Oxford advanced learner's dictionary: International new students' edition

The dictionary that really teaches English Millions of students around the world have improved their written and spoken English using the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. This exciting new edition will help you: write and speak better English understand more easily and more quickly avoid common mistakes learn more effectively NEW EDITION More information, easier to use NEW Easy-to-understand definitions, written within a defining vocabulary of 3 500 words NEW 16 language study pages, full of practical help explaining how English works and how to benefit most from the dictionary NEW 8 pages of geographical maps NEW 8 pages of varied and useful cultural information NEW An up-to-date picture of today's English The information in the new edition is fully up to date and accurate thanks to Oxford's 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 63 000 references 65.000 definitions 90.000 examples 11600 idioms and plirasal verbs 220 usage notes 1700 words Illustrated 10 appendices 2.300 new words and meanings 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.

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