Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary

This is the world's bestselling advanced learner's dictionary,recommended by learners of English and their teachers, and used by 30million people. 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 200,000extra example sentences on the COMPASS CD-ROM. * 2,000 new words andmeanings from British and American English, such as offshoring, lifecoach, sex up, wi-fi. * 5,000 study words used in the sciences, maths,computing, literature, and business. * 700 entries for words fromAustralia, Canada, East Africa, India, New Zealand, South Africa, andWest Africa. * Oxford 3000: the only reliable list in a dictionary toidentify the 3,000 keywords students need to know. * Special entries forwords on the Oxford 3000 list, with extra information on synonyms,collocations, and extra examples to extend vocabulary. * 7,000 synonymsand opposites shown. * 200 special synonym notes covering 1,200synonyms. * Illustrations and photographs explain 2000+ words. *Labelled illustrations show related vocabulary. * 32 colour pagesillustrate groups of words such as extreme sports, music, etc. * Colourmaps - much appreciated by teachers and students. * 2,600 encyclopedicentries to explain references such as Walter Mitty, Fort Knox, MarieCeleste, Peter Pan, Beacon Hill. * Over 10,000 entries on every aspectof British and American culture on the COMPASS CD-ROM.