Download or read book My First Canadian Oxford Thesaurus written by Andrew Delahunty and published by Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 1,000 synonyms, this highly innovative new reference book will help children aged five and up develop a confident writing style of their own. In adition to synonyms this resource also provides opposites, sample sentences, word families, and descriptive vocabulary. Bright colourfulillustrations make this new reference highly appealing to young readers.Every Page includes the whole alphabet to encourage reference skills. These skills are then reinforced with an index at the back.Using the research of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary Department the Canadian co-editors have ensured that all words and spellings reflect current Canadian usage. For young readers aged five and upwards, this is a unique resource to help build essential dictionary and reference skills.
Download or read book Oxford Canadian Thesaurus of Current English written by Katherine Barber and published by Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource features over 130,000 synonyms in more than 7,000 entries, as well as more than 4,700 opposites and related terms, all contained in a handy, easy-to-read format.
Download or read book My First Canadian Oxford Dictionary written by Elizabeth Bisset and published by Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an early alphabetical dictionary for children aged five and upwards. With simple definitions and bright colourful illustrations, it covers approximately 1500 words and includes many common Canadianisms. Each entry features a simple definition written in a full sentence. Examplesentences reinforce the meaning and help to place the word in context. With over 550 bright colourful illustrations this resource will appeal to young readers aged five and up.Every page includes the whole alphabet toencourage reference skills. Special topic sections at the back provide additional help with shapes, colours, opposites, animals, the human body, transportation, and Canada's provinces and territories.Using the research of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary Department the Canadian co-editors have included over a dozen distinct Canadian words and senses. In addition all spellings reflect current Canadian usage. For young readers aged five and upward, this is the perfect first dictionary to help buildessential dictionary and reference skills. reinforce
Download or read book The Canadian Oxford Paperback Thesaurus written by Robert Pontisso and published by Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by Oxford's Canadian lexicography department, this is Oxford University Press's first Canadian thesaurus. With 300,000 synonyms and 8,000 opposites, this easy-to-use A-Z reference is ideal for all kinds of writing needs-for study, at home, or in the office. The Canadian Oxford Paperback Thesaurus provides the most useful alternative word first, with the words that are closest in meaning to the entry word given in capitals. Thousands of example sentences show words used in context, making it easier to make the right choice every time. Alternate and opposite words are clearly labelled if they are informal, dialect, literary, or technical. In addition, over 185 word family boxes offer lists of related words on a diverse range of topics including Native Languages of Canada, Doughnuts and Deep-fried Sweets, Breeds of Dogs, Dinosaurs, Sewing Terms and even Hockey Terms. With over 650 uniquely Canadian words and meanings, The Canadian Oxford Paperback Thesaurus will be aninvaluable reference for all Canadians.
Download or read book Paperback Oxford Canadian Thesaurus written by Robert Pontisso and published by Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by Oxford's Canadian lexicography department, this is Oxford University Press's first Canadian thesaurus. With 300,000 synonyms and 8,000 opposites, this easy-to-use reference is ideal for all kinds of writing needs-- for study, at home, or in the office. The Paperback Oxford Canadian Thesaurus provides the most useful alternative word first, with the words that are closest in meaning to the entry work given in capitals. Thousands of example sentences show words used in context, making it easier to make the right choice every time. Alternative and opposite words are clearly labelled if they are informal, dialect, literary, or technical. In addition, over 800 word family boxes offer lists of related words on a diverse range of topics including Native Languages of Canada, Doughnuts and Deep-fried sweets, Breeds of Dog, Dinosaurs, Sewing Terms and even Hockey Terms. With over 635 uniquely Canadian words and meanings, the Paperback Oxford Canadian Thesaurus will be an invaluable reference for all Canadians.
Download or read book Oxford Mini Thesaurus written by Maurice Waite and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-05-09 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy-to-use thesaurus containing over 120,000 synonyms and antonyms.
