This distinctive new Canadian edition of the world's most authoritative dictionary is a vital reference tool for home and office, and the perfect size and format for briefcase, schoolbag, or desktop.Since its first publication in 1979, Collins Pocket Reference English Dictionary has remained a bestselling single-volume dictionary, renowned for its scope, clarity and ease of use.This Canadian edition of the Collins Pocket Reference English Dictionary has been completely updated with thousands of new words and meanings collected by the Collins language-monitoring program and drawn from the Bank of English, Collins' 323-million-word database.A sampling of Canadian words and phrases advanced green