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Collins HISTORIC A WITH ESSENTIAL CANADIAN FACTS FROM THE CANADIAN The Canadian Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Canadian English Dictionary OVER 500,000 COPIES SOLD! Canadian English Dictionary Collins Canadian English Dictionary Collins Canadian English Dictionary Copyright © 2004. All rights reserved Published by Collins Canada Ltd No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews. HarperCollins books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use through our Special Markets Department. Collins Canada Ltd 2 Bloor Street east, 20th Floor Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4W1A8 www.harpercollins.ca OPM 10 987654321 Printed and bound in the United States CONTENTS Editorial Staff vi Preface vii Using the Dictionary viii Abbreviations Used in the Dictionary X Dictionary of the English Language 1-478 Supplement 1 EDITORIAL STAFF Editors Fraser Sutherland Jennifer Baird Alice Grandison Publishing Director Publishing Manager Lorna Sinclair Knight Elaine Higgleton PREFACE Collins Canadian English Dictionary presents comprehensive coverage of today's language in a clear, accessible format. For this new edition, the editors have been able to consult the Bank of English®, a unique computer-based collection of over 524 million words of written and spoken English. Analysis of this data enables the editors to give the user the most up-to-date information about how English is written and spoken today. The dictionary now contains new items such as bioterrorism, globalization, ringtone and satnav, and new senses of words such as bookmark, fusion, and hit. The Canadian English Dictionary also gives in-depth coverage of Canadian English, and reflects its uniqueness and variety. Entries such as Kabloona, parkade and tupik are included, in addition to many of the variant forms found in Canada. As well as defining a wide variety of words, this dictionary contains many other features which are designed to be helpful to the user. For example, a simple phonetic respelling is given for pronunciations which could cause difficulty. All irregular spelling forms are shown. Labels inform the user if a word is, for instance, slang, rare, or literary. To make all this and other information easy to find, the layout of the pages is clear and uncluttered. All these features make Collins Canadian English Dictionary an easy-to-use and indispensable guide to today's English. USING THE DICTIONARY Main Entry Words printed in large bold type, e.g. abbey All main entry words, including abbreviations and combining forms, in one alphabetical sequence, e.g. abbreviate ABC abdicate abdomen Variant Spellings shown in full, e.g. adrenalin, adrenaline Pronunciations given in square brackets for words that are difficult or confusing; the word is respelt as it is pronounced, with the stressed syllable in bold type, e.g. aegis [ee-jiss] Parts of Speech shown in italics as an abbreviation, e.g. ablaze adj When a word can be used as more than one part of speech, the change of part of speech is shown after a lozenge, e.g. mock v make fun of, mimic. ♦ n imitation. Parts of speech may be combined for some words, e.g. alone adj, adv without anyone or anything else. Cross References shown in small capital letters, e.g. deshabille n same as dishabille. viii