Webster's New Basic Dictionary includes more than 60,000 entries that are completely revised and updated, and more than 1,000 new words and meanings. This office edition also includes up-to-date biographical and geographical sections. Tables guide you through world currencies, U.S. and metric measures, and book of the Bible. Hundreds of synonym lists help you find the right word. With the 896 pages, the dictionary also offers large clear illustrations that enhance definitions, in-depth word histories describing the colorful origins, and separate listings of abbreviations and acronyms.