Download or read book Macquarie Concise Dictionary Ninth Edition written by Macquarie Dictionary and published by . This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Macquarie Concise Dictionary Ninth Edition written by Macquarie Dictionary and published by . This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Macquarie Compact Dictionary written by Macquarie Dictionary and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of the Macquarie Compact Dictionary provides an up-to-date and essential reference for the most common words and phrases used in Australian English. The Macquarie Compact Dictionary includes: · more than 53,000 words and phrases · more than 85,000 definitions · up-to-date entries such as agender, bariatrics, dox, freecycle, listicle, normcore, vamping · idiomatic phrases · etymologies · illustrative phrases showing how a word is used in context · pronunciations in the International Phonetic Alphabet
Download or read book Macquarie Concise Dictionary Seventh Edition written by Macquarie Dictionary and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Macquarie Concise Dictionary Seventh Edition provides an up-to-date reference of Australian English, with wide coverage to meet the needs of the general dictionary user. Based on the comprehensive Macquarie Dictionary Seventh Edition, this volume includes words and meanings which are particular to our variety of English, as well as those common to the whole English-speaking world, with evidence sourced from corpus data. The Macquarie Concise Dictionary includes: · hundreds of new words and definitions such as Bechdel test, fat-shame, freecycle, lane filtering, robopoll · words relating to technology, the internet and social media, such as big data, cyberwarrior, digital tattoo, domotics, dox, listicle, live-tweet, smart buoy · words and phrases from regional Australia, such as early minute, four-pointer, mufti day, Stobie pole · illustrative phrases which clearly show how a word is used in context · valuable usage notes · etymologies (word origins)
Download or read book The Macquarie Thesaurus written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 1179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A thesaurus can be a quick way to find a forgotten word, or a leisurely way to explore a language. We hope both paths are well provided for in this book" (Richard Tardif, Editor)Macquarie Thesaurus is the first thesaurus ever written to be based on the distinctly Australian use of English. This new edition has been totally reworked from the database of the highly-respected Macquarie Dictionary and updated from its store of new words.It therefore contains a wide range of contemporary words, both general and technical, as well as many phrases and colloquialisms. In the technical domain there are items such as digital watermark, extraordinary rendition, bioregion, narcodollar and webinar. Colloquialisms include emo, ubersexual, tottymungous and booty call. Phrases abound so, for example, a foolish person can be described as mad as a two-bob watch, silly as a wet hen, or nutty as a fruitcake. Traditional Australian words such as digger and churinga are included, but there are also newer creations such as baby bonus, barbecue stopper and Australian values. Aboriginal English is represented also with such general items as smoking ceremony, Aboriginal customary law, booliman (policeman), and yandi (marijuana), and informal terms such as cheeky (unpredictable and dangerous), deadly (excellent), sulky (angry) and flash (brazen).
Download or read book Macquarie Budget Dictionary written by Macquarie Dictionary and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Macquarie Budget Dictionary provides up-to-date coverage of essential, everyday words used in Australian English. Compiled for the general dictionary user, it is an ideal reference dictionary for home, school or the office. It includes: · more than 39,000 definitions written in a clear, simple style · new entries such as freecycle, microbead, listicle, grolar bear and digital tattoo · a list of common abbreviations · countries of the world, their capital cities, languages and currencies
Download or read book Macquarie Little Dictionary written by Dictionary Macquarie and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of the Macquarie Little Dictionary is based on the acclaimed Fifth Edition of the full Macquarie Dictionary. With over 30,000 definitions, it offers a completely up-to-date coverage of the core vocabulary of Australian English in a very handy format. Many new words and meanings have been added, reflecting the ever-changing nature of our language. A few examples are: chia, cloud computing, precycle and pocket-dial.The Macquarie Little Dictionary offers valuable usage notes on words which can cause problems for writers of Australian English. For example, there is a note pointing out the common confusion between allusion (a reference to something) and illusion (something that is not real). Notes also suggest more common words for rather formal words, and give information to clarify other usage dilemmas. For clarity and ease of access, these usage notes are highlighted with shading.Appendixes listing prefixes and suffixes are a handy addition to an essential portable language resource, the Macquarie Little Dictionary Fifth Edition.
