The PERFECT Dictionary!
355756
This dictionary is awesome. It's so helpful in a number of ways, ie: down to earth word explanations, a book with a plethera of words, and each word having the pronunciation explanation. This dictionary is head-n-shoulders above any other dictionary brand I've had access to. If you want an excellent dictionary which is very helpful, chose this one!
1930060
I got my dictionary within a couple of days in perfect shape and it was exactly what I needed. This is much appreciated! ML Martha Culebro
1604245
I sought out this dictionary and bought it used. I had been looking for a good portable French-English and English-French dictionary. This dictionary has a verb conjugation section. It is quite old, but I bought a used paperback version from the late 1980's I think. I have no complaints whatsoever. It's perfect for what I need. I think the extent of vocabulary included is perfect and exceed that of any current small dictionary I could find on the market. I am very glad I found this, and I hope that you can find one of them, if your needs are similar to mine. The dictionary is small and light, but very comprehensive for its size. It's perfect for taking to French class or for any kind of travel situation. It would also be very good for a French speaker learning English. The verb conjugation section is handy and obviates carrying around a second book of conjugations.
3166335
I just received this dictionary and I am very pleased with it. Ralph Jaeckel and Gulnur Erciyes are saints for putting together such a useful, comprehensive, and meticulously compiled dictionary.

I have been studying Turkish for the last couple of years and feel like this book is the perfect tool to help push towards fluency. As the authors say in the introduction, understanding the verb is essential to learning Turkish, as one verb often contains as much meaning as an entire English sentence.

Part of what makes this dictionary so useful are all the example sentences for each entry, allowing the student to see how these words are used in context. This factor alone makes this book far superior to a standard English-Turkish dictionary when it comes to verbs, although one of those is necessary too. I also appreciate how many of the example sentences are things a beginning speaker of Turkish would need/want to say. There is also a big emphasis on colloquial speech, proverbs, and niceties, things Turkish is filled with.