Download or read book Paperback Oxford Canadian Dictionary written by Alex Bisset and published by Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-05-03 with total page 1229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the critically acclaimed best-selling Canadian Oxford Dictionary, the Paperback Oxford Canadian Dictionary offers all the authority of Oxford's flagship Canadian dictionary in a handy and affordable format. With 200,000 words, phrases, and definitions, it features over 1,800 uniquely Canadian words and senses. Definitions, worded for ease of comprehension, are presented so the meaning most familiar to Canadians appears first. Each of these entries is exceptionally reliable, the result of thorough research into the language and Oxford's unparalleled language resources. Designed to fulfill users' everyday reference needs, the Paperback Oxford Canadian Dictionary offers Canadians the essential vocabulary for everyday use.
Download or read book Canadian Oxford Dictionary of Current English written by Katherine Barber and published by Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the critically acclaimed best-selling Canadian Oxford Dictionary, the Canadian Oxford Dictionary of Current English offers a reliable description of Canadian spelling, pronunciation and meaning in a handy, mass-market format. With 125,000 words, phrases and definitions, it features over 900 uniquely Canadian words and senses. Definitions are presented so that the meaning most familiar to Canadians appears first. Each of these entries is exceptionally reliable, the result of thorough research into the language and Oxford's unparalleled language resources. Throughout, it offers authoritative guidance on Canadian spelling, and pronunciations are given for difficult words using an easy sound-it-out system (ie for QWERTY Say KWUR tee). Designed to fulfill users' everyday reference needs, the Canadian Oxford Dictionary of Current English offers Canadians the core vocabulary for everyday use.
Download or read book The Canadian Oxford Dictionary written by Katherine Barber and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oxford American Writer s Thesaurus written by Christine A. Lindberg and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some 25,000 word meanings and connotations are explained by more than 300,000 synonyms, 10,000 antonymns, 250 notes by well-known authors, and many sample sentences.
Download or read book My Very First Canadian Oxford Dictionary written by Clare Kirtley and published by Oxford University Press Canada. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on My Very First Oxford Dictionary, this new publication from Oxford University Press' Canadian Dictionary department features over 300 words from add to zoo clearly and simply defined. Each entry features a bright full-colour picture that clearly illustrates the definition. Specialtopic sections at the back provide additional help with common words, verbs, colours, shapes, days of the week, months of the year, numbers and the alphabet.Using the research of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary Department the Canadian co-editor, Elizabeth Bisset, has included over a dozen Canadian words and senses. In addition all spellings reflect current Canadian usage. For young readers aged four and upwards, this is the perfect first dictionary tohelp build essential dictionary and reference skills.
Download or read book The Fitzhenry Whiteside Canadian Thesaurus written by and published by Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word you want, where and when you want it The book is more than 1,200 pages and boasts: more than 30,000 entries, 500,000 synonyms, 70,000 antonyms, and is jam-packed with Canadian references from A to Z. Look up the word district, for instance, and in addition to the usual synonyms and antonyms, the reader will find references to well-known neighbourhood districts such as Market Square in Saint John, Montreal''s Balconville, Toronto''s Cabbagetown and The Danforth, The Forks in Winnipeg, and Vancouver''s Gastown, among others. Under dessert it''s difficult to imagine another reference book wherein baked Alaska and crème caramel sit side-by-side with blueberry grunt, jambuster, Joe Louis, and Nanaimo bar. The listing for flower provides the reader with the name of the official flower of each Canadian province and territory. Look up motto, tree, or bird, and the provincial and territorial mottos, trees, and birds are there as well. And what thesaurus could call itself even remotely Canadian without at least a baker''s dozen of synonyms for donut? Hudson Bay Coat, McLaughlin Buick, Bricklin, Zamboni? Yes, they''re in here. So too are fiddlehead, Herring Choker, and Digby Chicken. You''ll have to find them. Other points on the making of the Fitzhenry and Whiteside Canadian Thesaurus: Fitzhenry and Whiteside Canadian Thesaurus is the first Canadian reference book of its kind built - not from an existing database - but totally from scratch over a period of close to 12 years. At more than 1200 pages, the book contains over 30,000 individual entries. The book has been exhaustively cross-referenced against a wide range of Canadian language reference works including the Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island dictionaries and (more recently) the new Canadian Oxford, to name a few. The book supplies the reader with more than 500,000 synonyms, plus some 70,000 antonyms and more shades of meaning than any of its competitors. All synonyms are clearly labeled as to parts of speech, designated as