Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 5th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0194314219 / ISBN 13: 9780194314213

Edité par Oxford University Press España, S.A., 1995

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Synopsis :

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 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 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 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.

Présentation de l'éditeur: This is the world's bestselling advanced learner's dictionary, recommended by learners of English and their teachers, and used by 30 million people. It has more words and more help with British and American English than any other advanced learner's dictionary. It is the only advanced learner's dictionary to list the most important words you need to know in English : the Oxford 3000. It has the Compass CD-ROM which gives you more than any other dictionary CD-ROM : Everything that's in this 7th edition, everything in the Oxford Learner's Wordfinder Dictionary and the Oxford Guide to British and American Culture, information on 20,000 word origins. What you'll find in this 7th edition : 183,500 British and American words, phrases and meanings ; 85,000 example sentences ; 2,000 new words (bird flu, file coach, offshoring) ; 7,000 synonyms and opposites ; 5,000 study words from the sciences, literature, computing and business ; 700 World English words (stickybeak, godown, indaba) ; 2,600 cultural words (Walter Mitty, Forth Bridge, Capital Hill) ; 2,000 words illustrated ; 32 pages of colour illustrations ; 96 study pages (essay writing, mails, quick grammar reference). This dictionary is based on the British National Corpus, the Oxford Corpus Collection and the Oxford Reading Programme for language research.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 5th ...
Éditeur : Oxford University Press España, S.A.
Date d'édition : 1995
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : As New
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket
Edition : 5ème Édition