CONCISE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY 11TH

A major new edition of Oxford¿s world-famous dictionary.  Find relevant information¿instantly! Set the Dictionary to float on top of your current application and you can consult it with a simple double-mouse click. Personalize other features such as font size, window position, and more from the options panel.

Just point your cursor over a word in your web browser (or any Windows¿ application like Word or Excel), double-click with your mouse and the results are instantly displayed in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary.

The hypertext based search engine cross-references every word in the definition.

The Concise Oxford English Dictionary is firmly established as the foremost authority on current English, and for decades has been the most popular dictionary of its kind¿selling throughout the English-speaking world. Using a radically more accessible style for this major new edition, Oxford lexicographers have rewritten every word and entry to represent the richness, complexity, and beauty of the English language as never before.
240,000 words, phrases and definitions.

• The clearest, most accurate definitions, from the foremost authority on English.

Thousands of new words and senses.

• Up-to-date coverage from Oxford's unrivaled new word research.

Over 50,000 spoken pronunciations.

• Plus hundreds of extra notes on grammar, punctuation, and usage.

Includes interactive word games.

• Amusing word games provide hours of learning and fun.

Intelligence at your fingertips!

• More than 240,000 words, phrases and meanings with definitions from the largest language research program in the world.

Extra features:

• This CD-ROM includes spoken pronunciations for over 50,000 headwords and hundreds of extra notes on grammar, punctuation, and usage. Plus, interactive word games provide hours of fun.

Includes multiple search features:

• Quick headword search, with wild cards
• Full text search, with wild cards and Booleans
• Headword index allows you to browse the dictionary with ease

System Requirements for Windows

• Pentium 166 MHz or higher
• Windows 98, 2000, Me, XP
• 64 MB RAM
• 180 MB free hard disk space
• SVGA display, 16-bit color
• 16X CD-ROM drive
• Windows¿ compatible 16-bit sound card
• Adobe Reader 6.0 to read the ancillary material