This is a major new edition of the best-selling Color Oxford English Dictionary, offering the most accurate and up-to-date coverage of essential, everyday vocabulary.

Based on evidence from the Oxford English Corpus--the same database that informs the Oxford English Dictionary--the Color Oxford English Dictionary provides an up-to-date selection of 90,000 words, phrases, and definitions. Definitions are given in a clear, simple style, avoiding technical language, and are easier to understand than ever before, plus there are hundreds of notes on spelling and...