Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary and CD-Rom (Collins Cobuild) - Softcover

Collins Cobuild

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007158009 ISBN 13: 9780007158003

Publisher: Collins Cobuild, 2003

Synopsis

The new fourth edition of the Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary is now in colour, and offers up-to-date coverage of today’s English in a clear, attractive format.

Now in an attractive two-colour layout, the fourth edition of the Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary offers learners of English detailed coverage of today’s language. Containing hundreds of new words and thousands of definitions written in simple, natural English, this dictionary is exceptionally easy to use and understand. The examples, which have all been taken from the Bank of English, have been revised and updated for this edition, and are invaluable in providing context for words and phrases. Grammatical information and additional information on synonyms, pragmatics and frequency is shown in the Extra Column, making it easily accessible.

New to the fourth edition of the Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary is the identification of thousands of set grammatical structures, particularly useful to learners of English. In addition, the new edition includes useful illustrations covering a range of topics, and Access to English – a unique supplement containing hundreds of practical phrases helping with important structures in areas such as essay-writing, business correspondence and job applications.

The Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary provides invaluable and detailed guidance on the English language, and is the complete reference tool for learners of English.

The CD-Rom is PC and Mac compatible and contains:

· Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary.
· 5 million Wordbank of authentic text samples (written & spoken), with high quality audio pronunciations for headwords, phrases, derived words and inflected forms.

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Review

An endlessly fascinating source of information about how the modern English language really works. -- English Language Teaching Journal

Synopsis

The fourth edition of this dictionary offers learners of English detailed coverage of the language. Containing hundreds of new words and thousands of definitions written in simple, natural English, it is easy to use and understand. The examples, which have all been taken from the Bank of English, have been revised and updated for this edition, and are valuable in providing context for words and phrases. Grammatical information and additional information on synonyms, pragmatics and frequency is shown in the "Extra Column", making it easily accessible. New to this fourth edition is the identification of thousands of set grammatical structures, particularly useful to learners of English. In addition, it includes useful illustrations covering a range of topics and "Access to English" - a supplement containing hundreds of practical phrases helping with important structures in areas such as essay-writing, business correspondence and job applications.

Edition details

• Publisher: Collins Cobuild
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0007158009
• ISBN 13: 9780007158003
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 1768