The Shorter OXFORD English Dictionary 5th Edition
DESCRIPTION:
This CD-ROM version of the new updated edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary allows you to perform fast and comprehensive searches in more than half a million definitions, augmented with thousands of new words and meanings and furnished with a new design.
* Contains more than half a million definitions with 83,000 illustrative quotations from 7,000 authors.
* Entries list meanings chronologically and give dates for first use of each sense.
* All major words in English used after 1700, plus the vocabulary of Shakespeare, Milton, Spenser and the King James Bible are included.
* Provides details of rare and obsolete words.
* New software with an easy to use interface and clear functionality.

System requirements: PC with minimum 166MHz Pentium-class processor; 32MB RAM; min 30MB hard disk space; 16-speed CD-ROM drive; SVGA monitor, Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT 4.0 or XP.

PREVIOUS ISBN: 0-19-268302-0
SUBJECT: English language
READERSHIP: Academic and all general users with an interest in the history and usage of the English Language who prefer an abridged version of the Oxford English Dictionary.