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New Oxford American Dictionary

The New Oxford American Dictionary is the most accurate and richly descriptive picture of American English ever offered in any dictionary. Oxford's American editors drew on a 200-million-word databank of contemporary North American English, plus the unrivaled citation files of the world-renowned Oxford English Dictionary.

The WordWeb version contains the latest 2009 updates, with 500 new head words, making this the most comprehensive and up-to-date American English reference.

Features include:

• 200 000 distinct words, phrases and derived forms
• 68 000 audio pronunciations from the Oxford Sound Bank
• 76 000 usage examples
• 35 000 etymologies
• Includes word list of over 200 000 entries for word finding and use with Crossword Compiler

The download size is about 120MB (you can also order a CD-ROM).