Chambers Concise Dictionary

By Catherine Schwartz and George Davidson

This popular everyday dictionary covers both the established spoken and written vocabulary of world-wide English, as well as the living language of today.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0550105700
• ISBN13: 9780550105707
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Chambers
• Length: 1408 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 6.3" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

What's with that other reviewer?

Don't listen to the other reviewer: Chambers is a superb dictionary. As to the other reviewer: I think it's a bit rich that one person can review the same book twice, especially since both reviews say essentially the same thing (though not quite: apparently, the reviewer was unable to find 'non-sequitur'. In one review, "CJ" seems to imply that perhaps this was because she/he was looking at an older edition; in the other review, "CJ" seems to imply that since the edition was older, he/she would certainly have expected it to be included). However, I have a 1988 edition, and it definitely includes non-sequitur. In any event, since CJ is reviewing a different edition to that advertised (but doesn't do us the courtesy of specifying which edition), the reviews should be ignored. I've used Chambers for years, both professionally (as a journalist and newspapers editor on several continents working with many flavours of 'English') as well as personally at home, and it has never let me down. Clearly, a dictionary is an important aid to spelling; but it is an even more important aid to meanings, and this is where Chambers really excels -- regardless of whether you speak English-English, Australian-English, New Zealand-English, Scottish-English, or any other variety.