Ordens stavning ar brittisk-engelsk. Synonymer har ordnats i grupper efter sina betydelser, i regel utan att sarskild forklaring lamnats. Ord som ar typiska for amerikansk engelska har markerats med AmE.Ord som foretradesvis forekommer i USA har pa motsvarande satt markerats med US.For brittisk-engelska org och ord som huvudsakligen anvands i Storbritannien ar beteckningarna BrE respektive UK. Engelske ord som framst hor till talspraket har betecknats med coll (colloquiali). Oversattningar av speciella svenska termer som inte har direkt motsvarighet i Storbritannien eller USA, exempelvis namn pa svenska skattesystemet, har betecknats med SW. I denna sjatte upplaga har vissa smarre uppdateringar gjorts for att halla ordforradet sa aktuellt som mojligt. / The spelling of the word is British-English. Synonyms have been arranged in groups according to their meanings, usually without leaving a specific explanation. Words that are typical of American English have been marked with AmE. Words that preferably occur in the USA have similarly been marked with US. For British-English words and words that are mainly used in the UK are the terms BrE and UK respectively. English words that primarily belong to the spoken language have been denoted by coll (colloquiali). Translations of special Swedish terms that do not have a direct equivalent in the United Kingdom or the United States, such as names on the Swedish tax system, have been designated SW. In this sixth edition, some clever updates have been made to keep the vocabulary as current as possible.