formal or non-formal, and ranked by popularity of use. Additionally, this thesaurus highlights ''kinds of'' and ''groups of'' words related to the initial key word, a feature seldom found in similar reference works. This book is richly geographic in its attribution of origins. Whether the word in question was born in France, Germany, England, the Maritimes, the Canadian Prairies, or the Pacific coast, the reader will know. As befits its title, the Canadian Thesaurus is jam-packed with Canadian references from A to Z. The book is uniquely rich with references to Canada''s First Peoples. The Editorial Director of this project - Dr. J.K. Chambers, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto - has served as Fitzhenry and Whiteside''s editorial consultant on the ongoing Canadianization of the Funk and Wagnalls Canadian College Dictionary since 1980. Recently, he served as Canadian English Editorial Advisor on the new Canadian Oxford Dictionary (1998), and wrote the Preface to that best-selling volume. Dr. Chambers is internationally recognized as a pre-eminent authority on Canadian English and English language usage in Canada.
Download or read book The Canadian Oxford Dictionary written by Katherine Barber and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 1738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all use Canadian English every day: when we order a pizza "all-dressed", hope to get a "seat-sale" to go south during "March break", or "book off" work to meet with a "CGA" to discuss "RRSPs". Language embodies our nation''s identity, and The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, in its 1,728 pages,covers all aspects of Canadian life. Never before have Canadians been able to see their language, and themselves, so accurately and comprehensively described in a dictionary. The loggers of the west coast, the wheat farmers of the Prairies, the fishermen of the Atlantic provinces, the trappers ofthe North; Canada''s Aboriginal peoples, its British and French settlers, and the more recent arrivals, whether they came from Ukraine, Italy, South Asia or elsewhere - all have contributed to making Canadian English unique, and the dictionary thus reflects the great sweep of Canadian life. Itcontains over 2,000 distinctly Canadian words and meanings, more than any other Canadian dictionary, covering every region of the country. Whether you call your favorite doughnut a jambuster, a bismark, a Burlington bun, or the more prosaic jelly doughnut may depend on where you live in Canada, butthey will all be found in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary. Of course, this is not just a dictionary of Canadian words: its 130,000 entries combine in one reference book information on English as it is used worldwide and as it is used particularly in Canada. Definitions, worded for ease ofcomprehension, are presented so the meaning most familiar to Canadians appears first and foremost. Each of these entries is exceptionally reliable, the result of thorough research into the language and Oxford''s unparalleled language resources. Five professionally trained lexicographers spent fiveyears examining databases containing over 20 million words of Canadian text from more than 8,000 Canadian sources of an astonishing diversity. Inuit Art Quarterly, The Fiddlehead, Canadian Business, and Equinox; the work of writers such as Jack Hodgins, Sandra Birdsell, David Adams Richards, andPierre Berton; daily and weekly newspapers from across the country; and, of course, the Canadian Tire catalogue - all find a place in the evidence of The Canadian Oxford Dictionary. The lexicographers also examined an additional 20 million words of international English sources. For many Canadiansone of the more puzzling aspects of writing is trying to determine whether to use the American spelling or the British spelling. Should it be "colour" or "color", "theater" or "theatre", "programme" or "program"? By examining our extensive Canadian databases, our lexicographers have been able todetermine which, in fact, is the more common spelling: colour, theatre and program. Favoured Canadian pronunciations have also been determined by surveying a nationwide group of respondents. Oxford''s thorough research has also ensured that new words that have recently appeared are well-represented.So if you''re someone who puts on your "bicycle shorts" and "blades" over to the gym to do some "crunches" for your "abs" followed by work on your "lats", "pecs" and "delts", finishing up with a "step" class, because you''re afraid that being a "chocoholic" who loves "comfort food" will affect your"body mass index" and you want to avoid "yo-yo dieting", you''ll find all these common words in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary. An added feature of this dictionary is its encyclopedic element. It includes short biographies of over 800 Canadians, ranging from Elvis Stojko, Celine Dion and JeanBeliveau to Nellie McClung, Lester B. Pearson, and Kim Campbell. It also contains entries on 5,000 individuals and mythical figures of international significance, and almost 6,000 place names, more than 1,200 of them Canadian. Indeed, all Canadian towns with a population of 5,000 or more arefeatured, and their entries not only explain the origin of the place name, but also include the population based on the 1996 census. With the publication of The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Oxford University Press adds another work to its highly respected range of dictionaries, and Canadians finallyhave a dictionary that truly reflects their nations.
