The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English (3rd Ed.)

by A P Cowie (Author), A.S. Hornby (Editor), J W Lewis (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1974

  $4.23

• Used

  Paperback
  1995

  $3.28

  This book is intended for students of English as a foreign language. Phonetics Editor:: Ashby, Michael;

• Used

  Hardcover
  1995

  $3.28

  This updated edition, in addition to a wide lexical coverage, an abundance of useful examples, and detailed information on grammar and usage, offers a number of new features which makes the dictionary even more authoritative and helpful to users. These include: use of the unparalleled information contained in the British National Corpus of Spoken and Written British and American English; a simple defining style, restricted to a carefully-chosen vocabulary of 2800 common words; and 16 language study pages, covering important aspects of English such as verbs, nouns, and vocabulary.