CONTENTS // Dictionary Staff... vi // Special Consultants and Contributing Editors... vii // Foreword... ix // The New World Dictionaries: A Historical Overview by David B. Guralnik... x // Guide to the Use of the Dictionary... xi // The Main Entry Word Pronunciation Part-of-Speech Labels Inflected Forms The Etymology The Definitions Usage Labels & Notes Field Labels // Scientific Names of Plants & Animals Idiomatic Phrases Run-In Derived Entries The Synonymy // The English Language: Variation, The Dictionary and the User by John Algeo... xvii // Etymology by William E. Umbach... xxv // Webster’s New World Dictionary of American English... 1-1557 // The Indo-European Family of Languages... 1558 // Editorial Style...— 1560 // Marks of Punctuation // Italics // Numbers // Capitalization // Abbreviations // Source Documentation // Special Signs and Symbols ... 1570