Download or read book The Great Australian Spelling Book written by Macquarie Dictionary and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Australian Spelling Book is the official companion to The Great Australian Spelling Bee. Written by the Macquarie Dictionary editors, this book is suitable for ages 8 to 13 and provides a comprehensive and fun guide to better spelling, and will help prepare you for your next spelling bee.The Great Australia Spelling Book has heaps of helpful information and spelling tips, such as:§ Silent letters§ Spelling rules§ Homophones§ Doubling letters§ Guide to sounds and spelling§ Grammar and punctuation guide§ Words from other languages§ Common prefixes and suffixes§ Guide to spelling competitions§ Activities and exercisesThe Macquarie Dictionary is the official dictionary of The Great Australian Spelling Bee on Network TEN.
Download or read book The Macquarie Concise Dictionary written by John Rupert Lyon-Bowes Bernard and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 1392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Australian Spelling Bee Workbook 1 written by Macquarie Dictionary and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Australian Spelling Bee Workbooks are the official companion to The Great Australian Spelling Book and to The Great Australian Spelling Bee as seen on Network TEN. Written by the Macquarie Dictionary editors with expert consultants, these books are suitable for ages 8-13 across years 3-7. Progressing in level of difficulty, these workbooks provide a variety of fun and challenging activities designed to help students spell their way to success, whether they are just starting out or preparing for the next spelling bee. Ideal for parents and teacher to help improve children's spelling skills in a fun and engaging way. - Practice and reinforce spelling skills - Improve and build vocabulary - Apply spelling rules and use spelling strategiesWorkbook 1 is graded as easy level and suitable for students in middle primary and upwards.The Macquarie Dictionary is the official dictionary of The Great Australian Spelling Bee on Network TEN.
Download or read book The First Australian Dictionary written by Sarah Ogilvie and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive and up to date lower-primary dictionary available in Australia, jam-packed with features to encourage confidence in Australian primary school students learning to use a dictionary for the first time.
Download or read book Dictionary of Languages written by Andrew Dalby and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-28 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the political, social and historical background of each language, Dictionary of Languages offers a unique insight into human culture and communication. Every language with official status is included, as well as all those that have a written literature and 175 'minor' languages with special historical or anthropological interest. We see how, with the rapidly increasing uniformity of our culture as media's influence spreads, more languages have become extinct or are under threat of extinction. The text is highlighted by maps and charts of scripts, while proverbs, anecdotes and quotations reveal the features that make a language unique.
Download or read book Primary Grammar and Word Study written by and published by R.I.C. Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to introduce students to parts of speech, ways to understand and choose words, punctuation and figure of speech.
Download or read book The Compact Oxford English Dictionary written by J. A. Simpson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 2386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The standard dictionary of the English language micrographically printed in one volume
Download or read book Macquarie Concise Dictionary written by Macquarie and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 1427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Macquarie Concise Dictionary, like its parent dictionary, continues to change, adapt and re-adjust to reflect Australian language. It is both international and uniquely Australian, making it the standard dictionary for all Australians. The richness of the Macquarie distilled into a compact format, the Concise meets the needs of the general reader in a book which is accessible, portable and easy-to-use.
Download or read book Macquarie Aboriginal Words written by Macquarie Dictionary and published by Macquarie. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Macquarie Aboriginal Words is a dictionary of words from a selection of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. This ebook covers the languages of Bundjalung, The Sydney Language and Wiradjuri from New South Wales. For each language, the following information is provided: · a brief history of the language · points on the grammar, spelling and pronunciation · an extensive wordlist organised by categories, such as animals, body parts, kin relationships, placenames, etc. · a dual index, i.e. English to Language and Language to English This ebook series is based on Macquarie Aboriginal Words originally published in print in 1994. The sheer diversity of indigenous languages in Australia must be close to the greatest and richest component of this country's national cultural heritage ... This book is much needed, as it gives a sense of the richness of a heritage which is disappearing in many areas of the country. NOEL PEARSON
Download or read book English as a Global Language written by David Crystal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.
