Chambers Concise Dictionary focuses primarily on English as it is written and spoken today. It provides special coverage of current vocabulary and idioms, and includes many technical terms from science, computing, business and sport. Its colour layout gives it a clean and modern look, and entries have been set out to be clear and self-explanatory. Definitions are in straightforward English, and assume no specialist knowledge on the part of the user. It is ideal for anyone who needs a modern, functional, but comprehensive dictionary at home or in the office.

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This internationally renowned reference publisher continues its celebrated tradition of excellence into the present day with such informative and authoritative works as the Chambers Crossword Dictionary, Chambers Encyclopedia, Chambers Biographical Dictionary and the all-new Chambers Dictionary of Quotations. Chambers is based in Edinburgh, as it always has been, and employs editors with a wide range of skills on dictionaries and other titles for a variety of users, including students and teachers of English as a foreign or second language. As well as the core business of publishing dictionaries and thesauruses, Chambers also publishes a range of titles on grammar and usage, single-volume reference titles on science, history, biography and quotations, as well as titles for Scrabble(R) and crosswords.