Arthur L. Hayward · John J. Sparkes

The Concise English Dictionary

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English is a universal language, spoken not only as a mother-tongue in wide-spread portions of the globe, but as the official language of other vast areas. It is, moreover, employed as a lingua franca, an essential madium of communication, by politicians, scientists, technicians and men of letters of all nations. The requirements of the ever-expanding knowledge and culture of mandking have rightly called for new terms to phrase needs of expression far removed from those in which the original language developed, and The Concise English Dictionary has collected many such words and phrases and incorporated them in their rightful place as component parts of the English tongue. In North America, Australia, New Zealand and parts of Africa conditions have, over the years, arisen that have called for new words to express new directions of thought in terms and phrases particularly adapted in the circumstances. It has been the endeavour of the compilers to collect these and insert them in the dictionary.
The Concise English Dictionary contains a vocabulary of some hundred and thirty thousand words and phrases. The first aim has been to give all words in ordinary use, including scientific, technical and other specialized terms likely to be met with by the reader or student, and a large number of combining forms (e.g. ante-, anti-, arch-, dis-, esce-, -graph, homo-, -ish, -ize, -ing, myo-, -phile, sub- ) furnishing the key to the meaning of the coinages.
Particular care has been given to the definitions. They are given clearly and concislely, but fully, and the annoyance of having to refer to other parts of the Dictionary to arrive at the exact meaning of a word is reduced to a minimum.

The following important features make this dictionary an invaluable tool of reference:
– A vocabulary of over one hundred and thirty thousand word and phrases.
– It contains virtually all common words in ordinary use.
– Clear and concise definitions.
– A useful guide to pronunciation of proper names plus a pronunciation key for vowels and consonants.
– A guide to foreign phrases and words in common use.
– A guide to abbreviations, signs, symbols etc., in common use.
– Table of British and Metric weights and measures

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