User manual SHARP PW-E500A

[. . . ] MODEL Oxford Dictionary of English Oxford Thesaurus of English Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Oxford Crossword Dictionary Oxford Puzzle Solver PW-E500A ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY OPERATION MANUAL Page · Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 · Using the Oxford Dictionary of English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 · Using the Oxford Thesaurus of English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 · Using the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The unit does not respond to a key press. · The Auto power off function is in action. The activation interval of the Auto power off function can be adjusted. · A variant form of the word may have been entered. · Use the Spellcheck function to verify spellings. Troubleshooting Refer to the list of possible symptoms, and solutions may be found here. · Check if the battery is not drained. · Check the battery replacement switch; it should be set at the `NORMAL OPERATION' position. · Check the polarity of the battery. · Verify the LCD contrast setting; the power may be switched on, but the message on the screen may not be visible. · If the above settings appear normal, then press the RESET switch. · Check if the battery is exhausted. See page 13. Product support If you have read this operation manual, but you still require product support, you can: Visit our web site http://www. sharp. co. uk Or Telephone 08705 274277 34 nose Introductions to the Dictionaries Oxford Dictionary of English Introduction The Oxford Dictionary of English has been compiled according to principles which are quite different from those of traditional dictionaries. New types of evidence are now available in sufficient quantity to allow lexicographers to construct a picture of the language that is more accurate than has been possible before. The approach to structuring and organizing within individual dictionary entries has been rethought, as has the approach to the selection and presentation of information in every aspect of the dictionary: definitions, choice of examples, grammar, word histories, and every other category. New approaches have been adopted in response to a reappraisal of the workings of language in general and its relationship to the presentation of information in a dictionary in particular. The aim of this introduction is to give the user background information for using this dictionary and, in particular, to explain some of the thinking behind these new approaches. CORE SENSE the part projecting above the mouth on the face of a person or animal, containing the nostrils and used for breathing and smelling. SUBSENSE the sense of smell, especially a dog's ability to track something by its scent: a dog with a keen nose. SUBSENSE figurative an instinctive talent for detecting something: he has a nose for a good script. SUBSENSE the aroma of a particular substance, especially wine. Structure: Core Sense and Subsense The first part of speech is the primary one for that word: thus, for bag and balloon the senses of the noun are given before those for the verb, while for babble and bake the senses of the verb are given before those of the noun. Within each part of speech the first definition given is the core sense. The general principle on which the senses in the Oxford Dictionary of English are organized is that each word has at least one core meaning, to which a number of subsenses may be attached. If there is more than one core sense (see below), this is introduced by a bold sense number. Core meanings represent typical, central uses of the word in question in modern standard English, as established by research on and analysis of the Oxford English Corpus and other citation databases. The core meaning is the one accepted by native speakers as the most literal and central in ordinary modern usage. This is not necessarily the same as the oldest meaning, because word meanings change over time. Nor is it necessarily the most frequent meaning, because sometimes the most frequently used modern sense of a word is a figurative one. [. . . ] `c. 1625') may indicate the likely date of composition. Where there is a large discrepancy between date of composition (or performance) and of publication, in most cases the former only has been given (e. g. `written 1725', `performed 1622'). Spellings have been Anglicized and modernized except in those cases, such as Burns or Chaucer, where this would have been inappropriate; capitalization has been retained only for personifications; with rare exceptions, verse has been aligned with the left hand margin. [. . . ]