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《Collins English Dictionary and Thesarue》讲述了：Book Description，William Collins' dream of knowledge for all began with the publication of his first book in 1819. As self-educated mill worker, he not only enriched millions of lives,but also founded a flourishing publishing house. Today, staying true to this spirit, Collins books are packed with inspiration, innovation, and practical expertise. They place you at the centre of a world of possiblity and give you exactly what you need to explore it.
Language is the key to this exploration, and at the heart of Collins Dictionaries is language as it is really used. New words, phrases, and meanings spring up every day, and all of them are captured and analysed by the Collins Word Web. Constantly updated, and with over 2.5 billion entries, this living language resource is unique to our dictionaries.
Words are tools for life. And a Collins Dictionary makes them work for you.
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Two books in one
Language is the key to this exploration, and at the heart of Collins Dictionaries is language as it is really used. New words, phrases, and meanings spring up every day, and all of them are captured and analysed by the Collins Word Web. Constantly updated, and with over 2.5 billion entries, this living language resource is unique to our dictionaries.
Words are tools for life. And a Collins Dictionary makes them work for you.
From Cover Back
Two books in one
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Editorial Staff
About the type
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Using this Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Collins English Dictionary
Collins Thesaurus A-Z
About the type
Pretace
Using this Dictionary & Thesaurus
Abbreviations
Collins English Dictionary
Collins Thesaurus A-Z
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The purpose of Collins Dictionaries is simple: to take as sharp and astrue a-picture of language as possible. In order to stay at the forefrontof language developments we have an extensive reading, listeningand viewing programme, taking in broadcasts, websites andpublications from around the globe - from the British MedicalJournal to The Sun, from Channel Africa to CBC News. These are fedinto our monitoring system, an unparalleled 2.5 biUion-wordanalytical database: the Collins Word Web.Every month the Collins Word Web grows by 35 million words,making it the largest resource of its type. When new words andphrases emerge, our active system is able to recognize the momentof their acceptance into the language, the precise context of theirusage and even subtle changes in definition - and then alert us tothem.And since English is shaped by the people who use it every day, we'vecome up with a way for our readers to have more of a say in thecontent of our dictionaries. The Collins Word Exchange website（www.collins.co.uk/wordexchange or www.harpercoUins.com.au/wordexchange） is a revolutionary concept in dictionary publishing.By visiting the site you can submit neologisms you have just heard,dialect words you have always used but never seen in print, or newdefinitions for existing terms which have taken on novel meanings.You can also stoke the fires of debate with comments on Englishusage, spelling, grammar- in fact any linguistic convention you careto espouse or explode. Every suggestion wiU be scrutinized by ColUnslexicographers and considered whenever a new edition of one of ourdictionaries is compiled. All of which ensures that when you use aCollins dictionary, you are one of the best-informed language usersin the world.
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