The average dictionary is not for browsing. This dictionary, however, is no average dictionary. It has all the usual features of course, but it also contains elements from other kinds of word-book such as the thesaurus, the usage guide, the teaching lexicon, and the historical survey. What makes this book so different is the way explanatory panels are used throughout the work - panels which present which present a point of usage, the history of a word, an area of vocabulary or the nuances of a definition.
