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This major new edition of 'Collins English Dictionary' provides the most comprehensive, wide-ranging and up-to-date coverage of today’s English. It also includes thousands of essential encyclopedic facts, and all this presented in a layout and design that ensures this wealth of information is easily accessible.
· Over 18,500 encyclopedic entries – people, places, concepts, institution, and movements, both past and present, clearly described, with the latest important facts.
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· Pronunciations adapted from the International Phonetic Alphabet.
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- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0004332865
- ISBN 13 9780004332864
- BindingHardcover
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