The New Method English Dictionary By Michael West and James Gareth Endicott

This new edition retains the essential features of Michael West's work and brings the text up to date in various ways. It includes a vocabulary of 1,490 words with 24,000 items defined, new headwords defined for this edition, and a pronunciation system based on the International Phonetic Alphabet. Three appendices accompany the dictionary: a list of the defining vocabulary, a list of the nations and languages of the world, and a list of common abbreviations.