Download or read book The Oxford Paperback Thesaurus written by Maurice Waite and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of the Oxford Paperback Thesaurus forms part of a new range of Oxford thesauruses derived from the New Oxford Thesaurus of English. It is ideal for all kinds of writing needs - for study, at home, or in the office - and it offers excellent value for money, having more alternative and opposite words than any other thesaurus at this price point. In addition, the closest and most useful alternative words are given first, with words which are closest in meaning to the entry word given in capitals, thousands of example phrases help you to select the correct word, and opposites and related terms are clearly marked.
Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of Difficult Words written by Archie Hobson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Features more than 10,000 entries that focus exclusively on words that, while outside most people's working vocabulary, are often encountered in literature, in technical writings such as computing or medical terminology, and in such diverse subject areas as law, philosophy, and art. Special attention is given to easily confused or closely related words. Usage notes are provided to ensure that readers know how to integrate these words into their vocabularies for more precision and power in speech and writing."--Back cover.
Download or read book Oxford First Thesaurus 2018 written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major new edition of the Oxford First Thesaurus in paperback has been updated to include more related words, synonyms and antonyms to develop children's writing skills, support comprehension and inspire a more creative and adventurous use of language. With its accessible alphabeticallayout, fun colourful illustrations and relevant example sentences, it is the perfect resource for home and school to boost vocabulary and spark creative writing skills. Also available in durable hardback format and an ideal companion to the new updated edition of the Oxford First Dictionary. Goonline at www.oxfordschooldictionaries.com for the accompanying free downloadable activities.
Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang written by Grant Barrett and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-06-08 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a wonderful Baedeker to down-and-dirty politics--more than six hundred slang terms straight from the smoke-filled rooms of American political speech. Hatchet Jobs and Hardball: The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang illuminates a rich and colorful segment of our language. Readers will find informative entries on slang terms such as Beltway bandit and boondoggle, angry white male and leg treasurer, juice bill and Joe Citizen, banana superpower and the Big Fix. We find not only the meaning and history of familiar terms such as gerrymander, but also of lesser-known terms such as cracking (splitting a bloc of like-minded voters by redistricting) and fair-fight district (which refers to areas redistricted to favor no political party). Each entry includes the definition of the word, its historical background, and illuminating citations, some going back more than 200 years. (We learn, for instance, that a term as seemingly current as political football actually dates back to before the Civil War.) Selected entries will have extended encyclopedic notes. The book also features sidebar essays on topics such as political words in Blogistan; a short history of "big cheese"; all about chads and the 2000 election; the suffix "-gate" and all the related Watergate terms; and the naming of legislation. Political junkies, policy wonks, journalists, and word lovers will find this book addictive reading as well as a reliable guide to one of the more colorful corners of American English.
