Distinctive features of the dictionary:
- Colour edition
- Concise grammar
- Declension and conjugation tables
- Special spelling insert with rules and tables
- Concise and useful encyclopaedic information
- Selected original drawings
- Hyphenation of all head entries
What to look for in the 3d edition:
- 125,000 entries and senses
- 58,000 examples
- 600 new entries
- 15,000 synonyms and antonyms
- 3,500 notes on usage, etymology, synonyms and spelling
- 4,000 proper names and place names
- 400 acronyms
