Containing over 181,000 words, phrases, and translations, this dictionary boasts outstanding coverage of contemporary Italian as well as British and American English. Acclaimed by language professionals, specialist translators, and general users alike, its clear labeling of grammatical information, usage, and translations provides optimum clarity, while supplements on irregular verbs, false-friends, abbreviations, and acronyms deliver additional help. A brand new Visual Dictionary supplement illustrates many essential terms for such diverse fields as agriculture, anatomy, architecture, astronomy, geography, and sports, in over 100 color diagrams