Good communication starts with choosing the right word--not always an easy task when the choice is between words of closely related meaning. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms makes the task easier by providing full discussions of synonymous terms and by describing the subtle distinctions that make one word more appropriate than another in a particular context.
The Focus Dictionary translates words into and from five fifferent languages. Use the mouse to change translation direction. The languages are: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
David Crystal's A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics has long been the standard single-volume reference for its field. Now available in its sixth edition, it has been revised and updated to reflect the latest terms in the field. * Includes in excess of 5,100 terms, grouped into over 3,000 entries
