Chambers Maxi Paperback Dictionary [antikvár]

Preface Chambers Maxi Paperback Dictionary is a friendly word-companion that should have a place on every home, office and college bookshelf. It gives positive, easily-understood meanings of all the words the reader is likely to see, the speaker to use and the listener to hear within the width and variety of modern everyday life. The Maxi is a streamlined edition of the latest Chambers Concise Dictionary, reflecting the latter's authority, broad coverage, and up-to-dateness. In the Maxi, the distractions of extraneous information have been avoided, giving direct, uncomplicated access to the essential requirements of dictionary users — words and their meanings. Clear and comprehensive, Chambers Maxi Paperback covers today's English as it is used and understood throughout the world. New words such as phoenixism and technostress and new meanings such as 'a form of mugging' for steaming and 'admirable' for wicked rub shoulders with the longer-established vocabulary in this totally straightforward and accessible dictionary.