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  Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, (11th Edition) Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, (11th Edition)
America’s best-selling dictionary has set a new standard for college-level desk dictionaries. Includes thousands of thousands of phrases and idioms to language learners help distinguish vocabulary, plus special sections including: A Handbook of Style, An Essay on the English Language, and Signs and Symbols. This new edition features three ways to access the words you need, anywhere, anytime: a classic, fully revised print edition; a Win/Mac CD-ROM; and a free, one-year subscription to a new premium Web site, Merriam-WebsterCollegiate.com. A fantastic resource that no ESL student of American English should be without.
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  Longman Advanced American Dictionary Longman Advanced American Dictionary
An Advanced-level corpus-based dictionary which gives ESL/EFL students excellent coverage of authentic written and spoken language. Contains 84,000 words and phrases, the 3,000 most common English words highlighted, a 50-page TOEFL®/TOEIC® section, plus an accompanying CD-ROM for Windows with full dictionary text, pronounced headwords, word origins for interactive exercises, animated grammar points, pictures and sample TOEFL® / TOEIC® tests plus word origins for 15,000 words. A great choice for Advanced learners.
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  Cambridge Dictionary of American English Cambridge Dictionary of American English
Without doubt, this is one of the best guides to American English for learners around the world. Includes many examples, many of them full sentences taken from a database of 100 million words of spoken and written American English. Definitions are written using a carefully selected group of 2,000 core words. The accompanying Student Activity Book includes exercises, quizzes and puzzles. This dictionary is ideal for Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate level students and is ideal for self study or for use in class. The CD-Rom edition allows students to listen to pronunciations for each entry word, recorded by native speakers of American English, plus much more.
By CUP - (CUP)
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  Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
The new edition of this excellent dictionary has been completely redesigned and updated. It includes references to over 170,000 words and phrases, explained in clear and natural English. More than 1,100 new words have been added, as well as 16 full page colour pictures and new notes to help learners avoid common errors. It comes with a CD-Rom containing recordings in British and American English for all words, pronunciation practice tools to help improve pronunciation, special tools to help you write better English by giving extra help with collocations, grammar and vocabulary, plus a unique 'Smart Thesaurus' which lets you instantly look up words with similar meaning. Suitable for Advanced level students studying American or British English.
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  Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (6th Edition) Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (6th Edition)
A hugely popular dictionary for Upper Intermediate and Advanced level students. Contains 80,000 references, 10,500 idioms and phrasal verbs, 90,000 examples of language in use, 1,700 words illustrated, and 4,200 synonyms and antonyms. Includes up-to-date coverage of both American and British English, written and spoken, and includes everyday spoken expressions included, such as Way to go! and No probs. An excellent resource for students of USA or UK English.
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  Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (New Edition) Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (New Edition)
This is a great dictionary for high level ESL/EFL learners of American or British English. It contains arguably more examples than any other ESL/EFL dictionary, and brings English to life by showing students - with over 166,000 natural examples - how language is really used. The dictionary contains clear definitions, common word combinations, plus the most common 3,000 words used in spoken and written English (so students know which are the most important words to learn). The accompanying CD-Rom contains 76,000 additional dictionary examples to enhance students' understanding of words and phrases from the dictionary, plus 150,000 extra word combinations, and 1 million extra sentences showing words and phrases in context. The CD-Rom also contains thousands of interactive exercises, including exam practice for IELTS, FCE, CAE and CPE
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  The Merriam-Webster Dictionary The Merriam-Webster Dictionary
A handy, reliable, and authoritative dictionary
of the words most frequently used in English. Contains over 65,000 entries, 70,000 definitions, and more than 150 illustrations. Includes a Handbook of Style and quick-reference data tables. A great reference for both native and non-native speakers of English.
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  Webster's Compact Dictionary Webster's Compact Dictionary
A small, compact dictionary which gives students fast, easy access to the most commonly used words in the English language. In addition to clear, concise definitions, main entries include pronunciations, part-of-speech labels, end-of-the-line hyphenation points, and inflected forms. Provides over 38,000 entries for common words. This is a great dictionary for carrying around.
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  Webster's Third New International Dictionary, (Unabridged) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, (Unabridged)
Without question, one of the largest, most comprehensive American dictionaries available. Contains over 476,000 entries, a special updated Addenda Section of new words and meanings, 3,000 illustrations and 140,000 etymologies describing word origins.
By Philip Babcock Gove, Merriam-Webster- (Merriam-Webster)
 
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