HEINEMANN ENGLISH DICTIONARY

The most comprehensive school dictionary

• Fully revised and updated for today's students
• Subject-specific vocabulary to improve literacy across the curriculum
• Clear and accessible page design
• New grammar section to develop sentence level work
• Language study boxes to build awareness of common errors, etymology and language change
• Hundreds of new words and phrases

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PREFACE

This fifth edition of the Heinemann English Dictionary has been extensively edited and revised for the English curriculum, while keeping the distinctive features of layout and pres­entation which have made previous editions so popular. Hundreds of words and phrases now in current use have been added.

The dictionary is designed to be as clear, easy and fast to use as possible. Every aspect of its layout has been carefully planned to help you find the information you need without difficulty.

Firstly, the entries are well-spaced on the page, which enables the eye to find the one needed easily. Then, within each entry, the major subsections start a new line, allowing you to see all the possible definitions at a glance.

Perhaps the most distinctive and popular feature of the Heinemann English Dictionary is that all parts of speech, etymological derivations and usages are given in full, which makes the entries completely comprehensible at first sight.

The pronunciation guides provided for all irregular words are also immediately self-explanatory. We have used a simple re-spelling system, backed up occasionally by rhyming com­parisons, which can be followed clearly without reference to tables or explanations.

The How to Use the Dictionary section provides a clear guide to its layout and content. The Story of Enghsh essay describes the development of English over the centuries.

At the back of the dictionary you will find the Reference Section that gives useful lists of Abbreviations and Acronyms, Grammatical Terms, Punctuation, Prefixes, Suffixes, Enghsh Words Borrowed from Other Languages, Common Spellings and Periodic Table of Chemical Elements.

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For the Fifth Edition

Managing Editor

Martin Manser

Editors

Jessica Feinstein, Rosalind Fergusson,  Alice Grandison, Fiona Mcintosh

Assistant Editor

Gloria Wren

Subject Specialists

Malcolm Chandler - History

John Hopkin - Geography

Kath Howard - English and Drama

Ann Lovelace - Religious Education

Fred Norton - Mathematics

Jenny Ridgwell - Food Technology and Textiles

Steve Turner - Graphics and Resistant Materials

SharonYoung - Science

The Story of English

Ron Norman

On previous editions Chief Editors

Katherine Harber, Geoffrey Payton

Adviser

Dr W. A. Gatherer, Chief Adviser, Lothian

Editors

Nicholas Hudson, Keith Nettle, Leonie Bennett, Sarah Dawson, Richard Tarrant, Jack Baldwin, Peter Adams, Andrew Nickson, Julie Chapman, Tim Bass, Helen Heacock

Adviser for the Fourth Edition

Betty Kirkpatrick