Albert Sydney Hornby Books

A dictionary for intermediate students who need to extend their vocabulary and develop their reference skills. The work contains 35,000 vocabulary items and this edition has been updated and revised in line with the view of an ELT dictionary as a learning tool as well as an aid to comprehension.

This title includes the following 42,000 references, providing the information students need to understand and use the most important words and phrases in English.; Thousands of example sentences and phrases.; Notes on irregular verb forms, plurals and doubled consonants.; American English variants in spelling, pronunciation and usage.; Comparatives and superlatives.; More than 800 notes to help with vocabulary building or to explain difficult usage.

This thoroughly revised and updated new edition of the standard dictionary for advanced learners of English contains thousands of new words, increased coverage of phrasal verbs, idioms and American English, greater focus on pronunciation and stress, as well as appendices on irregular verbs, punctuation, weights and measures, etc.

The world's best-selling advanced learner's dictionary, now with Oxford iSpeaker to develop the skills students need for passing exams and communicating in English.The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, or OALD, is recommended by teachers and students because it defines words in language students understand, gives useful example sentences, and includes the tools learners need to succeed in English.It has over 100 million users worldwide and is the world's best-selling advanced learner's dictionary.The new 9th edition with Oxford iSpeaker and Oxford iWriter make OALD the ultimate speaking and writing tool.