This dictionary incorporates "The Times Guide to English Style and Usage". It has encyclopedic entries, a 24-page map section, and deals with the whole range of language from technical to literary, from formal to slang, covering a range of specialist subjects from aeronautics to zoology. The definitions are numbered for ease of use, labelled as necessary, with modern meanings shown first. Included in the dictionary are 16,000 entries for people and places, providing essential facts like dates, works, capital city, population. The dictionary also includes entries for common abbreviations.