Chambers Mini Dictionary [antikvár]

Preface Today everyone needs a dictionary. The problem with most dictionaries is that they're not always at hand when you need them most: they're too bulky to carry around. There are 'pocket' dictionaries already, of course", but some are very old and others too big for most pockets. Chambers Mini Dictionary is a brand-new, really 'pocket' dictionary. (It fits equally easily into a handbag.) It is very small, but it contains the words you're most likely to wish to look up at odd moments. And it's even more helpful, because it contains numerous examples of how words are used. It also contains some common American words you're likely to come across nowadays. It's up to date, accurate and reliable, helpful, clear and easy to use— like all Chambers dictionaries. (After all, we've been making them for over a hundred years.) Arrangement of entries Each entry begins with a headword in bold type. Under each of these you will find its part of speech and its meaning(s). After this come the meanings of other parts of speech which have the same form as the headword. Then follows a list of words formed directly from the headword eg by adding -ness, -ment, -ly etc. Where these are easily understood from the word from which they are formed, no meanings are given but they are placed as close to that word as possible. Following these is a list of compounds, also in alphabetical order. These are words consisting of two parts whose first part is the headword, eg high-handed, or a word directly formed from it, «?'highly-strung. Sometimes these are written as one word, eg hardware, sometimes with a hyphen, eg hard-hearted, sometimes as two words, eg hard labour. Next comes a list of phrases in alphabetical order. These are groups of words containing the headword, eg hard of hearing, or a word derived from the headword, eg in keeping with. iii