The Wordsworth School Dictionary

The Wordsworth School Dictionary contains over 45,000 informative and easy-to-use definitions. This fully revised up-to-date and comprehensive dictionary encompasses the vocabulary of the extraordinarily varied contemporary environment and its well-spaced readable format will appeal to the school student, learners of English as a foreign language and the general reader alike.

Examples of modern words included in the dictionary range from bag lady to BSE, Poll Tax to pollutants and tagliatelle to triathlon. Grammatical information and parts of speech are clearly presented, together with readily understandable guidance on pronunciation.