A. M. Macdonald Books

This dictionary offers real, practical guidance with the English language. It should help the learner understand English and use it yourself, and gives assistance where needed. It contains: step-by-step treatment of frequently used words; 50,000 examples of real, everyday English; full-sentence defining style; boxes for phrasal, modal and auxilary verbs; 400 tinted usage notes; over 6000 synonyms and antonyms; over 3000 idioms; and appendices on letter-writing, punctuations and abbreviations.

Containing 300,000 definitions, 215,000 references and 25,000 new entries, this revised edition incorporates extensive coverage of new words and contemporary meanings, specialist scientific and technical vocabulary, legal and financial terminology, and the language of business.