Chambers (ed.)

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The Most Comprehensive English Dictionary and Thesaurus package in Mobipocket format.

The Chambers Dictionary and Compact Thesaurus package offers you for the first time unrivalled coverage of the English language in MobiPocket format for your PDA, desktop PC and smartphone. Over 270,000 definitions of 160,000 different words.

The Chambers Dictionary remains the dictionary of choice for professional writers, puzzle and wordgame enthusiasts and everyone with a love of words.  It differs from other available dictionaries in providing information on unfamiliar words as well familiar ones: words from our literary heritage, words from the different dialects of English, and words from hundreds of subject areas.

While the traditional Chambers virtues of being informative, witty and authoritative have been retained, the dictionary has been updated to provide a clear and modern text for today's users.

"It's the most human of dictionaries, the most quirky and eccentric, the hardest to put down once picked up." Philip Pullman

Dictionary Features

• More words and definitions than any other English dictionary in this format
• Revised and updated to reflect modern usage
• The richest range of English from Shakespeare to the present day
• Clear, accurate and, on occasion, characteristically witty definitions
• Unequalled inclusion of literary and obscure words from the past
• Help with pronunciation symbols

The Chambers Compact Thesaurus allows you to look up a common word and find a range of words that have the same or nearly the same meaning. Its clear layout makes this book exceptionally easy to use. The book also includes numerous word-family panels and lists of specialist terms from subject areas such as accounting and the Internet.

Thesaurus Features

• Over 320,000 synonyms (similar words) and antonyms (opposite words)
• Example phrases and key synonyms show the different senses of a word, thus helping you to find the most appropriate alternative for your purpose
• Over 300 helpful panels including such information as ‘Types of furniture’, ‘Parts of a flower’ and ‘Terms used in cookery’

• headword and wildcard search
• full-text search
• hyperlinking of cross-references
• simple and easy to navigate
• tooltips explain all dictionary abbreviations

This bundle contains both:

• The Chambers Dictionary, 10th edition
• The Chambers Compact Thesaurus