The new edition of the CD-ROM is designed to benefit all users. In addition it features a crossword puzzle solver and anagram solver. Sound recordings enable you to listen to standard British pronunciations for over 100,000 words. There is also an automatic look-up facility by double-clicking on a word in a document or web page the user can view the entry for that word. With an elegant interface providing quick and intuitive searching, it also has advanced searching facilities for in-depth exploration, allowing searching of the definitions, etymologies, subject, geographical region of use, register, and source language, as well as the ability to limit searches by the date of a word's first recorded usage. The CD-ROM is designed to run on both Windows and Apple Macintosh computers. Based on the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary, the 'Shorter' contains an incredible one-third of the coverage of the Oxford English Dictionary, is just one-tenth of the size, and includes all words in current English from 1700 to the present day, with senses organized chronologically, plus the vocabulary of Shakespeare, the Bible and other major works in English from before 1700. More than half a million definitions are presented in clear type,set big enough for all but the most long-sighted.The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on CD-ROM features the full text of the Sixth Edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, which is a complete update of this unique reference work. However, it is Sir James Murray (1837-1915), the first Editor of the real, 21-volume Oxford English Dictionary, of which the Shorter is an honest abridgement. On the box housing the two volumes of this mighty enterprise is a picture of a white-bearded gentleman in acloak who, at first blush, appears to be J. 'US News and World Reports, 'Review from previous edition The Shorter demands a shelf, but one very close to the desk of anyone who cares about words.'Daily Telegraph, 'It must be difficult trying to come up with a bright marketing technique to sell the fifth edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. a rare treasure.'Frank Devine, The Australian'The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary redefines hip.'The New York Post, 'Even at a fraction of its original bulk, the premier collection of English words manages to squeeze in over a third of the original's content, including its hallmark: minute etymological details. the new SOED is all that one would expect of it.'Keith Waterhouse, Daily Mail'It is a dictionary with zest. truly a dictionary of global English.'Sydney Morning Herald'Even at a fraction of its original bulk, the premier collection of English words manages to squeeze in over a third of the original's content, including its hallmark: minute etymological details.'US News & World Reports'The Shorter is a mine of information.'Toronto Star'. More than half a million definitions are presented in clear type, set big enough for all but the most long-sighted.'Chris Campling, Times'. However, it is Sir James Murray (1837-1915), the first Editor of the real, 21-volume OxfordEnglish Dictionary, of which the Shorter is an honest abridgement. On the box housing the two volumes of this mighty enterprise is a picture of a white-bearded gentleman in a cloak who, at first blush, appears to be J. A stupendous achievement.'Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman'It is a masterpiece and should be the cornerpiece of every literate home.'Irish Times'It may be difficult to carry, but not to read'Erich Segal, Times Literary Supplement'It must be difficult trying to come up with a bright marketing technique to sell the fifth edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 'Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman, 'Review from previous edition The Shorter demands a shelf, but one very close to the desk of anyone who cares about words.'Daily Telegraph'The Shorter is the Matterhorn to the great OED's Everest - elegant, awesome and marvelous to behold, differing only in size. the new SOED is all that one would expect of it.'Keith Waterhouse, Daily Mail, 'The Shorter is the Matterhorn to the great OED's Everest - elegant, awesome and marvelous to behold, differing only in size.
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