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Published: 16 November 2017

832 Pages

112x175mm

ISBN: 9780199477982

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Compact English-English-Assamese Dictionary

Oxford Languages

  • The dictionary provides 500 notes on spelling, grammar and pronunciation; 1,100 synonyms and antonyms and 13,000 example sentences.
  • Words like 'google, 'microblogging, 'youth club', 'WalkmanTM, 'webcam', and many more have been taken from current usage of English.
  • The English base of the dictionary, taken from the Oxford Essential Dictionary, has been adapted for Indian readers.
  • To make the dictionary more user-friendly detailed definitions and one-word equivalents in Assamese have been included for words that needed to be explained further for example, 'cafeteria', 'calendar', 'microscope' and 'website'.
  • Words like 'alarm clock, 'call centre', and 'shopping centre', which do not have equivalent Assamese words, have been explained by detailed definitions.
  • The Assamese translation is simple and reflects the current usage of the language.
  • A pronunciation guide using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is given for help in pronunciation.

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