I'm grateful for the painstaking work it must have taken to put this book together and I know that I'll be referring to it constantly as my Turkish improves. (By the way, I've always been confused about whether to use iyilesmek or gelismek to describe the improving of one's language skills, and now, thanks to this dictionary and its abundance of useful examples, I know that it is this gelismek: Turkcem surekli gelisiyor!
2055489
I've not come across a more all-inclusive Russian-English/Englis-Russian dictionary since I've started studying Russian. Not only does it include a wide-variety of every day words, but it also serves as a ideal source for translating the more obscure terms. It serves its purpose without having to lug around a weighty hardcover version. In fact, I used this dictionary while taking a sociology class taught completely in Russian in St. Petersburg, and my professor was constantly asking to borrow my dictionary. She adored it so much, that I left her my copy!
2137560
I enjoy and use dictionaries on at least a weekly basis. The "American Heritage" has been my favorite since purchasing an abridged paperback around 15 years ago. This fifth edition of their hardback has over 4,000 color images, thousands of newly added words and senses. The  paper its self is very good quality. All of this equals help with my poor spelling skills, information extraordinaire and simple pleasure in a well done dictionary.
4266319
Great dictionary for the student (or anyone), simple to use and yet it isn't like a "kid's version" at all.
1790084
Having a print dictionary does wonders. Also you get plenty of words to look up and their alternative forms and idioms.
595004
This is an outstanding dictionary of American English.  At 2,000 pages and over 350,000 definitions, the reader usually finds the answer to questions.  The text size in some dictionaries is too small but it is large and bold enough to clearly see the succinct definitions, examples, word type.  A few photos are provided that kept my interest.  By purchasing this book, I was offered a 6 month access to the Oxford Dictionary web site.  I spent about an hour playing on its pages.  I fantasized that I'd obtain access to a digital form of the 20 volume philological history of words and meanings, but that was just my hope.  This is an excellent dictionary for adults and some high school students.  I think that a dictionary, periodically updated, is something we all ought to have.  There are lots of products that focus on lanaguge, english-american, slang, politics, etc.  I give this a solid "A".
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For a while, I'd been searching for a good Chinese dictionary to accompany my classes, and the ones I had looked at did not strike me as very well organized. Considering the complexity of written Chinese, organization is everything. A secondary (but still very important) requirement for me was that whatever dictionary I ended up with be durable. Langenscheidt's pocket dictionary definitely fits the bill on both counts.
This dictionary has it all: a Chinese-English section ordered by pronunciation, an English-Chinese section featuring numerous usage examples for many words, an excellent radical index, a guide to common differences between mainland Chinese and the Chinese used in Taiwan, and an overview of numbers in Chinese. I'm especially pleased with the plentiful examples throughout the dictionary, which can eliminate much of the mystery of how to use the words/characters in a colloquial fashion.
All the entries are very clear and readable, and despite their size, the script characters are quite legible. If I had to pick something to complain about (and this is a bit of a stretch), it would be the lack of traditional Chinese characters in this dictionary. In my classes, we learn the traditional characters, but it is not a big deal to learn the simplified versions along the way (especially since out of the 100 or so characters covered each semester, only a handful differ between traditional and simplified Chinese).
What more can I say? This dictionary has it all as far as information goes, and the rubbery cover and excellent binding just scream "durability" to me. I have no doubt that this will be a tool I keep by my side for years to come, both in the classroom and in my travels to China itself. HIGHLY recommended.
3541387
The dictionary arrived in excellent condition exactly as described.  I am most happy with the packaging and service in regard to this purchase and will certainly purchase from amazon.com and this vendor again.
2141096
I honestly don't know why this dictionary isn't recommended more than it is. I have owned almost half a dozen bible dictionaries and this is by far the best one. It was originally published as two volumes so the print is very small but that means it is packed full of articles about everything in the Bible. It's historical background articles are some of the best, it is awesome for word studies , and it contains theological topics not found in any other single volume bible dictionary of its kind (i.e. entries on Calvinism, Arminianism, Pelagianism, etc). This bible dictionary, along with ESV Study Bible and Bakers Topical Guide to the Bible, are invaluable tools for bible study. If you get only one single volume bible dictionary, make it this one!
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I've taken a few trips to bookstores to find out what Spanish-English dictionary I should buy, because I lost my other one which I wasn't satisfied with. Then I saw this one, and I could find some words that could not be found in other dictionaries, as well as easy-to-find and user-friendly supplements such as verb conjugation charts. I am a high school student who is serious about learning languages, and this dictionary is definitely going to help me.
3937655
I feel very qualified to review the 4th edition of the American Heritage Dictionary Of The English Language.  I've been using this now classic dictionary since the first edition.  The 4th edition is currently under my left elbow and my earlier editions are in my classroom.  It is the family Scrabble dictionary [the 4th edition contains the word 'vug';  the 1st edition didn't and I lost a word challange my grandmother made, and a Scrabble game, because of it].  My deep love of this dictionary started in the 8th grade when Mr. Code assigned our class a slang dictionary assignment.  Not only did the dictionary contain definitions of slang words, but the histories of the words as well.  The new edition has color pictures and the words are printed in blue green instead of black.  The pictures seem sharper in this edition, but I can't tell you if that's due to their being printed in color or because they're printed at a higher resolution and would've been sharper in black and white also.  I like the fact that the words are printed in color; my eyes have never worked very well and the color makes it easier to find the words.  As a bonus, this delightful dictionary has made it onto banned book lists multiple times [four letter words and all].  If you have to have only one dictionary [how could you stand to have only one dictionary?!?], then it is my opinion that this is the one you should own.  And for those folks who think that spell checkers have replaced dictionaries, these reviews must be done without a spell checker [the dictionary lists spell checker first and spellchecker second] button, and you can't browse through a spell checker.
1624790
We had tried different "regular" dictionaries but never found any that "fit" the need we had.  This DIctionary Is just the one we needed.  We Love it.
543738
This hefty 4.2 lb. dictionary is superb. It contains excellent concise understandable explanations of just about any word, phrase or terminolgy related to baseball from statistical explanations on to almost anything you might think of. A great reference. Buy it!
4048185
Everything you need is right there you don't need a dictionary. Love it! I will definitely recommend it to my scrabble friends.