoritative and up-to-date lexicon of the world's most widely-used language. It reflects the usage not just of the British Isles and the USA,but also of Canada, Australia, New Zealand,South Africa and all those parts of the globe where English is spoken.

The Wordsworth Concise English Dictionary is an authoritative and up-to-date lexicon of the world's most widely-used language. It reflects the usage not just of the British Isles and the USA,but also of Canada, Australia, New Zealand,South Africa and all those parts of the globe where English is spoken.

The definitions are written in clear, simple,natural language and care has been taken to include wide coverage of scientific and technical terminology, as well as of literary and colloquial words and phrases.

The dictionary contains 121,000 references and over 156,000 definitions and this comprehensive work is completed with copious appendices: conversion tables, mathematical symbols, the Greek alphabet, Roman numerals,and an extensive list of abbreviations.

Using the dictionary

Detailed chart of pronunciation

Notes on American English

List of abbreviations used in the dictionary

The Dictionary

Appendices

List of abbreviations, symbols, etc.

Some useful conversion tables

SI metric units of measurement

Mathematical symbols

Roman numerals

The Greek alphabet

Some geographical facts

International clothing and shoe sizes

ISO paper sizes