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.
Albert Sydney Hornby Books
August 10, 1898 – September 13, 1978
Oxford Student's Dictionary
- 768 pages
- 27 hours of reading
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.
Oxford advanced learner's dictionary of current English
- 1041 pages
- 37 hours of reading
Alternate edition for ISBN 3464117162 (ISBN13: 9783464117163), can be found here. A new, completely rewritten edition of the leading dictionary for learners of English. Now fully up to date, including many terms connected with the Internet and electronic communication. 4,500 words and meanings are new to this edition. Excellent coverage of both British and American English, and colloquial as well as formal English. All information is authenticated by the British National Corpus and the Corpus of American English. There are explanations of common symbols (e.g. @), which are not included in any major competitor, and notes on interesting word origins. Easy to use, with a rapid-access page design, shortcuts to the right meaning in long entries, and easy definitions using a carefully chosen defining vocabulary of 3,000 words. Numerous illustrations, including 8 pages in full colour, show vocabulary items in related groups, 10 illustrated topic pages provide essential vocabulary, and show how to use it, and vocabulary notes show students how to improve and enrich their writing.
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