MacMillan Dictionary for Children

840 Pages·2007·101.042 MB·English

by  Simon & Schuster

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Contents
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How
to use your dictionary 6
The Illustrated Dictionary
A
10
B 60
C 108
D 184
E 226
F 256
G 292
H 318
348
I
J 372
K 380
L 388
M
416
N 458
O
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P 492
Q 556
R 562
S 602
T 702
U 744
V 758
W
770
X 797
Y 798
Z 801
Reference 803
Credits and acknowledgments 832
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How . . . . ..
to use your dictionary
How can find the word want?
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silentletter, whichisonethatyoudon'tsoundwhenyousaythe Anything else?
word. TheSpellingGuidebelowmayhelpyoufind thesewords. Sometimeswordscanbespelled intwodifferentways.
Sometimes twoormoreheadwordsarespelled the same The headword shows the mostcommonspelling, but the
way, but theyhavedifferentmeanings. Thesearecalled otherspellingisalso included intheentry.
homographs. These headwordsare listed separatelyand have s fOf'Ward [for-wurd] adverb, movingtoward This
small numbersafterthemto showyou theyaredifferent. . . .
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divided intosyllables usingbullets ( ). Thesebulletsshow Somewordsbelongto quitealarge family. Some members
youwhereyoucanuseahyphentobreak upthewordwhen ofthis familyareshownattheendoftheentry,alongwith
youarewritingit, ifitwon'tallfitononeline. theirpartofspeech.
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bat'ter3 . . . theplayerwhoseturn itisto. . Sometimeswordssoundthesame, buttheyhavedifferent
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stresson thelettersthatare underlinedandsomestress andisle.
onthe letters thatare in italics. Look up the Pronunciation
Guideon page7 for helpwiththeharderwords.
What is a part of speech? SPELLING GUIDE
Thepartofspeechtellsyouhowtheheadword isused ina Somewordsdon'tlook liketheysound. Sometimes they
sentence. Thepartofspeech mightbea noun,suchascat; startwitha letteryou don'texpectthemtostartwith,
averb, suchaseat;anadjective, suchasugly;anadverb,such andsometimestheystartwitha letteryou don'tsayatall.
asquickly;apreposition,suchasfrom;apronoun,suchasyou; Here isa guide tosomeofthosemoredifficultspellings
aconjunction,suchasand;oraninterjection, suchashello.
What are the other forms of the word?
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means. Iftheword hasmorethanone meaning, theseare n kn kneel
listed separately, andthe meaningthat isthe mostcommon pn pneumatic
or most important is listed first. Mostdefinitionsare r wr wring
followedbyanexample sentence orphrasetoshowyou how
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