Concise Oxford American Dictionary

Good stuff. Oxford is THE authority on English. (Any and every variation of it.) Everybody should own one of their dictionaries, even if you don't use it as your main dictionary. Using an Oxford dictionary efficiently requires a larger vocabulary than most others, but it's worth it. If nothing else, keep it as a go-to reference to settle disputes, find definitions that are missing from other dictionaries, or verify the contents of others when they don't seem right. Maybe it's the other dictionary, but maybe it's YOU. Oxford is the place to go to find out.

Definitions from basic historical roots. Love it.

This book came in 3 days, in brand new, excellent condition and at an excellent price. It is real value for the money.

I like the size, but I prefer the definitions and content of the American Heritage Dictionary.

I got the dictionary off a local shop. I'm a bit of a dictionary collector I suppose.I find this one to be just right for casual reading. Not too concise and not too verbose.The definitions themselves are quite approachable as well, and give a clear concept of the meaning.I think this will be my new go-to dictionary for every day use.

I picked this dictionary after checking to see if it defines transgender in a way I can accept. The paper is white and the print is easy for this 52 year old to read. If I want to find a word that I cannot remember the spelling, and have stumped ieSpell, I need something easy to handle. Any larger and it would be too large.

I like this dictionary. It has many modern words. The book looks bigger than the picture, but it is a good study book for learning English. The book is very new and has good quality.

I bought this dictionary hoping to find it as useful and thorough as Concise OED (ISBN: 0198608640)or even better. I was mistaken.What struck me first is that the shape of the dictionary isn't handy compared to Concise OED and to any concise dictionary for that matter.As for the content, the definitions are too long for a concise dictionary and there are no usage notes under/above the headwords. Instead they are grouped at the end of the dictionary (FOR WHAT???). If this dictionary is based on NOAD 2nd edition I'd imagine there should be some usage boxes (Concise OED does have usage notes right next to the headwords). In the reference section there is only a list of American Presidents but not of British or Canadian PMs, or British Kings (COED has them all plus PMs of NEw ZEaland and Australia). Wouldn't hurt adding those in the next edition.The number of words is smaller (180,000) than in COED (240,00)There are some pluses, though:- illustrations (which COED lacks)- READY REFERENCE SECTION which includes: commonly misspelled words, common cliches to avoid, redundant expressions, how words are built:prefixes, suffixes and combining forms- quite good word histories- it's chepaer ($19.95) than COED ($29.95)Still, it is a dissapointment to an avid dictionary user and word lover(like myself)I'd recommend buying COED for immediate language reference.