The American Heritage Dictionary

William Morris

Houghton Mifflin, 1982 - English language - 1568 pages

Contains over 155,000 entries, with current meanings given first. Includes notes on usage, quoted and original examples, and several thousand illustrations.

Contents

• INTRODUCTION: 6
• SPECIAL ARTICLES: 17
• Usage and Acceptability in Language: 30
• The Mathematics of Language: 37
• STYLE MANUAL: 55
• PRONUNCIATION: 64
• DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: 126
• BIOGRAPHICAL ENTRIES: 1409
• GEOGRAPHIC ENTRIES: 1466
• ABBREVIATIONS: 1536
• FOURYEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: 1546
• TWOYEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: 1556
• PICTURE CREDITS: 1565

Bibliographic information

• Title: The American Heritage Dictionary
• Author: William Morris
• Editor: William Morris
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1982
• ISBN: 0395339596, 9780395339596
• Length: 1568 pages