Over one million copies of the fifth edition of the Little Oxford Dictionary have been sold since its publication in 1980. This most thorough revision to date features: · New larger format. · Far more attractive pages than any other dictionary of its price. · Great increase in contemporary vocabulary, especially technical and scientific terms. New words include: ageism, aikido, allergenci, futon, privatize, surrogate mother, tofu, user-friendly. · Different senses of words ordered by frequency of use. · Abbreviations kept to a minimum. · Pronunciations given in the International Phonetic Alphabet. · New appendix on some vexing questions of pronunciation, spelling, plurals, meaning, and grammar (such as all right, decimate, shall/will) added to those on countries and the metric system. Read Less