Collins English Dictionary

Collins English Dictionary provides the most comprehensive and wide-ranging coverage of today’s English. It includes thousands of the very latest new words and meanings from the Bank of English®, and a much wider range of regional words and words from World English than ever before. Over 18,500 encyclopedic entries, including people, places, institutions, and concepts. All scientific and technical entries have been fully revised and updated by experts in every field. • The widest-ranging, richest and most complete single-volume dictionary • Fully updated from the Bank of English® to include thousands of new words and meanings as they enter the language • Clearly expressed, detailed definitions • Comprehensive coverage of scientific and technical terms, compiled by experts in every field • Extensive coverage of words from all over the UK and all over the world • Wide-ranging language notes give advice on using the right word in the right place • Full etymologies, which cite the century of the first known occurrence of the word in English • Pronunciations adapted from the International Phonetic Alphabet