Description:In this edition The Pocket Oxford Dictionary is presented in a completely new and revised form with emphasis on clarity and quick retrieval of information. Definitions are arranged in order of comparative importance and familiarity and special abbreviations and symbols have been reduced to a minimum. Guidance is given on areas of disputed and controversial usage and pronunciations follow the system of the International Phonetic Alphabet. The choice of vocabulary has been completely revised with many new items, especially in the fields of technology and the information sciences. As a result this famous little dictionary continues to provide the most authoritative and up-to-date treatment of the main body of vocabulary used in everyday life.