Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 7th edition

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Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, Seventh Edition

English level:

Upper-Intermediate to Advanced

A S Hornby
Editor, Seventh Edition: Sally Wehmeier
Description

This is the world's bestselling advanced learner's dictionary, recommended by learners of English and their teachers, and used by 30 million people.

NEW 32-page Oxford 3000™ Vocabulary Trainer, only available with the Paperback and CD-ROM edition.
Key features

* 183,500 British and American words, phrases, and meanings, plus 85,000 examples showing how words are used.
* 20,000 word origins explained on the COMPASS CD-ROM
* Over 200,000 extra example sentences on the COMPASS CD-ROM.
* 2,000 new words and meanings from British and American English, such as offshoring, life coach, sex up, wi-fi.
* 5,000 study words used in the sciences, maths, computing, literature, and business.
* 700 entries for words from Australia, Canada, East Africa, India, New Zealand, South Africa, and West Africa.
* Oxford 3000™: identifies the 3,000 keywords students need to know.
* Special entries for words on the Oxford 3000 list, with extra information on synonyms and collocations, and extra examples to extend vocabulary.
* 7,000 synonyms and opposites shown.
* 200 special synonym notes covering 1,200 synonyms.
* Illustrations and photographs explain 2000+ words.
* Labelled illustrations show related vocabulary.
* 32 colour pages illustrate groups of words such as extreme sports, music, etc.
* Colour maps - much appreciated by teachers and students.
* 2,600 encyclopedic entries to explain references such as Walter Mitty, Fort Knox, Marie Celeste, Peter Pan, Beacon Hill.
* Over 10,000 entries on every aspect of British and American culture on the COMPASS CD-ROM.
* NEW Oxford 3000™ Vocabulary Trainer shows students how to exploit the keyword entries and provides practical activities that help build vocabulary and prepare for exams such as CAE and TOEIC®.

Contents / Syllabus | ISBN index |
Contents
Inside front cover
Abbreviations, symbols and labels used in the dictionary
Key to verb patterns
Foreword
Key to dictionary entries
Numbers and symbols

Maps
The earth and the solar system
The world
The British Isles
Canada, the United States of America and the Caribbean
Australia and New Zealand

Colour topic pages
Cars
Boats
Computing
Musical instruments
Aircaft
Buildings
Cooking
Fruit and vegetables
Clothes
Homes
Houses
Health
The animal kingdom
Sports
Extreme sports

Oxford 3000™ Vocabulary Trainer (only available with the Paperback and CD-ROM edition)
Looking at a keyword
Keywords in definitions
Talking about language
Word formation
Recording vocabulary
Choosing the right word
Phrasal Verbs
Choosing the right collocation
Correcting errors
Vague language and polite formulae
Test yourself on the Oxford 3000
Topic: Work
Topic: Entertainment
Topic: Science
Topic: People and Emotions
Answer key

Reference section
Grammar

Irregular verbs
Regular verbs
Using tenses
The passive
Conditionals
Modal verbs
Reported speech
Verb patterns
Phrasal verbs
Nouns
Articles
Pronouns
Relative clauses
Adjectives
Collocation
Idioms
Study pages

Essay writing
Writing a CV or résumé
Writing formal letters
Writing informal letters
Writing emails, faxes and memos
Telephoning
Electronic messaging
Other reference

The language of literary criticism
Punctuation
Numbers
Abbreviations
Prefixes and suffixes
Sayings and proverbs
Common first names
Geographical names
British and American English
English across the world
English as a lingua franca
Notes on usage
Illustrations
The Oxford 3000™
Specialist lists
Pronunciation and phonetic symbols in the dictionary
ISBN index
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, Seventh Edition
Hardback 978-0-19-431650-7 ( 0-19-431650-5 )
Hardback with Compass CD-ROM 978-0-19-431651-4 ( 0-19-431651-3 )
Paperback 978-0-19-431606-4 ( 0-19-431606-8 )
Paperback with Oxford 3000™ Vocabulary Trainer and Compass CD-ROM 978-0-19-400116-8 ( 0-19-400116-4 )
Resource Book 978-0-19-431699-6 ( 0-19-431699-8 )

Only available in certain markets
International Student's Edition 978-0-19-431658-3 ( 0-19-431658-0 )
International Student's Edition with Compass CD-ROM 978-0-19-431659-0 ( 0-19-431659-9 )
Special Price Edition 978-0-19-431661-3 ( 0-19-431661-0 )

Why has the ISBN changed?

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* Games and puzzles.
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