The Longman Study Dictionary of American English is guaranteed to help students without confusing them. It makes even the most difficult of words and concepts easy to understand first time. All the vocabulary learners need for school, including words from English Language Arts, Science, IT and Computing Highlights the Academic Word List 19,000 example sentences explain the meaning of the words Thousands of synonyms shown in Thesaurus Boxes Activities section teaches dictionary skills so students become more confident using the dictionary Includes full colour picture dictionary