Illustrated Oxford Dictionary

I used this dictionary to look up a word on about the third day I owned it. I was delightfully surprised to find pictures! There are over 4,500 color images to give instant visual definitions and they help to bring unfamiliar items to life and they add a deeper understanding of the words. 600 illustrated feature panels also provide in-depth information on topics such as: technology, natural history, art and music. There are also hundreds of new words and phrases from voice mail to sport utility vehicle which gives an up-to-date appeal to this book. This might just be the most authoritative and accessible illustrated dictionary of American English available today. With 187,000 definitions and entries and an easy-to-use thumb index...it is the only dictionary I will be using at home when I don't want to go look up a word online. This work represents the collaboration between DK and Oxford. Oxford has published dictionaries for over 150 years. DK is well known for their visually stunning books. The pictures really help to give your eyes a break from an overwhelming number of words and definitions. I especially liked the picture of the ocelot on page 565. On page 132 they have listed many of the main cat breeds with pictures. I could not resist looking up: condescending...to see if it really didn't say what it meant. Only because the reviewer before me said it seemed to convey a different meaning. I guess maybe they only read Condescend. You decide after reading the definition.... Condescend: Behave as if one is on equal terms with (an inferior), while maintaining an attitude of superiority. or Condescending: Patronizing. The Reference Section includes a Political Map of the World, A Physical map of the World, Countries of the World and their flags, The Night Sky, Measurements, the Periodic Table, Time Periods, Wedding Anniversaries, Birthstones, Time Zones, States of the US, Presidents of the US, Books of the Bible, The Living World (classification system), The Animal Kingdom (classification of the animal kingdom) and a section on Grammar and Style. ~The Rebecca Review

Have you ever seen 10th grade students browse a dictionary? They do with this one. I teach English for at-risk students, and I have found that this book is well-liked. It is easy to use and reader friendly.

It's really a Y2K dictionary! It's absolutely different from all other old style dictionary! It's too attractive and good for young people up to octogenarian. So many color llustrations at each page.---it seems as an encyclopedia, from architecture to human body to biology to cosmo....to anything, you may get a proper concept ---so, the WORD explained by drawings. (as a reader said, such as ATRIUM, also rigs, Channel...) The fonts used are attractive. I just "read" every page every day! The price is crazily cheap! I like to be a salesman to recommend you to buy one, also for your children or friends!

When you stop browsing the SF section of your local... to hunch over a dictionary, muttering "very nice. cool! lookit that! WOW!" it's this one. Multiply the illustrations by 1,000 & you've got the value of this reference in "stuff finally understood clearly" units. Useful, adequate definitions, but definitely needs etymology.

"DK Illustrated Oxford Dictionary" is an outstanding family reference. Its 180,000 concise and authoritative entries are combined with 4,500 images to enhance your comprehension of the text entries. For example, under "Atoll," you not only get the definition and pronunciation guide, you get a simple but colorful sectional diagram, showing the ocean, lagoon, and coral reef. And under "Atrium," you're given a beautiful photograph of an ornate 19th-century Australian shopping arcade. The book's entries and illustrations are matched by other fine features. They include Measurements; a Physical Map of the World; The Night Sky; and Grammar and Style. DK Publishing and Oxford University Press have produced a splendid visual dictionary.