The American heritage thesaurus for learners of English /

This reference contains more than 6,000 synonyms that have been carefully chosen for their usefulness to students of English, both intermediate and advanced. Every synonym has a short, clear definition that helps distinguish it from other synonyms in its group and its own example sentence showing pr...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: LeBaron, Joyce
Other Authors: LeBaron, Susannah
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [2002]
Subjects:
Online Access:Publisher description
Contributor biographical information
Description
Summary:This reference contains more than 6,000 synonyms that have been carefully chosen for their usefulness to students of English, both intermediate and advanced. Every synonym has a short, clear definition that helps distinguish it from other synonyms in its group and its own example sentence showing proper usage and clarifying shades of meaning. A useful appendix includes thematic word groups, a list of frequently misspelled words, irregular verbs, and information on common idioms, sound-alikes, and other areas of difficulty for English learners.
Physical Description:ix, 326 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:0618129901
9780618129904