The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Editon: Print a nd CD-ROM Edition (.) | 
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 70065
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 4 Hardcover/CD-ROM
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 2074
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.6
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 8.9 x 2.1
ISBN: 0618701737
Dewey Decimal Number: 423
EAN: 9780618701735
ASIN: 0618701737
Publication Date: April 12, 2006
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Product Description
This newly updated edition of America's favorite dictionary features
revised biographical and geographical entries as well as up-to-date
charts and tables for topics such as world currencies and chemical
elements. Among the 500 entries new to this update are Amber Alert,
blogosphere, gravitino, halo effect, hawala, lycopene, malware, micropolis,
proteome, Qi Gong, SARS, shout-out, speed dating, sudoku, Texas hold'em,
text message, and wiki.
The renowned American Heritage Usage Panel, a group of more
than 200 distinguished writers, scholars, and scientists, offers advice on
problems of grammar and style; engaging notes explain word histories
and clarify differences among synonyms; thousands of quotations and
example sentences show words in context; and elegant definitions are
enhanced by 4,000 full-color photographs, drawings, and maps, making
this one of the most readable dictionaries available anywhere.
This dictionary can also be purchased with a fully loadable
Windows / Mac CD-ROM that contains the entire text of the
updated Fourth Edition, 68,000 audio pronunciations, 1,000 full-color
photographs and illustrations, and a college-level thesaurus with more
than 260,000 synonyms. The CD-ROM has spell-check capability and
can be used in conjunction with any Microsoft Office application to get
definitions at the click of a mouse.
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 A thorough Study of word June 19, 2008
A great buy of one of the best all around dictionaries on the face of the earth, the CD ROM loaded on the computer puts it all at a few clicks of a mouse.
Graduation present June 13, 2008
Having bought this for a Bar Mitzvah and then another copy for myself, I thought it an appropriate gift for my nephew's recent high school graduation. He seemed delighted to be able to take both the print and CD-ROM versions with him to college.
 Enjoyable reading experience June 2, 2008
I am not a native English speaker but I do like English language. I like the way the American Heritage Dictionary describes those words, familiar to me or not. Helpful to people who funcy English but not fully fluent.
YJN
Exceptional Dictionary with AHD4 CD application May 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The combination of the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition, AND the CD software containing the full content to be stored on hard drive, is an exceptional value and resource. I very much recommend this combination.
I had been searching for the Mac OS X update to the American Heritage Dictionary 3rd Edition (for Mac OS 9)-- [same CD also for Windows], but that software eluded me. Houghton Mifflin Company website offering wasn't clear; a rep from HMC did satisfy my questions: in that an online version of software (minimal 12MB application is downloaded to your local computer), and lookups are extracted from HMC's database via a connection to the Net. That "eReference" software was, in my measure of expectation, inadequate, albeit I'm sure a very fine option. The price difference was an amazingly small $10 extra for both the CD (dictionary software with Thesaurus) and printed dictionary.
May I suggest to get it all; you'll be most pleased. I use mine constantly. Oh, and be prepared for a very heavy package when it arrives.
As to the functionality of the software, it's tops! I haven't found a better one. Check the features, download the sample eReference product (7 days only), then decide. The illustrations and color pictures are very beautiful, inviting and stimulate research. --Dan Murray; Big Timber, MT
 Great dictionary, poor software implementation May 3, 2008
I've been using the digital version of The American Heritage Dictionary since 1995. It is one of the most useful references that I have. Hoping to get an updated dictionary and an improved interface I bought this new version. Whereas the dictionary contains updated content and many new words, the software implementation is amateurish. My old version was designed by Softkey, the new one (1999-2006) by Kanda Software. The new interface is poorly designed both aesthetically and functionally. Important features of the old version are missing. Gone is the Word Hunter, which looks for definitions that contain given words. I am so disappointed with this new version that I am still using the old one.
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