Oxford English Mini Dictionary

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when Dancers perform the same Figure together, for example, 1st and 2nd Couples Dance Double figures of eight across, MiniCrib uses the form 1s+2s, whereas MaxiCrib uses 1s2s. As usual, it has been extensively trialled with schools, so you can be sure it is still the best dictionary for your children, in a portable mini format. Further help with writing skills is available in the updated new edition of the companion Oxford School Thesaurus.

When a deviser has given specific information concerning the dance name, as for example in Jean Attwood's Lady Sophia Lindsay, this is included. If not, some information relating to the title is supplied; this information should be considered to be our best guess at the deviser's intentions and should not be taken as definitive or authoritative. MiniCrib uses the terms Third corner and Fourth corner whereas MaxiCrib uses Partner's first corner and Partner's second corner. A glossary in a book (or paper or other written material) is a special section that provides definitions for complicated words. It is formatted like a dictionary, with the keywords organized alphabetically and their definitions written in plain language.Within the heading material, Jig, Reel, Hornpipe, Strathspey and Medley are often abbreviated to the initial letter. In some dance descriptions, notably MiniCrib, Hornpipes are not differentiated from Reels. This latest edition of the best-selling, comprehensive and authoritative Dictionary of Nursing has been fully updated and revised to take account of recent developments in nursing practice and related fields. Coverage of advances in the field includes general nursing, statistics, common scales and indexes, religion and spirituality, and commonly used abbreviations. The Dictionary provides readers with a comprehensive treatment of the ever-expanding vocabulary of the nursing professions. In addition to specific nursing terms, there are many entries in the fields of medicine, anatomy, physiology, psychiatry, nutrition, and pharmacology (including new drugs recently introduced into medical practice). Created using the Oxford Education Corpus, a unique electronic database of millions of words written for and by children Consult Chambers 21st Century Dictionary, The Chambers Thesaurus (1996) or Chambers Biographical Dictionary (1997 edition with amendments). Enter your search and choose your title from the drop-down menu. Search Tip

There are two types of wildcard. The first is a question mark ?, which matches a single character. The second is an asterisk *, which matches zero or more characters. The two kinds of wildcard can be mixed in a single search. International Col 1 Cambridge International Caribbean International Early Years Collins Big Cat for International Schools International Resources Webinars Catalogues Big Cat Writing Competition Winners 2023 All names beginning with Saint, such as StAndrew'sFair, are listed under the abbreviation, St, whatever the actual spelling. Furthermore, because glossaries include only the words that appear in a work, readers can look them up faster than in a dictionary, which has an entire language’s worth of words. Glossary exampleapostrophe: a punctuation mark ( ‘ ) used to create the possessive form of a noun and to show certain letters are omitted in contractions. Adjectives Conjugations Grammar Patterns Easy Learning Grammar Nouns School dictionaries Scrabble Sign up for our newsletter Thesaurus Translator Using English Verbs Word Lists Quiz Wordle Helper Containing 36,000 references and 47,000 definitions, The Chambers Mini Dictionary is the ideal easy-to-use guide to finding the right word and spelling every time. Clearly structured entries include information on pronunciation, history, related terms and examples to give you extra help with choosing and using the right word. New good writing supplement informs and entertains with tips on effective style and structure, global English and memory. means 1stCouple (but note that some compilers use 1C instead while some others use 1C to represent First corners); and