The Most Popular Dictionary Worldwide

The Concise Oxford English Dictionary is the most popular dictionary of its kind around the world and is noted for its clear, concise definitions as well as its comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the vocabulary of the English-speaking world. This reissue of the revised edition brings the tenth edition completely up to date by the addition of hundreds of new words and meanings taken from Oxford's renowned data collection program, with a special focus on fast-changing areas of the language such as new technology, e-commerce, fashion, and youth culture.

Over 240,000 Words and Phrases

The clearest , most accurate definitions, based on the largest language research programme in the world Clear layout with each new section (phrases, derivatives, usage notes, etymologies, wordbuilder) on new line Usage notes, offering help with tricky and controversial questions In-text lists and tables focusing on core study subjects Pronunciations for words that might cause difficulty Origin Section tracing the history of words

The MSDict Dictionaries Viewer Format

The Oxford Concise English Dictionary is utilized by MSDict Viewer - an innovative dictionary reader specially designed to combine high data compression for memory restricted devices with a fast search algorithm, and user-friendly interface with amazing speed. Quick dynamic search of words while you type Transcriptions facilitating pronunciation Hyperlinks between different related words Dynamic changing of font sizes Learning features Wildcard filtration feature (the use of "*" replaces arbitrary number of symbols within words) Button allowing quick erase of the query field Support of multiple dictionaries installed at a time

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Updates

2.00 (09/20/05) - New wireless version which allows you to save valuable space on the PDA by retrieving dictionary words from a remote server though Internet connection

2.12 (10/31/05) - Bug fixing
2.30 (02/01/06) - Optimized to support the new PONS bilingual dictionaries
2.50 (05/03/06) - Optimized to support the new Oxford Bible, Oxford Thesaurus and Concise Italian dictionaries
2.70 (07/24/06) - Optimized to support the new Cambridge Dictionary of American English