The Little Oxford Dictionary of Current English [antikvár]

Features of the dictionary Headwords (words given their own entries) are in bold type: abandon /3'bsnd(3)n/ mverb desert or in bold italic type if they are borrowed from another language and are usually printed in italics: autobahn Variant spellings are shown: almanac (also almanack) Words that are different but are spelt the same way (homographs) are printed with raised numbers: abode' abode^ Variant American spellings are labelled US: anaemia (US anemia) Pronunciations are given in the International Phonetic Alphabet. See p. xi for an explanation. Parts of speech aire shown in italic: abhor verb abhorrence noun If a word is used as more than one part of speech, each comes after a •: abandon »noun mverb For explanations of parts of speech, see the panels at the dictionary entries for noun, verb, etc. inflections Irregular and difficult forms are given for: "owns: ability (piural -les) & sheep (plural same) tomato (plural -es) (Irregular plurals are not given for compounds such AS, footman and schoolchild.)