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The Oxford American writer's thesaurus

Author: Christine A Lindberg
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
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"Written by writers for writers, this innovative thesaurus truly advances the time-honored word source. Some 25,000 word meanings and connotations are elucidated by means of more than 300,000 synonyms, 10,000 antonymns, 250 word notes written by noted authors, and generous listings of example sentences. Many special features, such as usage notes, word spectrums, and a language guide, further clarify a word's many  Read more...
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Lindberg, Christine A., 1954-
Oxford American writer's thesaurus.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004
(OCoLC)680584150
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Christine A Lindberg
ISBN: 0195170768 9780195170764
OCLC Number: 56370523
Description: xxiv, 1088 p. ; 26 cm.
Contents: In Search of the Exact Word --
Word Notes --
Word Banks --
Word Spectrums --
Writer's Reference --
Language Guide --
Proofreader's Marks --
Writing Prompts.
Responsibility: compiled by Christine A. Lindberg.

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Contains nearly two hundred word banks, and collections of nouns. The word spectrums show where your word falls in a line between two polar opposites. Other features of this thesarus include: guides  Read more...
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<br>."..the best new array of synonyms around."--William Safire, The New York Times Magazine Read more...

 
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