Oxford Student's Dictionary of
English
English level: Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate
Description
The perfect dictionary for students using English in their studies.
Key features
- Over 47,000 references.
- With coloured headwords and clear design for easy access.
- Explains thousands of the words needed in school studies, from maths, the sciences, geography, business, and many other areas.
- A 40-page photocopiable study section gives help with many aspects of the English language and with study skills (see Contents for full list).
- A reference section contains expressions with numbers, geographical names, a list of irregular verbs, plus a 15-page quick grammar reference.
- Definitions are written using a defining vocabulary of 2,500 words, making them easy to understand.
- Thousands of example sentences show how words are used in today's English.
- Notes give help with grammar, confusable words, and vocabulary building.
- Many useful illustrations and diagrams.
- Both British and American English covered.
- The Interactive Pack comes with the dictionary and a copy of the Oxford Genie CD-ROM.
- The Oxford Student's Multimedia Dictionary includes the A-Z dictionary plus pictures, maps, 3-D search, and video.
Contents
Dictionary A-Z
Study pages
Computers
Pronunciation and spelling
Prefixes and suffixes
Phrasal verbs
Verb patterns
Collocations
Writing a CV or résumé
Punctuation
The language of literary criticism
Taking notes
Interpreting graphs
Answering exam questions
The environment
Essay writing
American English
Letter writing
Key to study pages
Reference section
Quick grammar reference
Expressions using numbers
The periodic table of elements
Geographical names
Geographical features
Defining vocabulary
Irregular verbs
Pronunciation
Phonetic spelling