Millions of students around the world have improved their written and spoken English using the Oxford Advanced Learner`s Dictionary. This new edition will help you:
- write and speak better English;
- understand more easily and more quickly;
- avoid common mistakes;
- learn more effectively.
More information, easier to use
- Easy-to-understand definitions, written within a defining vocabulary of 3 500 words;
- 16 language study pages, full of practical help explaining how English works and how to benefit most from the dictionary;
- 8 full-colour pages of geographical maps;
- 8 full-colour pages of varied and useful cultural information.
An up-to-date picture of today`s English
Fully up-to-date and accurate thanks to Oxfords outstanding language research programme. This includes:
- the 100 million-word British National Corpus;
- the 40 million-word Oxford American English Corpus;
- the Oxford English Dictionary research programme.
Packed with examples
This dictionary contains over 90 000 corpus-based examples designed to help you use English words and phrases correctly and appropriately. There are also hundreds of notes, pictures and explanations to make learning easier.