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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Editon: Print a nd CD-ROM Edition (.) | 
 enlarge | Creator: Editors Of The American Heritage Dictionaries
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
List Price: $75.00
Buy New: $42.45
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New (25) Used (5) from $41.89
Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 54560
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 4 Hardcover/CD-ROM
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 2074
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.6
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 8.9 x 2.1
ISBN: 0618701737
Dewey Decimal Number: 423
EAN: 9780618701735
ASIN: 0618701737
Publication Date: April 12, 2006
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Product Description
This newly updated edition of America's favorite dictionary features
revised biographical and geographical entries as well as up-to-date
charts and tables for topics such as world currencies and chemical
elements. Among the 500 entries new to this update are Amber Alert,
blogosphere, gravitino, halo effect, hawala, lycopene, malware, micropolis,
proteome, Qi Gong, SARS, shout-out, speed dating, sudoku, Texas hold'em,
text message, and wiki.
The renowned American Heritage Usage Panel, a group of more
than 200 distinguished writers, scholars, and scientists, offers advice on
problems of grammar and style; engaging notes explain word histories
and clarify differences among synonyms; thousands of quotations and
example sentences show words in context; and elegant definitions are
enhanced by 4,000 full-color photographs, drawings, and maps, making
this one of the most readable dictionaries available anywhere.
This dictionary can also be purchased with a fully loadable
Windows / Mac CD-ROM that contains the entire text of the
updated Fourth Edition, 68,000 audio pronunciations, 1,000 full-color
photographs and illustrations, and a college-level thesaurus with more
than 260,000 synonyms. The CD-ROM has spell-check capability and
can be used in conjunction with any Microsoft Office application to get
definitions at the click of a mouse.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 The American Heritage Dictionary with CD November 2, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent dictionary - full of color pictures & finger index to make looking things up easy. Plus a CD which can come in handy.
 The CD-ROM Not as Good as Previous Edition September 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you're buying the 4th edition of the American Heritage because you're looking for a CD-ROM dictionary, and you remember your experience with the LAST edition of the American Heritage's CD-ROM, don't waste your time with this one. I just bought this combo for specifically that reason, while still owning the 3rd edition hardcover, which was in excellent condition. My old CD-ROM was damaged, and I needed a replacement. The CD-ROM for the MERRIAM-WEBSTER dictionary ALONE costs as much as this print-edition/CD-ROM combination, so I opted for the old familiar product. After reading a couple of the customer reviews that criticized the new CD-ROM, I was a bit hesitant. Mainly I was concerned over the criticism that this new edition didn't provide a reverse-look-up feature (for when you remember the words included in the definition, but you can't remember the term itself; a very useful feature if you use words a lot). I was incredulous that this essential search capability would be eliminated from the NEWER edition. I mean, come on: software EVOLVES, doesn't it? A step backwards in sophistication is contrary to the general trend in technology. Though I felt some doubt while reading the customer reviews that discussed this omission, I finally resolved to ignore them and ordered this coupling of the printed and CD-ROM editions.
Now I can tell you directly, if you looked at this bargain combo, and considered the printed edition a bonus to what you were really looking for, then let me warn you off, with no uncertainty: the other customer who'd stated that the reverse-look-up feature was nonexistent is absolutely correct. I thoroughly looked over the CD-ROM, and this feature isn't provided this time out. Amazingly remiss for a modern edition, don't you think? I'm telling you, if you already have the 3rd edition of The American Heritage Dictionary, and you're buying this for the CD-ROM, don't do it. According to the product description of the MERRIAM-WEBSTER CD-ROM Edition (which is unabridged), it includes thirteen powerful search options. I wish I had gone with my initial instincts and bought that one instead. I can't even imagine what the other search options would be.
A thorough Study of word June 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A great buy of one of the best all around dictionaries on the face of the earth, the CD ROM loaded on the computer puts it all at a few clicks of a mouse.
Graduation present June 13, 2008
Having bought this for a Bar Mitzvah and then another copy for myself, I thought it an appropriate gift for my nephew's recent high school graduation. He seemed delighted to be able to take both the print and CD-ROM versions with him to college.
Enjoyable reading experience June 2, 2008
I am not a native English speaker but I do like English language. I like the way the American Heritage Dictionary describes those words, familiar to me or not. Helpful to people who funcy English but not fully fluent.
YJN
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